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title: "Numbered Discourses: The Fives · Aṅguttara Nikāya · Pañcakanipāta"
author: "The Buddha"
translator: "Bhikkhu Sujato"
languages: [pi, en]
shelf: "Pali Canon"
section: 36 of 36
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-5/36/
cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, Numbered Discourses: The Fives · Aṅguttara Nikāya · Pañcakanipāta, section 36. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-5/36/"
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# Numbered Discourses: The Fives · Aṅguttara Nikāya · Pañcakanipāta

*The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato*

Teachings grouped in fives: five hindrances, five strengths, five subjects for frequent reflection.

> Pali: the Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka (Buddha Jayanti edition, 2500), from SuttaCentral’s bilara-data, dedicated to the public domain (CC0).

> English: Bhikkhu Sujato, from SuttaCentral’s bilara-data, dedicated to the public domain (CC0). Notes are not included.

> Rows follow the segment numbers the two texts share, gathered into paragraphs; verse keeps its lines.

## 36. Abbreviated Texts Beginning With Greed · AN 5.303–5.307

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-5/36/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-anguttara-nikaya-5/36/#p-N

[¶0] AN 5.303 · Untitled Discourse on Greed (1st)

> Pali: AN 5.303 · ~

[¶1] “For insight into greed, five things should be developed. What five? The perceptions of ugliness, death, drawbacks, repulsiveness of food, and dissatisfaction with the whole world. For insight into greed, these five things should be developed.”

> Pali: “Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya pañca dhammā bhāvetabbā. Katame pañca? Asubhasaññā, maraṇasaññā, ādīnavasaññā, āhāre paṭikūlasaññā, sabbaloke anabhiratasaññā— rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya ime pañca dhammā bhāvetabbā”ti.

[¶2] AN 5.304 · Untitled Discourse on Greed (2nd)

> Pali: AN 5.304 · ~

[¶3] “For insight into greed, five things should be developed. What five? The perceptions of impermanence, not-self, death, repulsiveness of food, and dissatisfaction with the whole world. For insight into greed, these five things should be developed.”

> Pali: “Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya pañca dhammā bhāvetabbā. Katame pañca? Aniccasaññā, anattasaññā, maraṇasaññā, āhāre paṭikūlasaññā, sabbaloke anabhiratasaññā— rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya ime pañca dhammā bhāvetabbā”ti.

[¶4] AN 5.305 · Untitled Discourse on Greed (3rd)

> Pali: AN 5.305 · ~

[¶5] “For insight into greed, five things should be developed. What five? The perception of impermanence, the perception of suffering in impermanence, the perception of not-self in suffering, the perception of giving up, and the perception of fading away. For insight into greed, these five things should be developed.”

> Pali: “Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya pañca dhammā bhāvetabbā. Katame pañca? Aniccasaññā, anicce dukkhasaññā, dukkhe anattasaññā, pahānasaññā, virāgasaññā— rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya ime pañca dhammā bhāvetabbā”ti.

[¶6] AN 5.306 · Untitled Discourse on Greed (4th)

> Pali: AN 5.306 · ~

[¶7] “For insight into greed, five things should be developed. What five? The faculties of faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom. For insight into greed, these five things should be developed.”

> Pali: “Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya pañca dhammā bhāvetabbā. Katame pañca? Saddhindriyaṁ, vīriyindriyaṁ, satindriyaṁ, samādhindriyaṁ, paññindriyaṁ— rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya ime pañca dhammā bhāvetabbā”ti.

[¶8] AN 5.307 · Untitled Discourse on Greed (5th)

> Pali: AN 5.307 · ~

[¶9] “For insight into greed, five things should be developed. What five? The powers of faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom. For insight into greed, these five things should be developed.”

> Pali: “Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya pañca dhammā bhāvetabbā. Katame pañca? Saddhābalaṁ, vīriyabalaṁ, satibalaṁ, samādhibalaṁ, paññābalaṁ— rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya ime pañca dhammā bhāvetabbā”ti.