AN 2.310-319 - AN 2.310-319
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AN II

Suttas 310-479

Rāgapeyyālam “Abbreviated Sections, Starting with Passion”

310.

“Bhikkhus, to directly penetrate into reality, you must recognize and know passion for what it truly is, through the development of these two qualities of the heart.

“And what are these two?

“Serene Mental Quietude (samatha), and Penetrative Insight (vipassana).

“Therefore, Bhikkhus, in order for you to directly penetrate into reality, you must recognize and know passion for what it truly is, through the development of these two qualities of the heart.”

311-319.

“Bhikkhus, to fully and deeply understand reality, one has to recognize and know passion for what it truly is.

“Furthermore, to thoroughly destroy passion, for the complete giving up of passion, for the ending of passion, for the wiping out of passion, for the fading away and for becoming dispassionate towards all things pertaining to passion, for the cessation of passion, for the abandoning of passion, and for the relinquishing of all passion, and for good, these two qualities of the heart should be fully developed and cultivated.

“And what are these two?

“Serene Mental Quietude (samatha), and Penetrative Insight (vipassana).

“Therefore, Bhikkhus, to fully and deeply understand reality, one has to recognize and know passion for what it truly is.

“Furthermore, to thoroughly destroy passion, for the complete giving up of passion, for the ending of passion, for the wiping out of passion, for the fading away and for becoming dispassionate towards all things pertaining to passion, for the cessation of passion, for the abandoning of passion, and for the relinquishing of all passion, and for good, these two qualities of the heart should be fully developed and cultivated.”
