Lokasutta

Saṁyutta Nikāya 3.23

Linked Discourses 3.23

3. Tatiyavagga

3. Kosala

Lokasutta

The World

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.

Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho rājā pasenadi kosalo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

Seated to one side, King Pasenadi said to the Buddha,

“kati nu kho, bhante, lokassa dhammā uppajjamānā uppajjanti ahitāya dukkhāya aphāsuvihārāyā”ti?

“Sir, how many things arise in the world for its harm, suffering, and discomfort?”

“Tayo kho, mahārāja, lokassa dhammā uppajjamānā uppajjanti ahitāya dukkhāya aphāsuvihārāya.

“Great king, three things arise in the world for its harm, suffering, and discomfort.

Katame tayo?

What three?

Lobho kho, mahārāja, lokassa dhammo, uppajjamāno uppajjati ahitāya dukkhāya aphāsuvihārāya.

Greed,

Doso kho, mahārāja, lokassa dhammo, uppajjamāno uppajjati ahitāya dukkhāya aphāsuvihārāya.

hate,

Moho kho, mahārāja, lokassa dhammo, uppajjamāno uppajjati ahitāya dukkhāya aphāsuvihārāya.

and delusion.

Ime kho, mahārāja, tayo lokassa dhammā uppajjamānā uppajjanti ahitāya dukkhāya aphāsuvihārāyā”ti.

These three things arise in the world for its harm, suffering, and discomfort.”

Idamavoca …pe…

That is what the Buddha said. …

“Lobho doso ca moho ca,

“When greed, hate, and delusion,

purisaṁ pāpacetasaṁ;

originate inside oneself,

Hiṁsanti attasambhūtā,

they harm a person of wicked heart,

tacasāraṁva samphalan”ti.

as a bamboo is destroyed by its own fruit.”