Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

7: The Book of the Sevens

617.

1"Bhikkhus, for direct knowledge of lust, seven things are to be developed. What seven?

The perception of unattractiveness, the perception of death, the perception of the repulsiveness of food, the perception of non-delight in the entire world, the perception of impermanence, the perception of suffering in the impermanent, and the perception of non-self in what is suffering. For direct knowledge of lust, these seven things are to be developed."

1"Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya satta dhammā bhāvetabbā. Katame satta?

Asubhasaññā, maraṇasaññā, āhāre paṭikūlasaññā, sabbaloke anabhiratasaññā, aniccasaññā, anicce dukkhasaññā, dukkhe anattasaññā – rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya ime satta dhammā bhāvetabbā"ti.

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