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- Samyutta Nikaya III.23
- Loka Sutta
- (Qualities of) the World
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At Savatthi. As he was sitting to one side, King Pasenadi Kosala
said to the Blessed One: "How many qualities of the world that, when arising, arise
for harm, stress, & discomfort?"
"Three qualities of the world, great king, when arising, arise for harm, stress,
& discomfort. Which three? Greed, great king, is a quality of the world that, when
arising, arises for harm, stress, & discomfort. Aversion...Delusion is a quality of
the world that, when arising, arises for harm, stress, & discomfort. These are the
three qualities of the world, great king, that when arising, arise for harm, stress, &
discomfort."
That is what the Blessed One said. Having said that, the One Well-Gone, the Teacher,
said further:
"Greed, aversion, & delusion
-- born from oneself --
destroy
the person of evil awareness,
as its own fruit, the reed."