A Mendicant With Defilements EndedBhikkhusutta

At Sāvatthī.Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.

“Mendicants, possessions, honor, and popularity are an obstacle even for a mendicant who is perfected, with defilements ended.”“Yopi so, bhikkhave, bhikkhu arahaṁ khīṇāsavo tassapāhaṁ lābhasakkārasiloko antarāyāya vadāmī”ti.

When he said this, Venerable Ānanda said to the Buddha,Evaṁ vutte, āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: “Sir, what do possessions, honor, and popularity obstruct for a mendicant with defilements ended?”“kissa pana, bhante, khīṇāsavassa bhikkhuno lābhasakkārasiloko antarāyāyā”ti?

“Ānanda, I don’t say that possessions, honor, and popularity obstruct the unshakable freedom of heart.“Yā hissa sā, ānanda, akuppā cetovimutti nāhaṁ tassā lābhasakkārasilokaṁ antarāyāya vadāmi. But I do say that possessions, honor, and popularity obstruct the achievement of blissful meditations in this life for a meditator who is diligent, keen, and resolute.Ye ca khvassa, ānanda, appamattassa ātāpino pahitattassa viharato diṭṭhadhammasukhavihārā adhigatā tesāhamassa lābhasakkārasilokaṁ antarāyāya vadāmi.

So grim are possessions, honor, and popularity—bitter and harsh, an obstacle to reaching the supreme sanctuary from the yoke.Evaṁ dāruṇo kho, ānanda, lābhasakkārasiloko kaṭuko pharuso antarāyiko anuttarassa yogakkhemassa adhigamāya.

So you should train like this:Tasmātihānanda, evaṁ sikkhitabbaṁ: ‘We will give up arisen possessions, honor, and popularity, and we won’t let them occupy our minds.’‘uppannaṁ lābhasakkārasilokaṁ pajahissāma, na ca no uppanno lābhasakkārasiloko cittaṁ pariyādāya ṭhassatī’ti. That’s how you should train.”Evañhi vo, ānanda, sikkhitabban”ti.