Rajjusutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Nidānavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 16 · Section 578

[578] Dwelling at Sāvatthī ... There the Blessed One ... "Dreadful, bhikkhus, are gain, honour, and fame (lābhasakkārasiloka). Gain, honour, and fame, bhikkhus, cut through the outer skin; having cut through the outer skin, they cut through the inner skin; having cut through the inner skin, they cut through the flesh; having cut through the flesh, they cut through the sinew; having cut through the sinew, they cut through the bone; having cut through the bone, they penetrate right to the marrow and remain there."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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