The Eight Worldly ConcernsI HEAR TELL: Once upon a time, Savatthi Town, Anathapindika Park, Jeta Grove, The Lucky Man came a revisiting. There, to the Beggars gathered round, he said: Eight, Beggars, are the worldly conditions that obsess the worldly; the world revolves around these Eight worldly conditions. Gain and Loss
Such are the Eight worldly conditions, Beggars, that obsess the Worldly; the Eight worldly conditions around which the World revolves.
Gain and Loss, honor and dishonor, |