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- Samyutta Nikaya III.6
- Appaka Sutta
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At Savatthi. As he was sitting to one side, King Pasenadi Kosala said to the Blessed
One: "Just now, lord, while I was alone in seclusion, this train of thought arose in
my awareness: 'Few are those people in the world who, when acquiring lavish wealth, don't
become intoxicated & heedless, don't become greedy for sensual pleasures, and don't
mistreat other beings. Many more are those who, when acquiring lavish wealth, become
intoxicated & heedless, become greedy for sensual pleasures, and mistreat other
beings.'"
"That's the way it is, great king! That's the way it is! Few are those people in
the world who, when acquiring lavish wealth, don't become intoxicated & heedless,
don't become greedy for sensual pleasures, and don't mistreat other beings. Many more are
those who, when acquiring lavish wealth, become intoxicated & heedless, become greedy
for sensual pleasures, and mistreat other beings."
That is what the Blessed One said. Having said that, the One Well-Gone, the Teacher,
said further:
Impassioned with sensual possessions,
greedy, dazed by sensual pleasures,
they don't awaken to the fact
that they've gone too far --
like deer into trap laid out.
Afterwards it's bitter for them:
evil for them
the result.