iti.68 Itivuttaka

Attachment (1)

This was said by the Lord…

“Bhikkhus, one in whom attachment is not abandoned, hate is not abandoned, and delusion is not abandoned, is said to be in the bondage of Māra; he is caught in Māra’s noose and at the mercy of the Evil One.

“Bhikkhus, one in whom attachment is abandoned, hate is abandoned, and delusion is abandoned, is said to be free from the bondage of Māra; he has cast off Māra’s noose and is not at the mercy of the Evil One.”

One who has destroyed attachment
Along with hate and ignorance
Is called one inwardly developed,
A Tathāgata become supreme,
Awakened, past enmity and fear,
One who has abandoned all.

- Translator: John D. Ireland

- Editor: Bhikkhu Sujato

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Greed (1st)

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
“Whoever has not given up greed, hate, and delusion
is said to be trapped. They’re caught in Māra’s snare, and the Wicked One can do with them what he wants.
Whoever has given up greed, hate, and delusion
is said to be free. They’re caught in Māra’s snare, and the Wicked One can do with them what he wants.”
The Buddha spoke this matter.
On this it is said:
“Those in whom greed, hate, and ignorance
have faded away,
belong with those who are evolved;
holy, realized, awakened,
beyond enmity and fear,
they’ve given up everything, they say.”
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.