[91] On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Sāvatthī, in Jeta's Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika's park. Then the householder (gahapati) Anāthapiṇḍika approached the Blessed One; having approached and paid homage to the Blessed One, he sat down to one side. As the householder Anāthapiṇḍika was sitting to one side, the Blessed One said this to him:
"Householder, there are these ten enjoyers of sensual pleasures (kāmabhogī) found existing in the world. What ten? Here, householder, a certain enjoyer of sensual pleasures seeks wealth unrighteously, by violence; having sought wealth unrighteously, by violence, he does not make himself happy and pleased, he does not share it, and he does not make merit (puñña). Here again, householder, a certain enjoyer of sensual pleasures seeks wealth unrighteously, by violence; having sought wealth unrighteously, by violence, he makes himself happy and pleased, but he does not share it and does not make merit. Here again, householder, a certain enjoyer of sensual pleasures seeks wealth unrighteously, by violence; having sought wealth unrighteously, by violence, he makes himself happy and pleased, he shares it, and he makes merit. Here again, householder, a certain enjoyer of sensual pleasures seeks wealth both righteously and unrighteously, both by violence and without violence; having sought wealth both righteously and unrighteously, both by violence and without violence, he does not make himself happy and pleased, he does not share it, and he does not make merit. Here again, householder, a certain enjoyer of sensual pleasures seeks wealth both righteously and unrighteously, both by violence and without violence; having sought wealth both righteously and unrighteously, both by violence and without violence, he makes himself happy and pleased, but he does not share it and does not make merit. Here again, householder, a certain enjoyer of sensual pleasures seeks wealth both righteously and unrighteously, both by violence and without violence; having sought wealth both righteously and unrighteously, both by violence and without violence, he makes himself happy and pleased, he shares it, and he makes merit. Here again, householder, a certain enjoyer of sensual pleasures seeks wealth righteously, without violence; having sought wealth righteously, without violence, he does not make himself happy and pleased, he does not share it, and he does not make merit. Here again, householder, a certain enjoyer of sensual pleasures seeks wealth righteously, without violence; having sought wealth righteously, without violence, he makes himself happy and pleased, but he does not share it and does not make merit. Here again, householder, a certain enjoyer of sensual pleasures seeks wealth righteously, without violence; having sought wealth righteously, without violence, he makes himself happy and pleased, he shares it, and he makes merit; but he uses that wealth tied to it, infatuated with it, blindly absorbed in it, not seeing the danger in it, lacking the wisdom of escape. Here again, householder, a certain enjoyer of sensual pleasures seeks wealth righteously, without violence; having sought wealth righteously, without violence, he makes himself happy and pleased, he shares it, and he makes merit; and he uses that wealth without being tied to it, without being infatuated with it, without being blindly absorbed in it, seeing the danger in it, possessing the wisdom of escape.
"Therein, householder, the enjoyer of sensual pleasures who seeks wealth unrighteously, by violence, and who, having sought wealth unrighteously, by violence, does not make himself happy and pleased, does not share it, and does not make merit — this enjoyer of sensual pleasures, householder, may be censured on three grounds: 'He seeks wealth unrighteously, by violence' — on this first ground he may be censured; 'He does not make himself happy and pleased' — on this second ground he may be censured; 'He does not share it and does not make merit' — on this third ground he may be censured. This enjoyer of sensual pleasures, householder, may be censured on these three grounds.
"Therein, householder, the enjoyer of sensual pleasures who seeks wealth unrighteously, by violence, and who, having sought wealth unrighteously, by violence, makes himself happy and pleased, but does not share it and does not make merit — this enjoyer of sensual pleasures, householder, may be censured on two grounds and praised on one ground: 'He seeks wealth unrighteously, by violence' — on this first ground he may be censured; 'He makes himself happy and pleased' — on this one ground he may be praised; 'He does not share it and does not make merit' — on this second ground he may be censured. This enjoyer of sensual pleasures, householder, may be censured on these two grounds and praised on this one ground.
"Therein, householder, the enjoyer of sensual pleasures who seeks wealth unrighteously, by violence, and who, having sought wealth unrighteously, by violence, makes himself happy and pleased, shares it, and makes merit — this enjoyer of sensual pleasures, householder, may be censured on one ground and praised on two grounds: 'He seeks wealth unrighteously, by violence' — on this one ground he may be censured; 'He makes himself happy and pleased' — on this first ground he may be praised; 'He shares it and makes merit' — on this second ground he may be praised. This enjoyer of sensual pleasures, householder, may be censured on this one ground and praised on these two grounds.
"Therein, householder, the enjoyer of sensual pleasures who seeks wealth both righteously and unrighteously, both by violence and without violence, and who, having sought wealth both righteously and unrighteously, both by violence and without violence, does not make himself happy and pleased, does not share it, and does not make merit — this enjoyer of sensual pleasures, householder, may be praised on one ground and censured on three grounds: 'He seeks wealth righteously, without violence' — on this one ground he may be praised; 'He seeks wealth unrighteously, by violence' — on this first ground he may be censured; 'He does not make himself happy and pleased' — on this second ground he may be censured; 'He does not share it and does not make merit' — on this third ground he may be censured. This enjoyer of sensual pleasures, householder, may be praised on this first ground and censured on these three grounds.
