{"collection":"Buddhism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bud/bits/bits091.htm","path":"bud/bits/bits091.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bud/bits/bits091.htm","text":"Sacred-Texts Buddhism Index Sources Previous Next\n| p. 424 | [A.iii.18 | \n\u00a7 91. HEAVEN NOT THE HIGHEST GOOD.\nTranslated from the Anguttara-Nik\u00e2ya (iii.18).\n\"If wandering ascetics, O priests, members of another sect, were to say to you, 'Sirs, is it in order to be reborn in the world of the gods that the monk Gotama leads a holy life?' would ye not, O priests, if that question were put to you, be distressed at, ashamed of, and loathe the idea?\"\n\"Yes, Reverend Sir.\"\n\"So it appears, O priests, that ye are distressed at, ashamed of, and loathe the idea of life in heaven, heavenly beauty, heavenly happiness, heavenly glory; that ye are distressed at, ashamed of, and loathe the idea of heavenly power. But much more, O priests, should ye be distressed at, ashamed of, and loathe doing evil with the body; be distressed at, ashamed of, and loathe doing evil with the voice; be distressed at, ashamed of, and loathe doing evil with the mind.\"","title":"Buddhism in Translations - \u00a7 91. Heaven Not the Highest Good.","type":"page"}