Aṇguttara Nikāya
Catukka Nipāta
X: Asura Vagga
The Book of the Gradual Sayings
The Book of the Fours
Chapter X: Asuras
Sutta 98
Patoda Sutta
Profit of Self (b)
Translated from the Pali by F. L. Woodward, M.A.
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[1]Monks, these four persons are found existing in the world.
What four?
He who is bent, on his own profit,
not another's;
he who is bent on the profit of both;
he who is bent on another's profit,
not his own;
he who is bent on the profit of neither.