--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, "Phra Noah Yuttadhammo" <buffer@...>
wrote:

> > > Here, oh monks, a monk is delighted with the Dhamma, is

delighted with

> > development, is delighted with abandoning, is delighted with

seclusion, is

> > delighted with non-disturbance, is delighted with the

uncomplicated.

> >N:nippapañcaaraamo: delighted to be without the papa~ncaas, thus,

without

> >the defilements. Or can we say: he is averse from defilements. My

PTS has:

> >in non-diffuseness.
> >With repect,
> >Nina.
>
> Indeed, respectfully, papa~ncaa does not mean defilements exactly,

it means more "diffuseness" (PED) or "illusion" (CPED) or

> "complication" (ATI).

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Dear venerable Yuttadhammo and Nina,
The commentaries say that the papancaa are: – tanha (desire),
ditthi(view) and mana (conceit). See for example Nettipakarana
paragraph 203, 204).
Robert