Numbered Discourses 5

29. Abbreviated Texts Beginning With Greed

“For insight into greed, five things should be developed. What five? The perceptions of ugliness, death, drawbacks, repulsiveness of food, and dissatisfaction with the whole world. For insight into greed, these five things should be developed.”

“For insight into greed, five things should be developed. What five? The perceptions of impermanence, not-self, death, repulsiveness of food, and dissatisfaction with the whole world. For insight into greed, these five things should be developed.”

“For insight into greed, five things should be developed. What five? The perception of impermanence, the perception of suffering in impermanence, the perception of not-self in suffering, the perception of giving up, and the perception of fading away. For insight into greed, these five things should be developed.”

“For insight into greed, five things should be developed. What five? The faculties of faith, energy, mindfulness, samādhi, and wisdom. For insight into greed, these five things should be developed.”

“For insight into greed, five things should be developed. What five? The powers of faith, energy, mindfulness, samādhi, and wisdom. For insight into greed, these five things should be developed.”

“For the complete understanding … finishing … giving up … ending … vanishing … fading away … cessation … giving away … letting go of greed, five things should be developed.”

“Of hate … delusion … anger … hostility … disdain … contempt … jealousy … stinginess … deceit … deviousness … obstinacy … aggression … conceit … arrogance … vanity … negligence … for insight … complete understanding … finishing … giving up … ending … vanishing … fading away … cessation … giving away … letting go … five things should be developed.

What five? The powers of faith, energy, mindfulness, samādhi, and wisdom. For the letting go of negligence, these five things should be developed.”

The Book of the Fives is finished.