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an.5.308-316 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)

5.308–1152

5.308–316

“Bhikkhus, for full understanding of lust … for the utter destruction … for the abandoning … for the destruction … for the vanishing … for the fading away … for the cessation … for the giving up … for the relinquishment of lust, five things are to be developed. What five? The perception of unattractiveness … all five sets of five as above, down to … The power of faith, the power of energy, the power of mindfulness, the power of concentration, and the power of wisdom. For the relinquishment of lust, these five things are to be developed.”

- Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi

- Editor: Blake Walsh