"Therein, householder, the enjoyer of sensual pleasures who seeks wealth both righteously and unrighteously, both by violence and without violence, and who, having sought wealth both righteously and unrighteously, both by violence and without violence, makes himself happy and pleased, but does not share it and does not make merit — this enjoyer of sensual pleasures, householder, may be praised on two grounds and censured on two grounds: 'He seeks wealth righteously, without violence' — on this first ground he may be praised; 'He seeks wealth unrighteously, by violence' — on this first ground he may be censured; 'He makes himself happy and pleased' — on this second ground he may be praised; 'He does not share it and does not make merit' — on this second ground he may be censured. This enjoyer of sensual pleasures, householder, may be praised on these two grounds and censured on these two grounds.
"Therein, householder, the enjoyer of sensual pleasures who seeks wealth both righteously and unrighteously, both by violence and without violence, and who, having sought wealth both righteously and unrighteously, both by violence and without violence, makes himself happy and pleased, shares it, and makes merit — this enjoyer of sensual pleasures, householder, may be praised on three grounds and censured on one ground: 'He seeks wealth righteously, without violence' — on this first ground he may be praised; 'He seeks wealth unrighteously, by violence' — on this one ground he may be censured; 'He makes himself happy and pleased' — on this second ground he may be praised; 'He shares it and makes merit' — on this third ground he may be praised. This enjoyer of sensual pleasures, householder, may be praised on these three grounds and censured on this one ground.
"Therein, householder, the enjoyer of sensual pleasures who seeks wealth righteously, without violence, and who, having sought wealth righteously, without violence, does not make himself happy and pleased, does not share it, and does not make merit — this enjoyer of sensual pleasures, householder, may be praised on one ground and censured on two grounds: 'He seeks wealth righteously, without violence' — on this one ground he may be praised; 'He does not make himself happy and pleased' — on this first ground he may be censured; 'He does not share it and does not make merit' — on this second ground he may be censured. This enjoyer of sensual pleasures, householder, may be praised on this one ground and censured on these two grounds.
"Therein, householder, the enjoyer of sensual pleasures who seeks wealth righteously, without violence, and who, having sought wealth righteously, without violence, makes himself happy and pleased, but does not share it and does not make merit — this enjoyer of sensual pleasures, householder, may be praised on two grounds and censured on one ground: 'He seeks wealth righteously, without violence' — on this first ground he may be praised; 'He makes himself happy and pleased' — on this second ground he may be praised; 'He does not share it and does not make merit' — on this one ground he may be censured. This enjoyer of sensual pleasures, householder, may be praised on these two grounds and censured on this one ground.
"Therein, householder, the enjoyer of sensual pleasures who seeks wealth righteously, without violence, and who, having sought wealth righteously, without violence, makes himself happy and pleased, shares it, and makes merit, but uses that wealth tied to it, infatuated with it, blindly absorbed in it, not seeing the danger in it, lacking the wisdom of escape — this enjoyer of sensual pleasures, householder, may be praised on three grounds and censured on one ground: 'He seeks wealth righteously, without violence' — on this first ground he may be praised; 'He makes himself happy and pleased' — on this second ground he may be praised; 'He shares it and makes merit' — on this third ground he may be praised; 'He uses that wealth tied to it, infatuated with it, blindly absorbed in it, not seeing the danger in it, lacking the wisdom of escape' — on this one ground he may be censured. This enjoyer of sensual pleasures, householder, may be praised on these three grounds and censured on this one ground.
"Therein, householder, the enjoyer of sensual pleasures who seeks wealth righteously, without violence, and who, having sought wealth righteously, without violence, makes himself happy and pleased, shares it, and makes merit, and uses that wealth without being tied to it, without being infatuated with it, without being blindly absorbed in it, seeing the danger in it, possessing the wisdom of escape — this enjoyer of sensual pleasures, householder, may be praised on four grounds: 'He seeks wealth righteously, without violence' — on this first ground he may be praised; 'He makes himself happy and pleased' — on this second ground he may be praised; 'He shares it and makes merit' — on this third ground he may be praised; 'He uses that wealth without being tied to it, without being infatuated with it, without being blindly absorbed in it, seeing the danger in it, possessing the wisdom of escape' — on this fourth ground he may be praised. This enjoyer of sensual pleasures, householder, may be praised on these four grounds.
"These, householder, are the ten enjoyers of sensual pleasures found existing in the world. Of these ten enjoyers of sensual pleasures, householder, the enjoyer of sensual pleasures who seeks wealth righteously, without violence, and who, having sought wealth righteously, without violence, makes himself happy and pleased, shares it, and makes merit, and uses that wealth without being tied to it, without being infatuated with it, without being blindly absorbed in it, seeing the danger in it, possessing the wisdom of escape — he is the foremost, the best, the preeminent, the supreme, and the most excellent of these ten enjoyers of sensual pleasures. Just as, householder, from a cow comes milk, from milk comes curd, from curd comes butter, from butter comes ghee, and from ghee comes the cream of ghee, and the cream of ghee is declared the foremost among them; even so, householder, of these ten enjoyers of sensual pleasures, the enjoyer of sensual pleasures who seeks wealth righteously, without violence, and who, having sought wealth righteously, without violence, makes himself happy and pleased, shares it, and makes merit, and uses that wealth without being tied to it, without being infatuated with it, without being blindly absorbed in it, seeing the danger in it, possessing the wisdom of escape — he is the foremost, the best, the preeminent, the supreme, and the most excellent."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.