18. Rāgapeyyāla
The Chapter on Abbreviated Texts Beginning with Greed
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“Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya tayo dhammā bhāvetabbā.
“For insight into greed, three things should be developed.
Suññato samādhi, animitto samādhi, appaṇihito samādhi—
Emptiness immersion; signless immersion; and undirected immersion.
rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya ime tayo dhammā bhāvetabbā. (…)
For insight into greed, these three things should be developed.
paṭinissaggāya ime tayo dhammā bhāvetabbā”ti.
For the letting go of negligence, these three things should be developed.”
Attamanā te bhikkhū bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinandunti.
Satisfied, the mendicants approved what the Buddha said.
Rāgapeyyālaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.
Tassuddānaṁ
Rāgaṁ dosañca mohañca,
kodhūpanāhapañcamaṁ;
Makkhapaḷāsaissā ca,
maccharimāyāsāṭheyyā.
Thambhasārambhamānañca,
atimānamadassa ca;
Pamādā sattarasa vuttā,
rāgapeyyālanissitā.
Ete opammayuttena,
āpādena abhiññāya;
Pariññāya parikkhayā,
pahānakkhayabbayena;
Virāganirodhacāgaṁ,
paṭinissagge ime dasa.
Suññato animitto ca,
appaṇihito ca tayo;
Samādhimūlakā peyyā—
lesupi vavatthitā cāti.
Tatiyo paṇṇāsako niṭṭhito.