SN 17.11 - A Gold Cup
Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato
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Linked Discourses 17.11
Chapter Two
A Gold Cup
At Sāvatthī.
“Possessions, honor, and popularity are grim …
When I’ve comprehended the mind of a certain individual, I understand: ‘This venerable would not tell a deliberate lie even for the sake of a gold cup filled with silver powder.’ But some time later I see them tell a deliberate lie because their mind is overcome and overwhelmed by possessions, honor, and popularity.
So grim are possessions, honor, and popularity. …”