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A Vajjian monk visits the Buddha at the Kūtāgārasālā in
Vesāli, and complains that he has to recite over two hundred and fifty rules
twice a month. "I cannot stand such training," he says. The Buddha then asks him
if he can train himself in three particulars. The monk agrees to do this and is
told to develop higher morality, the higher thought and higher insight (adhisīla,
adhicitta, adhipaññā). The monk develops these, and, as a result, gets rid of
lust, malice, and delusion. A.i.230f.

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