9.
The Discourse on the Blind
29.
"Monks, there are these three persons existing and found in the world.
Which three?
The blind, the one-eyed, the two-eyed.
And what, monks, is the blind person?
Here, monks, a certain person does not have such an eye by which eye he might acquire wealth not yet acquired or make prosper wealth already acquired;
and he does not have such an eye by which eye he might know wholesome and unwholesome mental states, might know blameworthy and blameless mental states, might know inferior and superior mental states, might know mental states that have dark and bright counterparts.
This is called, monks, the blind person.
"And what, monks, is the one-eyed person? Here, monks, a certain person has such an eye by which eye he might acquire wealth not yet acquired or make prosper wealth already acquired; but he does not have such an eye by which eye he might know wholesome and unwholesome mental states, might know blameworthy and blameless mental states, might know inferior and superior mental states, might know mental states that have dark and bright counterparts. This is called, monks, the one-eyed person.
"And what, monks, is the two-eyed person? Here, monks, a certain person has such an eye by which eye he might acquire wealth not yet acquired, or make prosper wealth already acquired; and he has such an eye by which eye he might know wholesome and unwholesome mental states; might know blameworthy and blameless mental states, might know inferior and superior mental states, might know mental states that have dark and bright counterparts. This is called, monks, the two-eyed person. These, monks, are the three persons existing and found in the world."
A losing throw in both respects, for the blind one whose eye is destroyed.
By rule and not by rule, fraudulently, he seeks wealth.
He is skilled in accumulating, a young man enjoying sensual pleasures;
Having gone from here to hell, the one-eyed one suffers.
With wealth righteously acquired, riches obtained through effort.
He goes to a fortunate state, where having gone he does not grieve.
But one should associate with the two-eyed, the foremost person." The ninth.