The Samyutta Nikaya
The Grouped Discourses
Samyutta Nikaya III.7
Atthakarana Sutta
In Judgment
Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
At Savatthi. As he was sitting to one side, King
Pasenadi Kosala said to the Blessed One: "Just now, lord, as I was
sitting in judgment, I saw that even affluent nobles, affluent brahmans,
& affluent householders -- rich, with great wealth & property,
with vast amounts of gold & silver, vast amounts of valuables &
commodities, vast amounts of wealth & grain -- tell deliberate lies
with sensual pleasures as the cause, sensual pleasures as the reason,
simply for the sake of sensual pleasures. Then, the thought occured to me:
'I've had enough of this judging! Let some other fine fellow be known for
his judgments!'"
"That's the way it is, great king! That's the way
it is! Even affluent nobles, affluent brahmans, & affluent
householders...tell deliberate lies with sensual pleasures as the cause,
sensual pleasures as the reason, simply for the sake of sensual pleasures.
That will lead to their long-term harm & pain."
That is what the Blessed One said. Having said that,
the One Well-Gone, the Teacher, said further:
Impassioned with sensual
possessions,
greedy, dazed by sensual pleasures,
they don't awaken to the fact
that they've gone too far --
like fish into trap set out.
Afterwards it's bitter for them:
evil for them
the result.
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