8.
The Discourse to Siṅgāla
164.
He was dwelling at Sāvatthī, etc.
"Severe, monks, is material gain, honour and fame, etc.
for the achievement.
Did you hear, monks, towards the break of dawn, an old jackal howling?"
"Yes, venerable sir."
"That, monks, is an old jackal afflicted by a type of disease called mange; he delights neither having gone to a den, nor delights having gone to the root of a tree, nor delights having gone to the open air;
wherever he goes, wherever he stands, wherever he sits down, wherever he lies down;
there and there he comes to calamity and disaster.
So too, monks, here a certain monk, overcome by material gain, honour and fame, with mind consumed, delights neither having gone to an empty house, nor delights having gone to the root of a tree, nor delights having gone to the open air;
wherever he goes, wherever he stands, wherever he sits down, wherever he lies down;
there and there he comes to calamity and disaster.
Thus severe, monks, is material gain, honour and fame, etc.
thus indeed, monks, should you train."
The eighth.