SN.17.32. Kusalamūlasutta ("Skillful Root")

Saṁyutta Nikāya ("The Linked Discourses")

At Sāvatthī.

“Possessions, honor, and popularity are brutal …

Devadatta cut off his skillful root because his mind was overcome and overwhelmed by possessions, honor, and popularity.

So brutal are possessions, honor, and popularity. …”



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