← Saṃyutta NikāyaSN17.1Connected Discourses 17.1SuttaCentral (Bhikkhu Sujato translation)Select any verse to keep it — saved passages go to your Dhamma Deck, the same one the app uses.Linked Discourses 17.1Chapter OneBrutalSo I have heard.At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.There the Buddha addressed the mendicants,“Mendicants!”“Venerable sir,” they replied.The Buddha said this:“Possessions, honor, and popularity are brutal, bitter, and harsh. They’re an obstacle to reaching the supreme sanctuary from the yoke.So you should train like this:‘We will give up arisen possessions, honor, and popularity, and we won’t let them occupy our minds.’That’s how you should train.”