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(Qualities of) the World Loka Sutta (SN 3:23) Near Sāvatthī. As he was sitting to one side, King Pasenadi Kosala said to the Blessed One: “How many qualities of the world that, when arising, arise for harm, stress, & discomfort?” “Three qualities of the world, great king, when arising, arise for harm, stress, & discomfort. Which three? Greed, great king, is a quality of the world that, when arising, arises for harm, stress, & discomfort. Aversion… Delusion is a quality of the world that, when arising, arises for harm, stress, & discomfort. These are the three qualities of the world, great king, that when arising, arise for harm, stress, & discomfort.” That is what the Blessed One said. Having said that, the One Well-Gone, the Teacher, said further: “Greed, aversion, & delusion —born from oneself— destroy the person of evil awareness, as its own fruit, the reed.”