{"collection":"Khuddaka Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_iti88/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_iti88","id":"suttacentral_iti88","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/iti88/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Khuddaka Nikaya"],"text":"This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard. \u201cMendicants, there are these three inner stains, inner foes, inner enemies, inner killers, and inner adversaries. What three? Greed, hate, and delusion. These three are inner stains, inner foes, inner enemies, inner killers, and inner adversaries.\u201d The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said: \u201cGreed creates harm; greed upsets the mind. That person doesn\u2019t recognize the danger that arises within. A greedy person doesn\u2019t know the good. A greedy person doesn\u2019t see the truth. When a person is beset by greed, only blind darkness is left. Those who have given up greed, don\u2019t get greedy even when provoked. Greed falls off them like a drop from a lotus-leaf. Hate creates harm; hate upsets the mind. That person doesn\u2019t recognize the danger that arises within. A hateful person doesn\u2019t know the good. A hateful person doesn\u2019t see the truth. When a person is beset by hate, only blind darkness is left. Those who have given up hate, don\u2019t get angry even when provoked. Hate falls off them like a ripe palmyra fruit from its stem. Delusion creates harm; delusion upsets the mind. That person doesn\u2019t recognize the danger that arises within. A deluded person doesn\u2019t know the good. A deluded person doesn\u2019t see the truth. When a person is beset by delusion, only blind darkness is left. Those who have given up delusion, don\u2019t get deluded even when provoked. They banish all delusion, as the rising sun the dark.\u201d This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.","title":"Inner Stains","tradition":"Khuddaka Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":271}