The "Linked Discourses on Acquisitions and Respect" contain teachings on the danger of acqusitions, respect, and popularity for spiritual practitioners. The Buddha emphasizes how these worldly rewards are harsh, bitter, severe, and obstructive, leading to complacency, attachment, and spiritual downfall. Through vivid similes — such as comparing acquisitions and respect to a fisherman's baited hook — the discourses highlight how even accomplished practitioners can become ensnared if they relish praise and recognition.
Lābhasakkārasaṁyutta - Linked Discourses on Acquisitions and Respect
The Buddha explains how acquisitions, respect, and popularity are harsh, bitter, and severe, obstructing the attainment of the unsurpassed safety from the bondage.
The Buddha explains how acquisitions, respect, and popularity are harsh, bitter, and severe, obstructing the attainment of the unsurpassed safety from the bondage using a simile of a fisherman casting a baited hook.
The Buddha shares a simile of a wooly goat entering a thicket of thorns to explain how acquisitions, respect, and popularity are harsh, bitter, and severe, obstructing the attainment of the unsurpassed safety from bondage.
The Buddha shares a simile of a dung beetle to explain how acquisitions, respect, and popularity are harsh, bitter, and severe, obstructing the attainment of the unsurpassed safety from bondage.
The Buddha uses a simile of a thunderbolt to explain how acquisitions, respect, and popularity are harsh, bitter, and severe, obstructing the attainment of the unsurpassed safety from bondage.
The Buddha uses a simile of a dart dipped in poison to explain how acquisitions, respect, and popularity are harsh, bitter, and severe, obstructing the attainment of the unsurpassed safety from bondage.
The Buddha shares the consequences of being overwhelmed by respect, disrespect, or both, and how they obstruct the attainment of the unsurpassed safety from bondage.
The Buddha uses a simile of a golden bowl filled with powdered silver to explain how acquisitions, respect, and popularity are harsh, bitter, and severe, obstructing the attainment of the unsurpassed safety from bondage.
The Buddha uses a simile of a silver bowl filled with powdered gold to explain how acquisitions, respect, and popularity are harsh, bitter, and severe, obstructing the attainment of the unsurpassed safety from bondage.
The Buddha uses different similes to explain how acquisitions, respect, and popularity are harsh, bitter, and severe, obstructing the attainment of the unsurpassed safety from bondage.