iti.50 Itivuttaka

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.