mn3:9-15.1 The bad thing here is anger and acrimony. …
mn3:9-15.2 disdain and contempt …
mn3:9-15.3 jealousy and stinginess …
mn3:9-15.4 deceit and deviousness …
mn3:9-15.5 obstinacy and aggression …
mn3:9-15.6 conceit and arrogance …
mn3:9-15.7 vanity and negligence.
mn3:9-15.8 There is a middle way of practice for giving up vanity and negligence. It gives vision and knowledge, and leads to peace, direct knowledge, awakening, and extinguishment.
mn3:9-15.9 And what is that middle way of practice?
mn3:9-15.10 It is simply this noble eightfold path, that is:
mn3:9-15.11 right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.
mn3:9-15.12 This is that middle way of practice, which gives vision and knowledge, and leads to peace, direct knowledge, awakening, and extinguishment.”
mn3:9-15.13 That is what Venerable Sāriputta said.
mn3:9-15.14 Satisfied, the mendicants approved what Sāriputta said.