Aṅguttara Nikāya
X. Dasaka-Nipāta
XVII: Jāṇussoṇi-Vagga

X. The Book of the Tens

XVII: Jāṇussoṇi

Sutta 174

Kamma-Nidāna Suttaṃ

Due to Lust, Malice and Delusion

 

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[174]

THUS have I heard:

Once the Exalted One addressed the monks, saying:

"Monks."

"Yes, lord," they replied, and the Exalted One said:

"Monks, the taking of life is threefold, I declare.

It is due to lust, malice and delusion.

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Taking what is not given is threefold, I declare.

It is due to lust, malice and delusion.

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Wrong conduct in sexual desires is threefold, I declare.

It is due to lust, malice and delusion.

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Falsehood is threefold, I declare.

It is due to lust, malice and delusion.

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Spiteful speech is threefold, I declare.

It is due to lust, malice and delusion.

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Bitter speech is threefold, I declare.

It is due to lust, malice and delusion.

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Idle babble is threefold, I declare.

It is due to lust, malice and delusion.

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Coveting is threefold, I declare.

It is due to lust, malice and delusion.

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Harmfulness is threefold, I declare.

It is due to lust, malice and delusion.

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Wrong view is threefold, I declare.

It is due to lust, malice and delusion.

 

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Thus, monks, lust is the coming-to-be of a chain of causal [175] action.¹

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Malice, monks, lust is the coming-to-be of a chain of causal action.

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Delusion, monks, is the coming-to-be of a chain of causal action.

 

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By destroying lust,
comes the breaking up of the chain of causal action;
by destroying malice,
comes the breaking up of the chain of causal action;
by destroying delusion,
comes the breaking up of the chain of causal action."

 

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¹ Kamma-niddnā-sambhava; cf. A. i, 134 = G.S. i, 117, etc.