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The Discourse on Direct Knowledge
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"Monks, there are these four mental states.
Which four?
There are, monks, mental states to be fully understood through direct knowledge;
there are, monks, mental states to be abandoned through direct knowledge;
there are, monks, mental states to be developed through direct knowledge;
there are, monks, mental states to be realised through direct knowledge.
And what, monks, are the mental states to be fully understood through direct knowledge? Five aggregates of clinging - these are called, monks, the mental states to be fully understood through direct knowledge.
And what, monks, are the mental states to be abandoned through direct knowledge? Ignorance and craving for existence - these are called, monks, the mental states to be abandoned through direct knowledge.
And what, monks, are the mental states to be developed through direct knowledge? Serenity and insight - these are called, monks, the mental states to be developed through direct knowledge.
And what, monks, are the mental states to be realised through direct knowledge? True knowledge and liberation - these are called, monks, the mental states to be realised through direct knowledge. These, monks, are the four mental states." The first.