{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn17.3/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn17.3","id":"suttacentral_sn17.3","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn17.3/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. \u201cPossessions, honor, and popularity are grim \u2026 Once upon a time, in a certain lake there was a large family of turtles that had lived there for a long time. Then one of the turtles said to another, \u2018My dear turtle, don\u2019t you go to that place.\u2019 But that turtle did go to that place, and a hunter pierced her with a harpoon. Then that turtle went back to the other turtle. When the other turtle saw her coming off in the distance, he said, \u2018My dear turtle, I hope you didn\u2019t go to that place!\u2019 \u2018I did.\u2019 \u2018But my dear turtle, I hope you\u2019re not hurt or injured!\u2019 \u2018I\u2019m not hurt or injured. But this cord keeps dragging behind me.\u2019 \u2018Indeed, my dear turtle, you\u2019re hurt and injured! Your father and grandfather met with tragedy and disaster because of such a cord. Go now, you are no longer one of us.\u2019 \u2018Hunter\u2019 is a term for M\u0101ra the Wicked. \u2018Harpoon\u2019 is a term for possessions, honor, and popularity. \u2018Cord\u2019 is a term for greed and relishing. Whoever enjoys and likes arisen possessions, honor, and popularity is called a mendicant who has been pierced with a harpoon. 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. \u2026\u201d","title":"A Turtle","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":224}