Itivuttaka 93

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93. Aggisuttam (Hell Fire, Rebirth)

This was said by the Lord Buddha(Bhagavata), said by the Arahant, so I have heard:

“Monks, there are these three fires. Which three? The fire of passion(raag), the fire of aversion(dosa), the fire of delusion(moha). These are the three fires.”

The fire of passion(raag) burns in a mortal delighting in, smitten with sensual desires; the fire of aversion, in a malevolent person taking life; the fire of delusion, in a bewildered person ignorant of the noble teaching. Not understanding these fires, people —fond of self-identity— unreleased from Mara’s(devil's) shackles, swell the ranks of hell, the wombs of common animals, demons, the realm of the hungry ghosts. While those who, day & night, <p style="text-align:center;">are devoted <p style="text-align:center;">to the message <p style="text-align:center;">of the rightly self-awakened, <p style="text-align:center;">put out the fire of passion(raag), <p style="text-align:center;">constantly perceiving the foul. <p style="text-align:center;">They, superlative people, <p style="text-align:center;">put out the fire of aversion <p style="text-align:center;">with good will, <p style="text-align:center;">and the fire of delusion <p style="text-align:center;">with the direct understanding(panna) leading <p style="text-align:center;">to penetration. <p style="text-align:center;">They, the masterful, untiring by night & day, <p style="text-align:center;">having put out [the fires], <p style="text-align:center;">having, without remainder, <p style="text-align:center;">comprehended suffering, <p style="text-align:center;">are, without remainder, <p style="text-align:center;">totally unbound(achieves Nibbana). <p style="text-align:center;">They, the wise, with an attainer-of-wisdom’s <p style="text-align:center;">noble vision, <p style="text-align:center;">right divine awakening, <p style="text-align:center;">directly knowing <p style="text-align:center;">the ending of birth, <p style="text-align:center;">come to no further rebirths.

See also: SN 35:28; Ud 3:10