[759] **He should dispel greed together with avarice, anger and malicious speech** — **Greed (lobha)**: whatever greed there is — greediness, the state of being greedy; lust, lusting, the state of being lustful; covetousness; greed, the unwholesome root (akusalamūla). **Avarice (macchariya)**: the five kinds of avarice — avarice regarding dwellings … grasping is what is called avarice. **Anger (kodha)**: whatever resentment of mind there is — resenting, hostility (paṭigha), antagonism; irritation, indignation, exasperation; hatred, intense hatred, thorough hatred; malevolence of mind, mental corruption; anger, being angry, the state of being angry; hatred, hating, the state of being hateful; ill will, becoming malevolent, the state of malevolence; opposition, antagonism; ferocity, irascibility, displeasure of mind. **Malicious speech (pesuṇiya)**: here someone is of malicious speech: having heard here, he tells it elsewhere for the division of these people; or having heard elsewhere, he tells it to these for the division of those. Thus he is a divider of those who are united, an instigator of those who are divided; delighting in faction, rejoicing in faction, taking pleasure in faction, a speaker of words that create faction — this is called malicious speech. Moreover, one conveys malicious speech for two reasons: out of the desire to be dear, or with the intention of causing division. How does one convey malicious speech out of the desire to be dear? Thinking, "I shall be dear to this person, I shall be pleasing, I shall be intimate, I shall be an insider, I shall be one held dear at heart" — thus one conveys malicious speech out of the desire to be dear. How does one convey malicious speech with the intention of causing division? Thinking, "How might these people become different, become separated, become factions, become twofold, become split in two, become two parties? How might they be divided, not come together, and dwell in suffering (dukkha) and discomfort?" — thus one conveys malicious speech with the intention of causing division. **He should dispel greed together with avarice, anger and malicious speech**: he should dispel, abandon, drive out, put an end to, and bring to nonexistence greed and avarice and anger and malicious speech; therefore it is said, "He should dispel greed together with avarice, anger and malicious speech." Therefore the Blessed One said:
One should not tremble at blame;
when praised, a bhikkhu should not become elated;
he should dispel greed together with avarice,
anger and malicious speech.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.