Interest and Greed I

1. I heard thus. At one time the Blessed One was living in the monastery offered by Anāthapiṇḍika in Jeta's grove in Sāvatthi.

2. Then venerable Rādha approached the Blessed One, worshipped, and sat on a side.

3. To venerable Rādha seated on a side the Blessed One said:

4. “Rādha, dispel your love, greed, interest, and craving for matter. That will be giving up matter. It will be pulling out the roots, making a palm stump that would not grow in the future.

5. “Rādha, dispel your love, greed, interest, and craving for feelings. That will be giving up feelings. It will be pulling out the roots, making a palm stump that would not grow in the future.

6-7. “Rādha, dispel your love, greed, interest, and craving for perceptions and intentions. That will be giving up perceptions and intentions. It will be pulling out the roots, making palm stumps that would not grow in the future.

8. “Rādha, dispel your love, greed, interest, and craving for consciousness. That will be giving up consciousness. It will be pulling out the roots, making a palm stump that would not grow in the future.”