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

Bright Quality Sukkadhammasutta

At Sāvatthī. Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.

ā€œPossessions, honor, and popularity are grim … ā€œDāruṇo, bhikkhave, lābhasakkārasiloko.

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

So grim are possessions, honor, and popularity. ā€¦ā€ Evaṁ dāruṇo kho, bhikkhave, lābhasakkārasiloko …pe… sikkhitabbanā€ti.

Catutthaṁ.