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# Iti 50 · uttaka 50
- URL: https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/iti-50/
- Published: 2026-06-01T00:47:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-13T16:40:13.000Z
- Description: Itivuttaka · Iti 50. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
- Author: Ninth Heaven Literature & Arts Association (NHLAA)
- Tags: Buddhism, Sutta Piṭaka, Text, Indian, The Buddha, Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, Itivuttaka, Verse, Pali, Early Buddhist, Library, #Import 2026-07-06 03:33

*This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant, so I have heard:* “Monks, there are these three roots of what is unskillful. Which three? Greed as a root of what is unskillful, aversion as a root of what is unskillful, delusion as a root of what is unskillful. These are the three roots of what is unskillful.”

Greed, aversion, delusion destroy

the self-same person of evil mind

from whom they are born,

like the fruiting

of the bamboo.

See also: [MN 9](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/mn-9/); [Dhp 164](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/dhp-12/)

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