sn17.8:1.1 At Sāvatthī.
BAGIAN 1
sn17.8:1.2 “Possessions, honor, and popularity are grim …
sn17.8:1.3 Mendicants, did you hear an old jackal howling at the crack of dawn?”
sn17.8:1.4 “Yes, sir.”
sn17.8:1.5 “That old jackal has the disease called mange. He’s not happy in his den, or at the root of a tree, or out in the open.
sn17.8:1.6 Wherever he goes, stands, sits, or lies down he meets with tragedy and disaster.
sn17.8:1.7 In the same way, take a certain mendicant whose mind is overcome and overwhelmed by possessions, honor, and popularity. They’re not happy in an empty hut, at the root of a tree, or out in the open.
sn17.8:1.8 Wherever they go, stand, sit, or lie down they meet with tragedy and disaster.
sn17.8:1.9 So grim are possessions, honor, and popularity. …”