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The Discourse on Ruin
Thus have I heard - On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Sāvatthī in Jeta's Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika's park. Then a certain deity, when the night was far advanced, with surpassing beauty, having illuminated almost the entire Jeta's Grove, approached the Blessed One; having approached, he paid respect to the Blessed One and stood to one side. Standing to one side, that deity addressed the Blessed One in verse -
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Having come to ask the Blessed One, what is the cause of one's ruin?"
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A lover of the Teaching prospers, a hater of the Teaching comes to ruin."
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Tell us the second, Blessed One, what is the cause of one's ruin?"
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He approves of the teaching of the wicked, that is the cause of one's ruin."
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Tell us the third, Blessed One, what is the cause of one's ruin?"
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Lazy, known by his wrath, that is the cause of one's ruin."
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Tell us the fourth, Blessed One, what is the cause of one's ruin?"
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Though being able, that is the cause of one's ruin."
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Tell us the fifth, Blessed One, what is the cause of one's ruin?"
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That is the cause of one's ruin."
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Tell us the sixth, Blessed One, what is the cause of one's ruin?"
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Alone he eats sweet things, that is the cause of one's ruin."
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Tell us the seventh, Blessed One, what is the cause of one's ruin?"
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He despises his own relatives, that is the cause of one's ruin."
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Tell us the eighth, Blessed One, what is the cause of one's ruin?"
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He destroys whatever is obtained, that is the cause of one's ruin."
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Tell us the ninth, Blessed One, what is the cause of one's ruin?"
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He wrongs others' wives, that is the cause of one's ruin."
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Tell us the tenth, Blessed One, what is the cause of one's ruin?"
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Through jealousy of her he does not sleep, that is the cause of one's ruin."
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Tell us the eleventh, Blessed One, what is the cause of one's ruin?"
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He places in authority, that is the cause of one's ruin."
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Tell us the twelfth, Blessed One, what is the cause of one's ruin?"
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And he desires kingship, that is the cause of one's ruin."
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A noble one accomplished in vision, he attains a safe world."
The Discourse on Ruin is concluded as sixth.