At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, on the Vulture’s Peak Mountain, not long after Devadatta had left.
There the Buddha spoke to the mendicants about Devadatta:
“Mendicants, it’s good for a mendicant to check their own failings from time to time.
It’s good for a mendicant to check the failings of others from time to time.
It’s good for a mendicant to check their own successes from time to time.
It’s good for a mendicant to check the successes of others from time to time.
Overcome and overwhelmed by eight things that oppose the true teaching, Devadatta is going to a place of loss, to hell, there to remain for an eon, irredeemable.
What eight?
Overcome and overwhelmed by gain …
loss …
fame …
disgrace …
honor …
dishonor …
corrupt wishes …
bad friendship, Devadatta is going to a place of loss, to hell, there to remain for an eon, irredeemable.
Overcome and overwhelmed by these eight things that oppose the true teaching, Devadatta is going to a place of loss, to hell, there to remain for an eon, irredeemable.
It’s good for a mendicant, whenever they encounter it, to overcome gain …
loss …
fame …
disgrace …
honor …
dishonor …
corrupt wishes …
bad friendship.
What advantage does a mendicant gain by overcoming these eight things?
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The distressing and feverish defilements that might arise in someone who lives without overcoming these eight things do not arise when they have overcome them.
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This is the advantage that a mendicant gains by overcoming these eight things.
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So, mendicants, you should train like this:
‘Whenever we encounter it, we will overcome gain …
loss …
fame …
disgrace …
honor …
dishonor …
corrupt wishes …
bad friendship.’
That’s how you should train.”