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Chapter Four – 4. Catutthavagga

SN 17.37 Mother – Mātusutta

 

At Sāvatthī.

Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.

“Possessions, honor, and popularity are brutal, bitter, and harsh. They’re an obstacle to reaching the supreme sanctuary.

“Dāruṇo, bhikkhave, lābhasakkārasiloko kaṭuko pharuso antarāyiko anuttarassa yogakkhemassa adhigamāya.

When I’ve comprehended the mind of a certain person, I understand:

Idhāhaṁ, bhikkhave, ekaccaṁ puggalaṁ evaṁ cetasā ceto paricca pajānāmi:

‘This venerable would not tell a deliberate lie even for the sake of their mother.’

‘na cāyamāyasmā mātupi hetu sampajānamusā bhāseyyā’ti.

But some time later I see them tell a deliberate lie because their mind is overcome and overwhelmed by possessions, honor, and popularity.

Tamenaṁ passāmi aparena samayena lābhasakkārasilokena abhibhūtaṁ pariyādiṇṇacittaṁ sampajānamusā bhāsantaṁ.

So brutal are possessions, honor, and popularity—bitter and harsh, an obstacle to reaching the supreme sanctuary.

Evaṁ dāruṇo kho, bhikkhave, lābhasakkārasiloko kaṭuko pharuso antarāyiko anuttarassa yogakkhemassa adhigamāya.

So you should train like this:

Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, evaṁ sikkhitabbaṁ:

‘We will give up arisen possessions, honor, and popularity, and we won’t let them occupy our minds.’

‘uppannaṁ lābhasakkārasilokaṁ pajahissāma.

 

Na ca no uppanno lābhasakkārasiloko cittaṁ pariyādāya ṭhassatī’ti.

That’s how you should train.”

Evañhi vo, bhikkhave, sikkhitabban”ti.