Itivuttaka 39

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39. Desanasuttam (Disenchantment & Dispassion is by Seeing Evil as Evil)

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

“Monks, the Tathagata(Buddha)—worthy & rightly self-awakened—has two Dhamma discourses given in sequence. Which two? ‘See evil as evil.’ This is the first Dhamma discourse. ‘Having seen evil as evil, become disenchanted there, dispassionate there, released.’ This is the second Dhamma discourse. These are the two Dhamma discourses that the Tathagata(Buddha)—worthy & rightly self-awakened has given in sequence.”

See the two statements, declared in sequence, by the Tathagata(Buddha), awakened, sympathetic to all beings. The first: see evil. Be dispassionate there toward evil. Then, with a mind dispassionate, you will make an end of suffering & suffering.