SN17: Linked Discourses on Possessions, Honour, and Popularity
III. The Third Chapter — SN17.26: Ascetics and Brahmins (2nd)
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1At Sāvatthī.
“There are ascetics and brahmins who don’t truly understand the origin, ending, gratification, drawback, and escape when it comes to possessions, honor, and popularity …
There are ascetics and brahmins who do truly understand …”
1Sāvatthiyaṁ vihārati.
""Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā lābhasakkārasilokassa samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ nappajānanti … pe … pajānanti … pe … sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihārantī"ti.
Chaṭṭhaṁ.