Few Appaka Sutta (SN 3:6)

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('â', Few are those people in the world who, when acquiring lavish wealth, donât become intoxicated & heedless, donât become greedy for sensuality, and donât mistreat other beings. Many more are those who, when acquiring lavish wealth, become intoxicated & heedless, become greedy for sensuality, and mistreat other beings.â" "Thatâs the way it is, great king! Thatâs the way it is! Few are those people in the world who, when acquiring lavish wealth, donât become intoxicated & heedless, donât become greedy for sensuality, and donât mistreat other beings. Many more are those who, when acquiring lavish wealth, become intoxicated & heedless, become greedy for sensuality, and mistreat other beings." That is what the Blessed One said. Having said that, the One Well-Gone, the Teacher, said further: "Impassioned   with sensual possessions, greedy, dazed   by sensual pleasures, they donât awaken to the fact that theyâve gone too far— like deer into a trap laid out. Afterwards itâs bitter for them: Evil for them the result." See also: MN 13–14 - --> - - - -