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　　"Without abandoning three things, one is unable to abandon birth, old age, and death. What are these three

　　 Without abandoning greed, without abandoning hate, and without abandoning delusion — without abandoning these three things one is unable to abandon birth, old age and death.

　　"Without abandoning three things, one is unable to abandon greed, hatred and delusion. They are: personality belief, skeptical doubt and clinging to rites and rituals.

　　"Without abandoning three things, one is unable to abandon personality belief, skeptical doubt and clinging to rites and rituals. They are: unwise attention, pursuing wrong ways, and mental lassitude.

　　"Without abandoning three things, one is unable to abandon unwise attention, pursuing wrong ways, and mental lassitude. They are: lack of mindfulness, absence of clear comprehension, and mental distraction.

　　"Without abandoning three things, one is unable to abandon lack of mindfulness, absence of clear comprehension, and mental distraction. They are: disinterest in seeing noble ones, disinterest in listening to their teachings, and a fault-finding mentality.

　　"Without abandoning three things, one is unable to abandon lack of interest in seeing noble ones, disinterest in listening to their teachings, and a fault-finding mentality. They are: restlessness, lack of self-control and immorality.

　　"Without abandoning three things, one is unable to abandon restlessness, lack of self-control and immorality. They are: lack of faith, unfriendliness and laziness.

　　"Without abandoning three things, one is unable to abandon lack of faith, unfriendliness and laziness. They are: disrespect, stubbornness and bad friendships.

　　"Without abandoning three things, one is unable to abandon disrespect, stubbornness and bad friendships. They are: shamelessness, lack of moral scruples and heedlessness.

　　"There is a person, monks, who is shameless, unscrupulous and heedless. Being heedless, he cannot give up disrespect, stubbornness and bad friendships. Having bad friends, he cannot give up lack of faith, unfriendliness and laziness. Being lazy, he cannot give up restlessness, lack of self-control and immorality. Being immoral, he cannot give up disinterest in seeing noble ones, disinterest in listening to their teachings, and a fault-finding mentality. Being a fault-finder, he cannot give up unmindfulness, lack of clear comprehension, and mental distraction. Having a distracted mind, he cannot give up unwise attention, the pursuit of wrong ways, and mental lassitude. With mental lassitude, he cannot give up personality belief, skeptical doubt, and clinging to rites and rituals. Having skeptical doubt, he cannot give up greed, hate and delusion. And without giving up greed, hate and delusion, he cannot abandon birth, old age and death.

　　"But by abandoning three things, one is able to abandon birth, old age, and death. What are these three

　　 They are: greed, hate and delusion. By abandoning them, one is able to abandon birth, old age and death.

　　"By abandoning three things, one is able to abandon greed, hate and delusion. They are: personality belief, skeptical doubt and clinging to rites and rituals.

　　(To be continued with the same sequence of terms as above, up to:)

　　"By abandoning three things, one is able to abandon disrespect, stubbornness and bad friendships. They are: shamelessness, lack of moral scruples and heedlessness.

　　"There is a person, monks, who has shame, moral scruples and is heedful. Being heedful, he can give up disrespect, stubbornness and bad friendships. Having noble friends, he can give up lack of faith, unfriendliness and laziness. Being energetic, he can …

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