Untitled in the source — Rāgapeyyāla — the twenty-third and final chapter of the Tens, closing the entire nipāta
Setting
None stated in the source
Speakers
The Buddha alone, addressing the mendicants
Form
The ten-factor path given as the third set of ten things developed for insight into greed
Length
under 1 minute to read
Difficulty
★☆☆☆☆ — the most familiar content in this chapter, closing its foundational three-list opening
Why this discourse
Closing this chapter's three-list opening, this discourse supplies the most familiar content in the entire nipāta — the ten-factor path itself, already met dozens of times since AN 10.103 — as the third and final base list this chapter's 510-discourse multiplication will run through.
Reading guide
The teaching in one sentence
For insight into greed, ten things should be developed: right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right immersion, right knowledge, and right freedom.
The ten-factor path, given one final role
This same list — the classical eightfold path extended by right knowledge and right freedom — has anchored chapters 11 through 15 and reappeared constantly since AN 10.103; here it takes on one final role, as the third of three base contents multiplied across this chapter's entire 510-discourse structure.
Three lists, closing this chapter's foundational triad
With this discourse, all three of the ten-item lists this chapter's multiplication will run through are now complete: AN 10.237's perception-list moving from specific repulsion to abstract insight, AN 10.238's charnel-ground corpse sequence, and this discourse's own familiar ten-factor path — three genuinely distinct contents, unified only by the shared 10-verb/17-defilement multiplication that follows.
What comes next: compression begins
Beginning with AN 10.240, the chapter shifts from giving full content to peyyāla-compressed ranges, each one standing for many discourses that repeat these same three lists against a new verb or defilement — the three foundational discourses just completed (AN 10.237–239) are the last full, unabbreviated text this chapter will show.
Key terms
sammādiṭṭhi — “right view” — the first item of this discourse's list, the same opening factor of the ten-factor path already met throughout this entire nipāta.
sammāñāṇaṁ, sammāvimutti — “right knowledge, right freedom” — the ninth and tenth items, the two factors extending the classical eightfold path to ten.
dasa dhammā bhāvetabbā — “ten things should be developed” — the shared closing formula common to all three of this chapter's foundational lists.
abhiññā — “insight” — the verb this and the two preceding discourses all apply their own list to, before compression to the remaining nine verbs begins at AN 10.240.
rāgassa — “of greed” — the defilement all three foundational lists are developed “for insight into,” before the chapter's own multiplication extends to sixteen further defilements.
The text
The discourse in full: the ten-factor path as the third of three ten-item lists developed for insight into greed. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
Ten perceptions, the third list: the ten-factor path
§1“For insight into greed, ten things should be developed. What ten? Right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right immersion, right knowledge, and right freedom. For insight into greed, these ten things should be developed.”
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Self-check quiz
6 questions. Click an answer to see immediate feedback. No score is recorded — this is for your own checking.
Question 1 of 6
What third list does this discourse supply, closing this chapter's foundational opening?
Correct: B. The most familiar content in the entire nipāta, given one final structural role.
Question 2 of 6
According to the guide, what are the three distinct ten-item lists this chapter's entire multiplication runs through, now that this discourse completes them?
Correct: B. Three genuinely distinct contents, unified only by the shared verb/defilement multiplication that follows.
Question 3 of 6
According to the guide, what happens starting at AN 10.240?
Correct: B. AN 10.237–239 are the last full, unabbreviated text this chapter will show.
Question 4 of 6
Where is this discourse set?
Correct: D. No location is given for this discourse.
Question 5 of 6
What role has the ten-factor path played throughout this project, according to the guide?
Correct: B. One of this project's most recurring core teachings, given one final role here.
Question 6 of 6
What chapter of AN10 does this discourse belong to?
Correct: B. The twenty-third and final chapter of the Tens.
