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Mūlasutta

Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:

Roots

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

“Tīṇimāni, bhikkhave, akusalamūlāni. Katamāni tīṇi? Lobho akusalamūlaṁ, doso akusalamūlaṁ, moho akusalamūlaṁ— imāni kho, bhikkhave, tīṇi akusalamūlānī”ti. Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca. Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:

“Mendicants, there are these three unskillful roots. What three? Greed, hate, and delusion. These are the three unskillful roots.” The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:

“Lobho doso ca moho ca, purisaṁ pāpacetasaṁ; Hiṁsanti attasambhūtā, tacasāraṁva samphalan”ti.

“When greed, hate, and delusion, have arisen inside oneself, they harm a person of wicked heart, as a bamboo is destroyed by its own fruit.”

Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.

This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.