Saṁyutta Nikāya 17.27
Translators: sujato
Linked Discourses 17.27
3. Tatiyavagga
Chapter Three
Tatiyasamaṇabrāhmaṇasutta
Ascetics and Brahmins (3rd)
Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.
At Sāvatthī.
“Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā lābhasakkārasilokaṁ yathābhūtaṁ nappajānanti, lābhasakkārasilokasamudayaṁ nappajānanti, lābhasakkārasilokanirodhaṁ nappajānanti, lābhasakkārasilokanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ nappajānanti …pe…
“There are ascetics and brahmins who don’t truly understand possessions, honor, and popularity, their origin, their cessation, and the path that leads to their cessation …
pajānanti …pe…
There are ascetics and brahmins who do truly understand …”
sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharantī”ti.
Sattamaṁ.