8.
The Discourse on Devadatta
68.
On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Rājagaha on the Mount Vulture Peak, not long after Devadatta had departed.
There the Blessed One, referring to Devadatta, addressed the monks -
"For self-destruction, monks, material gain, honour and fame arose for Devadatta.
For ruin, monks, material gain, honour and fame arose for Devadatta.
"Just as, monks, a plantain gives fruit for its own destruction, gives fruit for its ruin; so too, monks, for self-destruction material gain, honour and fame arose for Devadatta, for ruin material gain, honour and fame arose for Devadatta.
"Just as, monks, a bamboo gives fruit for its own destruction, gives fruit for its ruin; so too, monks, for self-destruction material gain, honour and fame arose for Devadatta, for ruin material gain, honour and fame arose for Devadatta.
"Just as, monks, a reed gives fruit for its own destruction, gives fruit for its ruin; so too, monks, for self-destruction material gain, honour and fame arose for Devadatta, for ruin material gain, honour and fame arose for Devadatta.
"Just as, monks, a mule conceives an embryo for its own destruction, conceives an embryo for its ruin; so too, monks, for self-destruction material gain, honour and fame arose for Devadatta, for ruin material gain, honour and fame arose for Devadatta."
Honour kills a contemptible person, as the embryo kills the mule." The eighth.