{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn17.2/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn17.2","id":"suttacentral_sn17.2","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn17.2/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. \u201cPossessions, honor, and popularity are grim, bitter, and harsh. They\u2019re an obstacle to reaching the supreme sanctuary from the yoke. Suppose an angler was to cast a baited hook into a deep lake. Seeing the bait, a fish would swallow it. And so the fish that swallowed the hook would meet with tragedy and disaster, and the angler can do what he wants with it. \u2018Angler\u2019 is a term for M\u0101ra the Wicked. \u2018Hook\u2019 is a term for possessions, honor, and popularity. Whoever enjoys and likes arisen possessions, honor, and popularity is called a mendicant who has swallowed M\u0101ra\u2019s hook. They\u2019ve met with tragedy and disaster, and the Wicked One can do with them what he wants. So grim are possessions, honor, and popularity\u2014bitter and harsh, an obstacle to reaching the supreme sanctuary from the yoke. So you should train like this: \u2018We will give up arisen possessions, honor, and popularity, and we won\u2019t let them occupy our minds.\u2019 That\u2019s how you should train.\u201d","title":"A Hook","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":166}