Families Kula Sutta (SN 20:3)

- suttas - - evening talks - short morning talks - lectures - guided meditations - talk collections - other themes - chants - - - - à¹à¸à¸¢ - Franā§ais - Espaā±ol - - Portuguāªs - РÑÑÑкий - - - УкÑаÑнÑÑка Submit Search - Home - Suttas - SN - SN 20:3 Families ## Browse Suttas Go to Saṃyutta Nikṅya index SN index ## Families Kula Sutta  (SN 20:3) Dwelling near Sṅvatthi. "Just as families with many women and few men are easy for thieves & burglars to overpower, in the same way, when a monkâs awareness-release through goodwill is undeveloped & uncultivated, he is easy for non-human beings to overpower. "Just as families with few women and many men are hard for thieves & burglars to overpower, in the same way, when a monkâs awareness-release through goodwill is developed, cultivated, handed the reins, taken as a basis, steadied, consolidated, & well-undertaken, he is hard for non-human beings to overpower.1 "Therefore, monks, you should train yourselves: ),

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('â', Our awareness-release through goodwill will be developed, cultivated, handed the reins, taken as a basis, steadied, consolidated, & well-undertaken.â Thatâs how you should train yourselves." Note 1. Following the Thai edition of the Canon. The Sri Lankan and Burmese editions have: "when a monkâs awareness-release through goodwill is developed and cultivated, he is hard for non-human beings to overpower." See also: MN 21; AN 11:16; Sn 1:8 - --> - - - -