{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an8.7/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an8.7","id":"suttacentral_an8.7","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an8.7/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"At one time the Buddha was staying near R\u0101jagaha, on the Vulture\u2019s Peak Mountain, not long after Devadatta had left. There the Buddha spoke to the mendicants about Devadatta: \u201cMendicants, it\u2019s good for a mendicant to check their own failings from time to time. It\u2019s good for a mendicant to check the failings of others from time to time. It\u2019s good for a mendicant to check their own successes from time to time. It\u2019s good for a mendicant to check the successes of others from time to time. Overcome and overwhelmed by eight things that oppose the true teaching, Devadatta is going to a place of loss, to hell, there to remain for an eon, irredeemable. What eight? Overcome and overwhelmed by gain \u2026 loss \u2026 fame \u2026 disgrace \u2026 honor \u2026 dishonor \u2026 corrupt wishes \u2026 bad friendship, Devadatta is going to a place of loss, to hell, there to remain for an eon, irredeemable. Overcome and overwhelmed by these eight things that oppose the true teaching, Devadatta is going to a place of loss, to hell, there to remain for an eon, irredeemable. It\u2019s good for a mendicant, whenever they encounter it, to overcome gain \u2026 loss \u2026 fame \u2026 disgrace \u2026 honor \u2026 dishonor \u2026 corrupt wishes \u2026 bad friendship. What advantage does a mendicant gain by overcoming these eight things? The distressing and feverish defilements that might arise in someone who lives without overcoming these eight things do not arise when they have overcome them. This is the advantage that a mendicant gains by overcoming these eight things. So, mendicants, you should train like this: \u2018Whenever we encounter it, we will overcome gain \u2026 loss \u2026 fame \u2026 disgrace \u2026 honor \u2026 dishonor \u2026 corrupt wishes \u2026 bad friendship.\u2019 That\u2019s how you should train.\u201d","title":"Devadatta\u2019s Failure","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":298}