So It Was Said 6

The Book of the Ones

Chapter One

Conceit

iti6:1 This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

iti6:2 “Mendicants, give up one thing and I guarantee you non-return. What one thing? Conceit is the one thing. Give it up, and I guarantee you non-return.” The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:

iti6:3 “Drunk on conceit, beings go to a bad place. Having rightly understood that conceit, the discerning give it up. Once they’ve given it up, they never return to this world.”

iti6:4 This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.