{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn17.8/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn17.8","id":"suttacentral_sn17.8","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn17.8/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. \u201cPossessions, honor, and popularity are grim \u2026 Mendicants, did you hear an old jackal howling at the crack of dawn?\u201d \u201cYes, sir.\u201d \u201cThat old jackal has the disease called mange. He\u2019s not happy in his den, or at the root of a tree, or out in the open. Wherever he goes, stands, sits, or lies down he meets with tragedy and disaster. In the same way, take a certain mendicant whose mind is overcome and overwhelmed by possessions, honor, and popularity. They\u2019re not happy in an empty hut, at the root of a tree, or out in the open. Wherever they go, stand, sit, or lie down they meet with tragedy and disaster. So grim are possessions, honor, and popularity. \u2026\u201d","title":"A Jackal","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":123}