Iti 68

Paṭhamarāgasutta

Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:

Greed (1st)

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

“Yassa kassaci, bhikkhave, rāgo appahīno, doso appahīno, moho appahīno— ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, ‘baddho mārassa paṭimukkassa mārapāso yathākāmakaraṇīyo pāpimato’. Yassa kassaci, bhikkhave, rāgo pahīno, doso pahīno, moho pahīno— ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, ‘abaddho mārassa omukkassa mārapāso na yathākāmakaraṇīyo pāpimato’”ti. Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca. Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:

“Whoever has not given up greed, hate, and delusion is said to be trapped. They’re caught in Māra’s snare, and the Wicked One can do with them what he wants. Whoever has given up greed, hate, and delusion is said to be free. They’re released from Māra’s snare, and the Wicked One cannot do with them what he wants.” The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:

“Yassa rāgo ca doso ca, avijjā ca virājitā; Taṁ bhāvitattaññataraṁ, brahmabhūtaṁ tathāgataṁ; Buddhaṁ verabhayātītaṁ, āhu sabbappahāyinan”ti.

“Those in whom greed, hate, and ignorance have faded away, belong with those who are evolved; A manifestation of divinity, realized, awakened, beyond enmities and fears, they’ve given up everything, they say.”

Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.

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