Aṅguttara Nikāya
X. Dasaka-Nipāta
X: Upāsaka-Vagga

X. The Book of the Tens

X: The Lay-followers

Sutta 100

Bhabb-ā-Bhabba Suttaṃ

Unfit to Grow

 

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THUS have I heard:

Once the Exalted One said this:

2. "Monks, by not abandoning these ten conditions
one cannot grow¹ to realize arahantship.

What ten?

3. Passion,
malice,
delusion,
wrath,
grudge,
depreciation,
spite,
jealousy,
stinginess.

Monks, by not abandoning these ten
one cannot grow to realize arahantship.

 

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4. Monks, by abandoning these ten conditions
one can grow to realize arahantship.

What ten?

5. Passion,
malice,
delusion,
wrath,
grudge,
depreciation,
spite,
jealousy,
stinginess.

Monks, by abandoning these ten conditions
one can grow to realize arahantship."

 

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¹ Abhabbo (not becomable).