3.
The Discourse on the Body
23.
"There are, monks, mental states to be abandoned by body, not by speech.
There are, monks, mental states to be abandoned by speech, not by body.
There are, monks, mental states to be abandoned neither by body nor by speech, but to be abandoned by having seen with wisdom.
"And what, monks, are the mental states to be abandoned by body, not by speech? Here, monks, a monk has committed an unwholesome act in a certain respect by body. Intelligent fellow monks in the holy life, having investigated, say this about him - 'The venerable one indeed has committed an unwholesome act in a certain respect by body. It would be good if the venerable one, having abandoned bodily misconduct, would develop bodily good conduct.' He, being spoken to by intelligent fellow monks in the holy life having investigated, having abandoned bodily misconduct, develops bodily good conduct. These are called, monks, the mental states to be abandoned by body, not by speech.
"And what, monks, are the mental states to be abandoned by speech, not by body? Here, monks, a monk has committed an unwholesome act in a certain respect by speech. Intelligent fellow monks in the holy life, having investigated, say this about him - 'The venerable one indeed has committed an unwholesome act in a certain respect by speech. It would be good if the venerable one, having abandoned verbal misconduct, would develop good verbal conduct.' He, being spoken to by intelligent fellow monks in the holy life having investigated, having abandoned verbal misconduct, develops good verbal conduct. These are called, monks, the mental states to be abandoned by speech, not by body.
"And what, monks, are the mental states to be abandoned neither by body nor by speech, but to be abandoned by having seen with wisdom? Greed, monks, is to be abandoned neither by body nor by speech, but to be abandoned by having seen with wisdom. Hate, monks, etc. Delusion... Wrath... Hostility... Contempt... Insolence... Stinginess, monks, is to be abandoned neither by body nor by speech, but to be abandoned by having seen with wisdom.
"Evil envy, monks, is to be abandoned neither by body nor by speech, but to be abandoned by having seen with wisdom. And what, monks, is evil envy? Here, monks, a householder or a householder's son prospers with wealth or grain or silver or gold. Therein a certain slave or servant thinks thus - 'Oh, may this householder or householder's son not prosper with wealth or grain or silver or gold!' Or an ascetic or brahmin is an obtainer of the requisites of robes, almsfood, lodging, and medicine for the sick. Therein a certain ascetic or brahmin thinks thus - 'Oh, may this venerable one not be an obtainer of the requisites of robes, almsfood, lodging, and medicine for the sick!' This is called, monks, evil envy.
"Evil desire, monks, is indeed not to be abandoned by body nor by speech, it is to be abandoned by having seen with wisdom. And what, monks, is evil desire? Here, monks, a certain one being faithless wishes 'May they know me as faithful'; being immoral wishes 'May they know me as moral'; being of little learning wishes 'May they know me as very learned'; being one who delights in company wishes 'May they know me as secluded'; being lazy wishes 'May they know me as one putting forth strenuous energy'; being unmindful wishes 'May they know me as mindful'; being unconcentrated wishes 'May they know me as concentrated'; being unwise wishes 'May they know me as wise'; being one who has not eliminated the mental corruptions wishes 'May they know me as one who has eliminated the mental corruptions'. This is called, monks, evil desire. These are called, monks, mental states indeed not to be abandoned by body nor by speech, to be abandoned by having seen with wisdom.
"If, monks, greed overcomes that monk and persists, hate... Delusion... Wrath... Hostility... Contempt... Insolence... stinginess... evil envy... evil desire overcomes and persists. He should be known thus - 'This venerable one does not understand in such a way that for one who understands there is no greed, for thus greed overcomes this venerable one and persists; this venerable one does not understand in such a way that for one who understands there is no hate... Delusion... Wrath... Hostility... Contempt... Insolence... stinginess... evil envy... evil desire does not arise, for thus evil desire overcomes this venerable one and persists.'
"If, monks, greed does not overcome that monk and he lives, hate... Delusion... Wrath... Hostility... Contempt... Insolence... stinginess... evil envy... evil desire does not overcome him and he lives, he should be understood thus - 'This venerable one understands in such a way that for one who understands thus greed does not exist, for indeed greed does not overcome this venerable one and he lives; this venerable one understands in such a way that for one who understands thus hate does not exist... Delusion... Wrath... Hostility... Contempt... Insolence... stinginess... evil envy... evil desire does not exist, for indeed evil desire does not overcome this venerable one and he lives.'" The third.