iti.50 Itivuttaka

Roots

This was said by the Lord …

“Bhikkhus, there are these three unwholesome roots. What three? The unwholesome root greed, the unwholesome root hate, and the unwholesome root delusion. These are the three.”

Greed and hate and delusion,
Arisen from within himself,
Harm an evil-minded person
As its own fruit destroys the bamboo tree.

- Translator: John D. Ireland

- Editor: Bhikkhu Sujato

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Roots

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
“Mendicants, there are these three unskillful roots.
What three?
Greed, hate, and delusion.
These are the three unskillful roots. ”
The Buddha spoke this matter.
On this it is said:
“When greed, hate, and delusion,
have arisen inside oneself,
they harm a person of wicked heart,
as a reed is destroyed by its own fruit.”
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.