{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an8.84/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an8.84","id":"suttacentral_an8.84","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an8.84/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, a master thief with eight factors is soon executed, and doesn\u2019t have long to live. What eight? He attacks unprovoked. He steals everything without exception. He kills a woman. He rapes a girl. He robs a monk. He robs the royal treasury. He works close to home. He\u2019s not skilled at hiding his booty. A master thief with these eight factors is soon executed, and doesn\u2019t have long to live. A master thief with eight factors is not soon executed, and lives long. What eight? He doesn\u2019t attack unprovoked. He doesn\u2019t steal everything without exception. He doesn\u2019t kill a woman. He doesn\u2019t rape a girl. He doesn\u2019t rob a monk. He doesn\u2019t rob the royal treasury. He doesn\u2019t work close to home. He\u2019s skilled at hiding his booty. A master thief with these eight factors is not soon executed, and lives long.\u201d","title":"A Master Thief","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":143}