So It Was Said 56

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1. So It Was Said 56
2. The Book of the Threes
3. Chapter One
4. Defilements (1st)
5. This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
6. “Mendicants, there are these three defilements.
7. What three?
8. The defilements of sensuality, desire to be reborn, and ignorance.
9. These are the three defilements.”
10. The Buddha spoke this matter.
11. On this it is said:
12. “Stilled, aware,
13. a mindful disciple of the Buddha
14. understands defilements,
15. the cause of defilements,
16. where they cease,
17. and the path that leads to their ending.
18. With the ending of defilements, a mendicant
19. is hungerless, quenched.”
20. This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.