{"collection":"Khuddaka Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_iti81/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_iti81","id":"suttacentral_iti81","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/iti81/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Khuddaka Nikaya"],"text":"This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard. \u201cI\u2019ve seen, mendicants, sentient beings whose minds are overcome and overwhelmed by honor. When their body broke up, after death, they were reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell. I\u2019ve seen sentient beings whose minds are overcome and overwhelmed by not being honored. When their body broke up, after death, they were reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell. I\u2019ve seen sentient beings whose minds are overcome and overwhelmed by both honor and by not being honored. When their body broke up, after death, they were reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell. Now, I don\u2019t say this because I\u2019ve heard it from some other ascetic or brahmin. I only say it because I\u2019ve known, seen, and realized it for myself.\u201d The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said: \u201cWhether they\u2019re honored or not honored, or both, their immersion doesn\u2019t waver as they abide in the immeasurables. They persistently practice absorption with subtle view and discernment. Rejoicing in the ending of grasping, they\u2019re said to be a true person.\u201d This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.","title":"Esteem","tradition":"Khuddaka Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":217}