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Suttapiṭaka · Aṅguttaranikāya · Sattakanipāta · Aṭṭhakanipāta · Navakanipāta · Vol. 23 · Section 204

[204] [114] Bhikkhus, for the full understanding (pariññā), for the utter destruction, for the abandonment, for the destruction, for the vanishing, for the fading away, for the cessation (nirodha), for the giving up, for the relinquishment of lust (rāga), these eight dhammas should be developed. For the direct knowledge (abhiññā), for the full understanding, for the utter destruction, for the abandonment, for the destruction, for the vanishing, for the fading away, for the cessation, for the giving up, for the relinquishment of hatred (dosa), of delusion (moha), of anger (kodha), of grudging (upanāha), of denigration (makkha), of domineering (palāsa), of envy (issā), of meanness (macchariya), of deceit (māyā), of hypocrisy (sāṭheyya), of obstinacy (thambha), of presumption (sārambha), of conceit (māna), of excessive conceit (atimāna), of intoxication (mada), of heedlessness (pamāda), these eight dhammas should be developed. The Book of Eights (Aṭṭhakanipāta) is concluded. _________________ The Suttanta Piṭaka, Aṅguttara Nikāya The Book of Nines (Navakanipāta) __________ Homage to that Blessed One, the Arahant, the Fully Self-Enlightened One. The First Fifty (Paṇṇāsaka) The Chapter on Enlightenment (Sambodhavagga), the First

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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