sn17.30:1.1 At Sāvatthī.
BAGIAN 1
sn17.30:1.2 “Mendicants, possessions, honor, and popularity are an obstacle even for a mendicant who is perfected, with defilements ended.”
sn17.30:1.3 When he said this, Venerable Ānanda said to the Buddha,
sn17.30:1.4 “Sir, what do possessions, honor, and popularity obstruct for a mendicant with defilements ended?”
sn17.30:1.5 “Ānanda, I don’t say that possessions, honor, and popularity obstruct the unshakable freedom of heart.
sn17.30:1.6 But I do say that possessions, honor, and popularity obstruct the achievement of blissful meditations in this life for a meditator who is diligent, keen, and resolute.
sn17.30:1.7 So grim are possessions, honor, and popularity—bitter and harsh, an obstacle to reaching the supreme sanctuary from the yoke.
sn17.30:1.8 So you should train like this:
sn17.30:1.9 ‘We will give up arisen possessions, honor, and popularity, and we won’t let them occupy our minds.’
sn17.30:1.10 That’s how you should train.”