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Pāḷi MS. Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato

  • Saṁyutta Nikāya 17.34  Linked Discourses 17.34
  • 4. Catutthavagga  Chapter Four

Sukkadhammasutta 
Sukkadhammasutta → sukkadhammasamucchedasuttaṁ (bj); sukko (pts1ed, pts2ed)
Bright Quality

Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.  At Sāvatthī.

“Dāruṇo, bhikkhave, lābhasakkārasiloko.  “Possessions, honor, and popularity are brutal …

Lābhasakkārasilokena abhibhūtassa pariyādiṇṇacittassa, bhikkhave, devadattassa sukko dhammo samucchedamagamā.  Devadatta cut off his bright quality because his mind was overcome and overwhelmed by possessions, honor, and popularity.

Evaṁ dāruṇo kho, bhikkhave, lābhasakkārasiloko …pe…  So brutal are possessions, honor, and popularity. …”
sikkhitabban”ti. 

Catutthaṁ. 

Pāḷi MS. Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato

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