{"id":"sn17.13-20","title":"A Gold Ingot, Etc.","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn17.13-20","title":"A Gold Ingot, Etc.","units":[{"id":"sn17.13-20:0","sourceIds":["sn17.13-20:0.1","sn17.13-20:0.2","sn17.13-20:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 17.13–20\n2. Dutiyavagga\nSuvaṇṇanikkhasuttādiaṭṭhaka","en":"Linked Discourses 17.13–20\nChapter Two\nA Gold Ingot, Etc."}},{"id":"sn17.13-20:1","sourceIds":["sn17.13-20:1.1","sn17.13-20:1.2","sn17.13-20:1.3","sn17.13-20:1.4","sn17.13-20:1.5","sn17.13-20:1.6","sn17.13-20:1.7","sn17.13-20:1.8","sn17.13-20:1.9","sn17.13-20:1.10","sn17.13-20:1.11","sn17.13-20:1.12","sn17.13-20:1.13","sn17.13-20:1.14","sn17.13-20:1.15"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.\n“Idhāhaṁ, bhikkhave, ekaccaṁ puggalaṁ evaṁ cetasā ceto paricca pajānāmi:\n‘na cāyamāyasmā suvaṇṇanikkhassāpi hetu …pe…\nsuvaṇṇanikkhasatassāpi hetu …\nsiṅgīnikkhassāpi hetu …\nsiṅgīnikkhasatassāpi hetu …\npathaviyāpi jātarūpaparipūrāya hetu …\nāmisakiñcikkhahetupi …\njīvitahetupi …\njanapadakalyāṇiyāpi hetu sampajānamusā bhāseyyā’ti.\nTamenaṁ passāmi aparena samayena lābhasakkārasilokena abhibhūtaṁ pariyādiṇṇacittaṁ sampajānamusā bhāsantaṁ.\nEvaṁ dāruṇo kho, bhikkhave, lābhasakkārasiloko …pe…\nevañhi vo, bhikkhave, sikkhitabban”ti.\nDasamaṁ.\nDutiyo vaggo.","en":"At Sāvatthī.\n“Mendicants, when I’ve comprehended the mind of a certain individual, I understand:\n‘This venerable would not tell a deliberate lie even for the sake of a gold ingot.’ …”\n“‘… for the sake of a hundred gold ingots.’ …”\n“‘… for the sake of a mountain of gold.’ …”\n“‘… for the sake of a hundred mountains of gold.’ …”\n“‘… for the sake of the whole earth full of gold.’ …”\n“‘… for any kind of material reward.’ …”\n“‘… for the sake of life.’ …”\n“‘… for the sake of the finest lady in the land.’\nBut some time later I see them tell a deliberate lie because their mind is overcome and overwhelmed by possessions, honor, and popularity.\nSo grim are possessions, honor, and popularity. …”"}},{"id":"sn17.13-20:2","sourceIds":["sn17.13-20:2.0","sn17.13-20:2.1","sn17.13-20:2.2","sn17.13-20:2.3","sn17.13-20:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassuddānaṁ\nDve pāti dve suvaṇṇā ca,\nSiṅgīhi apare duve;\nPathavī kiñcikkhajīvitaṁ,\nJanapadakalyāṇiyā dasāti."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn17.13-20/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}