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Kula Sutta: On Families

Kula Sutta

Summary: How a family loses or preserves its wealth.

AN 4.255 PTS: A ii 249

translated from the Pali by

Thanissaro Bhikkhu

1997-2018

- Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammā-sambuddhassa -

“In every case where a family cannot hold onto its great wealth for long, it is for one or another of these four reasons. Which four? They don't look for things that are lost. They don't repair things that have gotten old. They are immoderate in consuming food and drink. They place a woman or man of no virtue or principles in the position of authority. In every case where a family cannot hold onto its great wealth for long, it is for one or another of these four reasons.

“In every case where a family can hold onto its great wealth for long, it is for one or another of these four reasons. Which four? They look for things that are lost. They repair things that have gotten old. They are moderate in consuming food and drink. They place a virtuous, principled woman or man in the position of authority. In every case where a family can hold onto its great wealth for long, it is for one or another of these four reasons.”

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