3-10.
The Group of Eight Discourses Beginning with the Gold Coin Discourse
169.
He was dwelling at Sāvatthī, etc.
"Here I, monks, understand a certain person thus, having encompassed his mind with my mind -
'This venerable one would not speak a conscious lie even for the sake of a gold coin, etc.
even for the sake of a hundred gold coins,
even for the sake of a gold ingot,
even for the sake of a hundred gold ingots,
even for the sake of the earth filled with gold,
even for the sake of some trifling material gain,
even for the sake of life,
even for the sake of the most beautiful girl in the country would he speak a conscious lie.'
I see him at a later time overpowered by material gain, honour and fame, with mind consumed, speaking a conscious lie.
Thus severe, monks, is material gain, honour and fame, etc.
thus indeed, monks, should you train."
The tenth.