SN17: Linked Discourses on Possessions, Honour, and Popularity
III. The Third Chapter — SN17.27: Ascetics and Brahmins (3rd)
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1At Sāvatthī.
“There are ascetics and brahmins who don’t truly understand possessions, honor, and popularity, their origin, their cessation, and the path that leads to their cessation …
There are ascetics and brahmins who do truly understand …”
1Sāvatthiyaṁ vihārati.
""Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā lābhasakkārasilokaṁ yathābhūtaṁ nappajānanti, lābhasakkārasilokasamudayaṁ nappajānanti, lābhasakkārasilokanirodhaṁ nappajānanti, lābhasakkārasilokanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadāṁ nappajānanti … pe … pajānanti … pe … sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihārantī"ti.
Sattamaṁ.