So It Was Said 1

The Book of the Ones

Chapter One

Greed

iti1:1 This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

iti1:2 “Mendicants, give up one thing and I guarantee you non-return. What one thing? Greed is the one thing. Give it up, and I guarantee you non-return.” The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:

iti1:3 “When overcome by greed beings go to a bad place. Having rightly understood that greed, the discerning give it up. Once they’ve given it up, they never return to this world.”

iti1:4 This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.