{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn17.23/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn17.23","id":"suttacentral_sn17.23","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn17.23/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. \u201cPossessions, honor, and popularity are grim \u2026 A faithful laywoman with a dear and beloved only son would rightly appeal to him, \u2018My darling, please be like the householder Citta and Hatthaka of \u0100\u1e37av\u012b.\u2019 These are a standard and a measure for my male lay disciples, that is, the householder Citta and Hatthaka of \u0100\u1e37av\u012b. \u2018But my darling, if you go forth from the lay life to homelessness, please be like S\u0101riputta and Moggall\u0101na.\u2019 These are a standard and a measure for my monk disciples, that is, S\u0101riputta and Moggall\u0101na. \u2018And my darling, may you not come into possessions, honor, and popularity while you\u2019re still a trainee and haven\u2019t achieved your heart\u2019s desire.\u2019 If a trainee who hasn\u2019t achieved their heart\u2019s desire comes into possessions, honor, and popularity it\u2019s an obstacle for them. So grim are possessions, honor, and popularity. \u2026\u201d","title":"An Only Son","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":143}