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Lesson 3.7.7 Cundasuttaṃ – Purifying Oneself by Training One's Mind Properly
‘While on a clean and bright cloth even a little dirt is easily visible, on a stained and dirty cloth even more dirt doesn’t seem conspicuous’ – with this simile the Buddha introduces in the Vatthūpamasuttaṃ sources of defilements which corrupt and pollute the mind. The present lesson likewise refers to the root and causes of mental contamination. The Buddha addresses Cunda (Cundo kammāraputto), the smith’s son, and highlights the three mental defilements that conclude the ten courses of unwholesome actions - dasa akusalakammapathā. The Buddha stirs Cunda to oppose, fight and master them through their respective counterparts: anabhijjhālu, abyāpannacitto and sammādiṭṭhi.