28. Rāgapeyyāla

28. Abbreviated Texts Beginning with Greed

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Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.276

Numbered Discourses 4.276

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28. Rāgapeyyāla

28. Abbreviated Texts Beginning with Greed

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Iddhipādasutta

Bases of Psychic Power

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“Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya cattāro dhammā bhāvetabbā.

“For insight into greed, four things should be developed.

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Katame cattāro?

What four?

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Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu chandasamādhipadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti;

It’s when a mendicant develops the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to enthusiasm, and active effort.

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vīriyasamādhi …pe…

They develop the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to energy …

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cittasamādhi …pe…

mental development …

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vīmaṁsāsamādhipadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti.

inquiry, and active effort.

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Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya ime cattāro dhammā bhāvetabbā”ti.

For insight into greed, these four things should be developed.”

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Tatiyaṁ.