Aṅguttara Nikāya
Sattaka Nipāta
V. Mahāyañña-Vagga

The Book of the Sevens

Chapter V: The Great Sacrifice

Sutta 43

Paṭhama Aggi Suttaṃ

Fire

 

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THUS have I heard:

Once the Exalted One was dwelling near Sāvatthī,
at Jeta Grove, in Anāthapiṇḍika's Park;
and there he addressed the monks, saying:

"Monks."

'Yes, lord,' they replied;
and the Exalted One said:

"Monks, there are these seven fires.¹

What seven?

The fires of passion,
hatred,
delusion,
the fires of the venerable,
the householder,
the gift-worthy,
the wood-fire.

Verily, monks, these are the seven fires.'

 

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¹ cf. D. iii, 217 (for 3); It. 92 (3); S. iv, 19; Dhp. 202; Childers gives eleven.