{"id":"thag2.34","title":"Isidinna","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thag2.34","title":"Isidinna","units":[{"id":"thag2.34:0","sourceIds":["thag2.34:0.1","thag2.34:0.2","thag2.34:0.3","thag2.34:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theragāthā 2.34\nDukanipāta\nCatutthavagga\nIsidinnattheragāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Monks 2.34\nThe Book of the Twos\nChapter Four\nIsidinna"}},{"id":"thag2.34:1","sourceIds":["thag2.34:1.1","thag2.34:1.2","thag2.34:1.3","thag2.34:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Diṭṭhā mayā dhammadharā upāsakā,\nKāmā aniccā iti bhāsamānā;\nSārattarattā maṇikuṇḍalesu,\nPuttesu dāresu ca te apekkhā.","en":"I’ve seen lay disciples who have memorized discourses,\nsaying, “Sensual pleasures are impermanent”.\nBut they’re obsessed with jeweled earrings,\nconcerned for their partners and children."}},{"id":"thag2.34:2","sourceIds":["thag2.34:2.1","thag2.34:2.2","thag2.34:2.3","thag2.34:2.4","thag2.34:2.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Addhā na jānanti yatodha dhammaṁ,\nKāmā aniccā iti cāpi āhu;\nRāgañca tesaṁ na balatthi chettuṁ,\nTasmā sitā puttadāraṁ dhanañcā”ti.\n… Isidinno thero ….","en":"To be honest, they don’t know Dhamma,\neven though they say “Sensual pleasures are impermanent”.\nThey don’t have the power to cut their lust,\nso they cling to children, wives, and wealth."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thag2.34/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."}