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The Discourse on Wealth
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"Monks, there are these five dangers in wealth.
Which five?
Wealth is common to fire, wealth is common to water, wealth is common to kings, wealth is common to thieves, wealth is common to unloved heirs.
These, monks, are the five dangers in wealth.
"Monks, there are these five benefits in wealth. Which five? In dependence on wealth, one makes oneself happy and pleased, and rightly maintains one's happiness; one makes one's mother and father happy and pleased, and rightly maintains their happiness; one makes one's children, wife, slaves, workmen and servants happy and pleased, and rightly maintains their happiness; one makes one's friends and colleagues happy and pleased, and rightly maintains their happiness; one establishes among ascetics and brahmins an offering that is conducive to higher states, resulting in happiness, leading to heaven. These, monks, are the five benefits in wealth." The seventh.