← Sutta collectionITI1So It Was Said 1SuttaCentral (Bhikkhu Sujato translation)Select any verse to keep it — saved passages go to your Dhamma Deck, the same one the app uses.So It Was Said 1The Book of the OnesChapter OneGreedThis was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.“Mendicants, give up one thingand I guarantee you non-return.What one thing?Greed is the one thing. Give it up,and I guarantee you non-return.”The Buddha spoke this matter.On this it is said:“When overcome by greedbeings go to a bad place.Having rightly understood that greed,the discerning give it up.Once they’ve given it up,they never return to this world.”This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.