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Path of Freedom [Vimuttimagga]

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KINDS OF BEHAVIOURTHE PATH OF FREEDOMFASCICLE THE THIRDWRITTENBYTHE ARAHANT UPATISSAWHO WAS CALLEDGREAT LIGHT IN RYOTRANSLATED IN RYOBYTIPITAKA SANGHAPALA OF FUNANTHE DISTINGUISHING OF BEHAVIOUR 1CHAPTER THE SIXTHNow, when the teacher 2 on whom one depends has observed one'sbehaviour for several months and has fixed upon a suitable subject <strong>of</strong> meditation,3 he will instruct.Here, 'behaviour' means the fourteen kinds 4 <strong>of</strong> behaviour: passionbehaviour,hate-behaviour, infatuation-behaviour, faith-behaviour, intelligencebehaviour,excogitation-behaviour, passion-hate-behaviour, passion-infatuationbehaviour,hate-infatuation-behaviour, passion-hate-infatuation-behaviour,faith-intelligence-behaviour, faith excogitation-behaviour, intelligence-excogitation-behaviour,faith-intelligence-excogitation-behaviour.And again, there are other kinds <strong>of</strong> behaviour such as craving-behaviour,opinion-behaviour, pride-behaviour. 5Here, in the case <strong>of</strong> greed and the rest, the meaning does not deferfrom the above. 6FOURTEEN KINDS OF PERSONSThere are fourteen kinds <strong>of</strong> persons corresponding to the fourteen kinds<strong>of</strong> behaviour thus:The person walking in passion,The person walking in hate,The person walking in infatuation,1. Cariyd. 2. Acariya. 3. Kammatthdna. 4. Rdga- 0 , dosa-°, inoha- 0 , saddhd-*, buddhi-°,vitakka- 0 , rdga-dosa- 0 , rdga-moha-% dosa-moha- 0 , rdga-dosa-moha-*, saddhd-buddhi-*',saddhd-vitakka-° f buddhi-vitakka- 0 , saddhd-huddhi-vitakka-cariyd*. (*Lit. qualities <strong>of</strong>equal measure).5. Tanhd", ditthi-% mdna-cariyd. 6. The Chinese is unintelligible.54

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