AN 11.992–1151 — Hate, Etc. — Closing the Aṅguttara Nikāya

Reading guide

The teaching in one sentence

Each of the sixteen remaining defilements — hate, delusion, anger, acrimony, disdain, contempt, jealousy, stinginess, deceitfulness, deviousness, obstinacy, aggression, conceit, arrogance, vanity, and negligence — should likewise be met by developing the same eleven things for insight, complete understanding, complete ending, giving up, ending, vanishing, fading away, cessation, giving away, and letting go of each defilement in turn.

The same sixteen-item list, met a third time

Hate, delusion, anger, acrimony, disdain, contempt, jealousy, stinginess, deceitfulness, deviousness, obstinacy, aggression, conceit, arrogance, vanity, and negligence are the identical sixteen items, in the identical order, that closed both AN 9.113–432 and AN 10.267–746 — the same defilement list, now recurring a third and final time to close the Elevens as it once closed the Nines and the Tens.

The arithmetic, and this project's own final closure

16 defilements × 10 verbs × 1 eleven-item list = 160, plus the 10 discourses already given for greed itself (AN 11.982–991), totals exactly 170, matching the discourse range AN 11.982 through AN 11.1151 — and with this page, all 1,151 AN11 discourses, and with them this entire project's translation of all 1,408 discourses across AN 1 through AN 11, are complete.

A colophon closing four things at once, and translated in full this time

This page's own closing lines mark a fourfold closure, and unlike this project's two earlier Rāgapeyyāla, whose final nipāta-closing lines were left untranslated in the English source, this time both closing declarations are given in English: first the standard formula ‘that is what the Buddha said; satisfied, the mendicants approved’, then (after the untranslated ‘Rāgapeyyālaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ’ and a traditional recitation-count verse) the source's own words, quoted here directly: ‘The Book of the Elevens is finished. The Numbered Discourses are completed.’ — not just this chapter, not just this nipāta, but the entire Aṅguttara Nikāya, and with it this project's full translation of all 1,408 discourses it set out to cover.

Key terms

dosassa, mohassa, kodhassa — “hate, delusion, anger” — the first three of the sixteen defilements opening this compressed range, the same standard list met at both this project's earlier Rāgapeyyāla.

upanāhassa, makkhassa, paḷāsassa, issāya, macchariyassa — “acrimony, disdain, contempt, jealousy, stinginess” — five further defilements, matching the identical list and order already established at AN 3.183–352 and repeated at every nipāta-closing peyyāla since.

pamādassa — “of negligence” — the sixteenth and final defilement, given its own full ten-verb treatment before this page's own closing lines.

ime ekādasa dhammā bhāvetabbā — “these eleven things should be developed” — the shared closing formula, repeated for each defilement crossed against each of the ten verbs.

Ekādasakanipātapāḷi niṭṭhitā. Aṅguttaranikāyo samatto. — “the Book of the Elevens is finished. The Numbered Discourses are completed.” — the source's own final declaration, quoted here directly, closing this entire nipāta and, with it, this project's full translation of all 1,408 discourses across AN 1 through AN 11.

The text

The compressed text in full: sixteen defilements crossed against ten verbs, then the discourse's own close and this project's final colophon, quoted directly. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).

Sixteen defilements, ten verbs, compressed

§1“Of hate … delusion … anger … acrimony … disdain … contempt … jealousy … stinginess … deceitfulness … deviousness … obstinacy … aggression … conceit … arrogance … vanity … for insight into negligence … complete understanding … complete ending … giving up … ending … vanishing … fading away … cessation … giving away … For the letting go of negligence, these eleven things should be developed.”

The discourse ends, and the entire collection with it

§2That is what the Buddha said. Satisfied, the mendicants approved what the Buddha said. The Book of the Elevens is finished. The Numbered Discourses are completed.

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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 does this compressed page stand for?

Correct: B. 16 defilements × 10 verbs = 160, completing this Rāgapeyyāla's full 170-discourse structure alongside greed's own 10.

Question 2 of 6

According to the guide, what is significant about the sixteen-item defilement list this page uses?

Correct: B. The same defilement list, now recurring a third and final time.

Question 3 of 6

How does this page's own closing colophon differ from this project's two earlier Rāgapeyyāla, according to the guide?

Correct: B. "The Book of the Elevens is finished. The Numbered Discourses are completed." — translated this time.

Question 4 of 6

What does this page mark the completion of for this entire project, according to the guide?

Correct: B. The final page of the entire Aṅguttara Nikāya completion project.

Question 5 of 6

What is the arithmetic behind this Rāgapeyyāla's full 170-discourse span, according to the guide?

Correct: B. Confirmed against bilara-data before writing, matching the discourse range AN 11.982 through AN 11.1151 exactly.

Question 6 of 6

Where is this compressed passage set?

Correct: D. No location is given for this compressed passage.

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Hate, Etc., Closing the Aṅguttara Nikāya

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