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Show IAST transliterationඅඞ්ගුත්තර නිකාය 6.114
Numbered Discourses 6.114
11. තිකවග්ග
11. Triads
සන්තුට්ඨිතාසුත්ත
Contentment
“තයෝමේ, භික්ඛවේ, ධම්මා. කතමේ තයෝ? අසන්තුට්ඨිතා, අසම්පජඤ්ඤං, මහිච්ඡතා. ඉමේ ඛෝ, භික්ඛවේ, තයෝ ධම්මා. ඉමේසං ඛෝ, භික්ඛවේ, තිණ්ණං ධම්මානං පහානාය තයෝ ධම්මා භාවේතබ්බා. කතමේ තයෝ? අසන්තුට්ඨිතාය පහානාය සන්තුට්ඨිතා භාවේතබ්බා, අසම්පජඤ්ඤස්ස පහානාය සම්පජඤ්ඤං භාවේතබ්බං, මහිච්ඡතාය පහානාය අප්පිච්ඡතා භාවේතබ්බා. ඉමේසං ඛෝ, භික්ඛවේ, තිණ්ණං ධම්මානං පහානාය ඉමේ තයෝ ධම්මා භාවේතබ්බා”ති.
“Bhikkhus, there are these three things. What three? Lack of contentment, lack of focused awareness, and having many wishes. These are the three things. To give up these three things you should develop three things. What three? You should develop contentment to give up lack of contentment, focused awareness to give up lack of focused awareness, and having few wishes to give up having many wishes. These are the three things you should develop to give up those three things.”
අට්ඨමං.
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