Numbered Discourses 8

11. Abbreviated Texts Beginning With Greed

“For insight into greed, eight things should be developed. What eight? Right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right samādhi. For insight into greed, these eight things should be developed.”

“For insight into greed, eight things should be developed. What eight? Perceiving form internally, they see visions externally, limited, both pretty and ugly. Mastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’ Perceiving form internally, they see visions externally, limitless, both pretty and ugly. … Not perceiving form internally, they see visions externally, limited, both pretty and ugly. … Not perceiving form internally, they see visions externally, limitless, both pretty and ugly. … Not perceiving form internally, they see visions externally, blue, with blue color, blue hue, and blue tint. … yellow … red … Not perceiving form internally, they see visions externally, white, with white color, white hue, and white tint. Mastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’ For insight into greed, these eight things should be developed.”

“For insight into greed, eight things should be developed. What eight? Having physical form, they see visions … not perceiving form internally, they see visions externally … they’re focused only on beauty … going totally beyond perceptions of form, with the ending of perceptions of impingement, not focusing on perceptions of diversity, aware that ‘space is infinite’, they enter and remain in the dimension of infinite space … going totally beyond the dimension of infinite space, aware that ‘consciousness is infinite’, they enter and remain in the dimension of infinite consciousness … going totally beyond the dimension of infinite consciousness, aware that ‘there is nothing at all’, they enter and remain in the dimension of nothingness … going totally beyond the dimension of nothingness, they enter and remain in the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception … going totally beyond the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, they enter and remain in the cessation of perception and feeling … For insight into greed, these eight things should be developed.”

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

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

The Book of the Eights is finished.