Skillful Root

Kusalamūlasutta

Skillful Root

Kusalamūlasutta

EN
At Sāvatthī. “Possessions, honor, and popularity are grim … Devadatta cut off his skillful root because his mind was overcome and overwhelmed by possessions, honor, and popularity. So grim are possessions, honor, and popularity. …”
PL
Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati. “Dāruṇo, bhikkhave, lābhasakkārasiloko. Lābhasakkārasilokena abhibhūtassa pariyādiṇṇacittassa, bhikkhave, devadattassa kusalamūlaṁ samucchedamagamā. Evaṁ dāruṇo kho, bhikkhave, lābhasakkārasiloko …pe…
PL
sikkhitabban”ti. Dutiyaṁ.

Pāli root text and English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato from SuttaCentral (https://suttacentral.net), CC0.

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