The Blessed,Noble,Awakened One-The Tathagata
Hearing the well-spoken words of the Awakened One, Kinsman of the Sun, I pierced what is subtle β as if, with an arrow, the tip of a horse-tail hair.
(Qualities of) the World
At Savatthi. As he was sitting to one side, King Pasenadi Kosala said to the Blessed One: “How many qualities of the world that, when arising, arise for harm, stress, & discomfort?”
“Three qualities of the world, great king, when arising, arise for harm, stress, & discomfort. Which three? Greed, great king, is a quality of the world that, when arising, arises for harm, stress, & discomfort. Aversion… Delusion is a quality of the world that, when arising, arises for harm, stress, & discomfort. These are the three qualities of the world, great king, that when arising, arise for harm, stress, & discomfort.”
That is what the Blessed One said. Having said that, the One Well-Gone, the Teacher, said further:
Greed, aversion, & delusion β born from oneself β destroy the person of evil awareness, as its own fruit, the reed.