Interest and Greed (1)

1. I heard thus. At one time the Blessed One lived in the monastery offered by Anàthapiõóika in Jeta's grove in Sàvatthi.

2. Then the monks approached the Blessed One, worshipped and sat on a side and the Blessed One said:

3. ßMonks, dispel whatever interest, greed, liking, and craving you have for matter, by that matter will be dispelled with its roots pulled out and made a palm stump that does not grow again.

4-6. ßMonks, dispel whatever interest, greed, liking, and craving you have for feelings, perceptions and intentions, by that feelings, perceptions, and intentions will be dispelled with their roots pulled out and made palm stumps that do not grow again

7. ßMonks, dispel whatever interest, greed, liking, and craving you have for consciousness, by that consciousness will be dispelled with its roots pulled out and made a palm stump that does not grow again.