“For insight into greed, nine things should be developed. What nine? The first absorption, the second absorption, the third absorption, the fourth absorption, the dimension of infinite space, the dimension of infinite consciousness, the dimension of nothingness, the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, and the cessation of perception and feeling. For insight into greed, these nine things should be developed.”

Numbered Discourses 9.95–112 10. Abbreviated Texts Beginning with Greed Untitled Discourses on Greed

“For the complete understanding of greed … complete ending … giving up … ending … vanishing … fading away … cessation … giving away … letting go of greed … these nine things should be developed.”

Numbered Discourses 9.113–432 10. Abbreviated Texts Beginning with Greed Untitled Discourses on Hate, Etc.

“For insight into 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 … ceasing … giving away … For the letting go of negligence … these nine things should be developed.”

The Book of the Nines is finished.