{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn17.10/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn17.10","id":"suttacentral_sn17.10","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn17.10/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. \u201cPossessions, honor, and popularity are grim \u2026 Take a case where I see a certain individual whose mind is 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. Take another case where I see a certain individual whose mind is overcome and overwhelmed by lack of honor. When their body broke up, after death, they were reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell. And take another case where I see a certain individual whose mind is overcome and overwhelmed by both honor and lack of honor. When their body broke up, after death, they were reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell. So grim are possessions, honor, and popularity. \u2026\u201d That is what the Buddha said. Then the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say: \u201cWhether they\u2019re honored or not honored, or both, their immersion doesn\u2019t waver as they abide in the immeasurables. They persistently meditate with subtle view and discernment. Rejoicing in the ending of grasping, they\u2019re said to be a true person.\u201d","title":"With Verses","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":194}