Greedy

Sarāgasutta

Greedy

Sarāgasutta

EN
“Mendicants, these four individuals are found in the world. What four? The greedy, the hateful, the delusional, and the conceited. These are the four individuals found in the world.
PL
“Cattārome, bhikkhave, puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmiṁ. Katame cattāro? Sarāgo, sadoso, samoho, samāno— Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasminti.
EN
Full of desire for desirable things, enjoying things that seem pleasant, beings veiled by delusion only tighten their bonds.
PL
Sārattā rajanīyesu, Piyarūpābhinandino; Mohena āvutā sattā, Baddhā vaḍḍhenti bandhanaṁ.
EN
Born of greed, born of hate, born of delusion: the ignorant do unskillful deeds that afflict and produce pain.
PL
Rāgajaṁ dosajañcāpi, mohajaṁ cāpaviddasū; Karontākusalaṁ kammaṁ, savighātaṁ dukhudrayaṁ.
EN
If you act out of these qualities, <j>that’s what you become. But men shrouded by ignorance, are blind, with no eyes to see, and they never imagine that this could be so.”
PL
Avijjānivutā posā, andhabhūtā acakkhukā; Yathā dhammā tathā santā, na tassevanti maññare”ti.
PL
Chaṭṭhaṁ.

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

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