Skillful Quality

Kusaladhammasutta

Skillful Quality

Kusaladhammasutta

EN
At Sāvatthī. “Possessions, honor, and popularity are grim … Devadatta cut off his skillful quality 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 kusalo dhammo samucchedamagamā. Evaṁ dāruṇo kho, bhikkhave, lābhasakkārasiloko …pe…
PL
sikkhitabban”ti. Tatiyaṁ.

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

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