iti68:0.1So It Was Said 68
iti68:0.2The Book of the Threes
iti68:0.3Chapter Two
iti68:0.4Greed (1st)
iti68:1.1This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
iti68:2.1“Whoever has not given up greed, hate, and delusion
iti68:2.2is said to be trapped. They’re caught in Māra’s snare, and the Wicked One can do with them what he wants.
iti68:2.3Whoever has given up greed, hate, and delusion
iti68:2.4is said to be free. They’re released from Māra’s snare, and the Wicked One cannot do with them what he wants.”
iti68:2.5The Buddha spoke this matter.
iti68:2.6On this it is said:
iti68:3.1“Those in whom greed, hate, and ignorance
iti68:3.2have faded away,
iti68:3.3belong with those who are evolved;
iti68:3.4A manifestation of divinity, realized,
iti68:3.5awakened, beyond enmities and fears,
iti68:3.6they’ve given up everything, they say.”
iti68:4.1This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.