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In Dispraise of Acquisitions

Lābhagarahajātaka

“He that hath madness”—This story the Master told at Jetavana, about a fellow-priest of the Elder Sariputta.

Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

0.47. Lābhagarahajātaka

1.1PTS 2.421“Nānummatto nāpisuṇo,1.2nānaṭo nākutūhalo;1.3Mūḷhesu labhate lābhaṁ,1.4esā te anusāsanī”.

2.1PTS 2.422“Dhiratthu taṁ yasalābhaṁ,2.2dhanalābhañca brāhmaṇa;2.3Yā vutti vinipātena,2.4adhammacaraṇena vā.

3.1Api ce pattamādāya,3.2anagāro paribbaje;3.3Esāva jīvikā seyyo,3.4yā cādhammena esanā”ti.

4.1Lābhagarahajātakaṁ sattamaṁ.