Did the Buddha say that practitioners inclined towards hate rather than greed are closer to nibbana? I have heard more than one Dharma teacher say the Buddha claimed that practitioners who are more strongly inclined towards hate than greed are closer to nibbana.
Is there any evidence from the suttas to support this claim?
If true, did the Buddha offer any hints as to why this might be true?
I have seen this discussed at length in a traditional Buddhist text, but I don't remember in which one 
To be precise it was not &quot;hate&quot; vs &quot;greed&quot; but &quot;aversion&quot; vs &quot;attachment&quot; ( or &quot;indulging&quot;).
Basically, the logic went as follows: aversion is by its nature unpleasant and so the person naturally wants to get rid of the feeling it generates, while indulging is pleasant and so is more difficult to abandon, because there's no motivation to do so.
That's the basic logic, I'll try to find the text but can't promise.