The Related Suttas Collection 17.12

Chapter Two

A Silver Bowl

At Sāvatthī.

“Possessions, honor, and popularity are brutal …

When I’ve comprehended the mind of a certain person, I understand: ‘This venerable would not tell a deliberate lie even for the sake of a silver bowl filled with gold powder.’ But some time later I see them tell a deliberate lie because their mind is overcome and overwhelmed by possessions, honor, and popularity.

So brutal are possessions, honor, and popularity. …”