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King Pasenadi asks of the things that cause suffering when they arise in oneself
Season 1
Episode 39
Published 6 months, 3 weeks ago
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Purisasutta SN 3.2. Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato
At Sāvatthī.
Then King Pasenadi of Kosala went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to the Buddha, “Sir, how many things arise inside a person for their harm, suffering, and discomfort?”
“Great king, three things arise inside a person for their harm, suffering, and discomfort. What three? Greed, hate, and delusion. These three things arise inside a person for their harm, suffering, and discomfort.”
That is what the Buddha said. …
“When greed, hate, and delusion,
originate inside oneself,
they harm a person of wicked heart,
as a bamboo is destroyed by its own fruit.”