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an.8.148-627 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)

8.148–627

“Bhikkhus, for direct knowledge … for full understanding … 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 hatred … of delusion … of anger … of hostility … of denigration … of insolence … of envy … of miserliness … of deceitfulness … of craftiness … of obstinacy … of vehemence … of conceit … of arrogance … of intoxication … of heedlessness … these eight things are to be developed.”

This is what the Blessed One said. Elated, those bhikkhus delighted in the Blessed One’s statement.

The Book of the Eights is finished.

- Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi

- Editor: Blake Walsh


Untitled Discourses on Hate, Etc.

“Of hate …
delusion …
anger …
hostility …
disdain …
contempt …
jealousy …
stinginess …
deceitfulness …
deviousness …
obstinacy …
aggression …
conceit …
arrogance …
vanity …
for insight into negligence …
complete understanding …
complete ending …
giving up …
ending …
vanishing …
fading away …
cessation …
giving away …
letting go of negligence
these eight things should be developed.”

The Book of the Eights is finished.