Issariya Sutta

Translation by Bhikkhuni Uppalavanna


 * "What is the leadership in the world?
 * What is the noble strife?
 * What is the strong stain?
 * And what is the swelling in the world?
 * Who obstructs when carried?
 * Who likes when carried?
 * Who strives again and again, in the pleasure of the wise?"


 * "Exercising power is leadership in the world and the woman is the strife.
 * Anger is the strong stain in the world and robbers are the swelling.
 * The robber obstructs being carried, the recluse loves being carried.
 * The continual striving of the recluse is cherished by the wise."