Existential Atlas

SN 3.2 — A Person

Buddhism·2 of 25·Source ↗

At Sāvatthī. Then King Pasenadi of Kosala went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him, “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.”

← SN 3.1 — YoungSN 3.3 — Old Age and Death →
Contents of Linked Discourses / Samyutta Nikaya (Sujato)