[548] Bhikkhus, suppose there were a dung beetle (kaṃsaḷakā), a feeder on dung, stuffed with dung, full of dung, and before her there were a great heap of dung. On that account she would despise other dung beetles, thinking: "I am a feeder on dung, stuffed with dung, full of dung, and before me is this great heap of dung." Even so, bhikkhus, here some bhikkhu, overcome by gain, honour, and fame (lābhasakkārasiloka), his mind (citta) consumed by it, in the morning dresses himself and, taking bowl and robe, enters a village or a town for alms. There he eats as much as he wishes, he is invited for the next day's meal, and his almsfood is full. Having gone to the monastery, he boasts in the midst of a group of bhikkhus: "I have eaten as much as I wished, I have been invited for tomorrow's meal, my almsfood is full, and I am one who gains robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicinal requisites for the sick; but these other bhikkhus, of little merit and little influence, do not gain robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicinal requisites for the sick." Overcome by that gain, honour, and fame, his mind consumed by it, he despises other well-behaved bhikkhus. That, bhikkhus, will lead to the harm and suffering (dukkha) of that foolish man (moghapurisa) for a long time. So dreadful, bhikkhus, are gain, honour, and fame … Thus, bhikkhus, should you train yourselves.
The fifth [sutta].
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.