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Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

9: The Book of the Nines

VI. A Safe Place — AN 9.62: Requirements for Perfection

1“Mendicants, without giving up nine things you can’t realize perfection. What nine? Greed, hate, delusion, anger, hostility, offensiveness, contempt, jealousy, and stinginess. Without giving up these nine things you can’t realize perfection.

2After giving up nine things you can realize perfection. What nine? Greed, hate, delusion, anger, hostility, offensiveness, contempt, jealousy, and stinginess. After giving up these nine things you can realize the fruit of perfection.”

1"Nava, bhikkhave, dhamme appahāya abhabbo arahattaṁ sacchikātuṁ. Katame nava? Rāgaṁ, dosaṁ, mohaṁ, kodhaṁ, upanāhaṁ, makkhaṁ, paḷāsaṁ, issaṁ, macchariyaṁ – ime kho, bhikkhave, nava dhamme appahāya abhabbo arahattaṁ sacchikātuṁ.

2Nava, bhikkhave, dhamme pahāya bhabbo arahattaṁ sacchikātuṁ. Katame nava? Rāgaṁ, dosaṁ, mohaṁ, kodhaṁ, upanāhaṁ, makkhaṁ, paḷāsaṁ, issaṁ, macchariyaṁ – ime kho, bhikkhave, nava dhamme pahāya bhabbo arahattaṁ sacchikātun"ti.

Ekādasamaṁ.

Khemavaggo paṭhamo.

3Khemo ca amatañceva,
Abhayaṁ passaddhiyena ca;
Nirodho anupubbo ca,
Dhammaṁ pahāya bhabbena cāti.