an.4.275 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)

Right Efforts

“For insight into greed, four things should be developed.
What four?
Firstly, a mendicant generates enthusiasm, tries, makes an effort, exerts the mind, and strives so that bad, unskillful qualities don’t arise.
…so that unskillful qualities that have arisen are given up … so that skillful qualities arise … so that skillful qualities that have arisen remain, are not lost, but increase, mature, and are fulfilled by development.
For insight into greed, these four things should be developed.”