The Samyutta Nikaya
The Grouped Discourses
Samyutta Nikaya III.23
Loka Sutta
(Qualities of) the World
Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
At Savatthi. As he was sitting to one side, King
Pasenadi Kosala said to the Blessed One: "How many qualities of
the world that, when arising, arise for harm, stress, &
discomfort?"
"Three qualities of the world, great king, when
arising, arise for harm, stress, & discomfort. Which three? Greed,
great king, is a quality of the world that, when arising, arises for harm,
stress, & discomfort. Aversion...Delusion is a quality of the world
that, when arising, arises for harm, stress, & discomfort. These are
the three qualities of the world, great king, that when arising, arise for
harm, stress, & discomfort."
That is what the Blessed One said. Having said that,
the One Well-Gone, the Teacher, said further:
"Greed, aversion, &
delusion
-- born from oneself --
destroy
the person of evil awareness,
as its own fruit, the reed."
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