Aggisutta

Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:

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

“Tayome, bhikkhave, aggī. Katame tayo? Rāgaggi, dosaggi, mohaggi— ime kho, bhikkhave, tayo aggī”ti. Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca. Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:

“Mendicants, there are these three fires. What three? The fires of greed, hate, and delusion. These are the three fires.” The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:

“Rāgaggi dahati macce, ratte kāmesu mucchite; Dosaggi pana byāpanne, nare pāṇātipātino.

“The fire of greed burns a mortal, lustful, infatuated by sensual pleasures; while, fallen in the fire of hate, a person kills living creatures;

Mohaggi pana sammūḷhe, ariyadhamme akovide; Ete aggī ajānantā, sakkāyābhiratā pajā.

and, bewildered by the fire of delusion, they miss the teaching of the noble ones. Not recognizing these three fires, people are caught up in substantial reality.

Te vaḍḍhayanti nirayaṁ, tiracchānañca yoniyo; Asuraṁ pettivisayaṁ, amuttā mārabandhanā.

They fill the ranks of hell, of birth as an animal, or of titans and ghosts, not freed from Māra’s bonds.

Ye ca rattindivā yuttā, sammāsambuddhasāsane; Te nibbāpenti rāgaggiṁ, niccaṁ asubhasaññino.

But as to those committed day and night to the teaching of the Buddha: they extinguish the fire of greed, always perceiving ugliness;

Dosaggiṁ pana mettāya, nibbāpenti naruttamā; Mohaggiṁ pana paññāya, yāyaṁ nibbedhagāminī.

while those supreme men extinguish the fire of hate with love; and the fire of delusion with the wisdom that leads to penetration.

Te nibbāpetvā nipakā, rattindivamatanditā; Asesaṁ parinibbanti, asesaṁ dukkhamaccaguṁ.

Having extinguished these fires, alert, tireless all day and night, they become fully extinguished, completely transcending suffering.

Ariyaddasā vedaguno, sammadaññāya paṇḍitā; Jātikkhayamabhiññāya, nāgacchanti punabbhavan”ti.

Seers of the noble truths, knowledge masters, the astute, understanding rightly, directly know the ending of rebirth, they come not back to future lives.”

Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti. Catutthaṁ.

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