{"podcast":{"title":"Dhamma Audio","slug":"dhamma-audio-7662640","podcast_index_feed_id":7662640,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10df112d4/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.buddhawords.org/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/45188701/45188701-1768529552745-1fa571c9f86ce.jpg","author":"Sugata Vinayo","episode_count":64,"summary":"Dhamma Audio built to provide education in Buddhism, the show offers study materials on Dhamma, Suttas, and Vinaya. We share the true Dhamma, the Buddha’s teachings, because learning the authentic Dhamma is essential for developing right understanding of life and for knowing how to live in accordance with the Dhamma.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dhamma-audio-7662640"},"episode":{"title":"Possessions, honor, and popularity came to Devadatta for his own ruin and downfall","slug":"possessions-honor-and-popularity-came-to-devadatta-for-his-own-ruin-and-downfall","published_at":"2026-04-08T00:58:29+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dhamma-audio-7662640/possessions-honor-and-popularity-came-to-devadatta-for-his-own-ruin-and-downfall","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dhamma-audio-7662640","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sugata-vinayo/episodes/Possessions--honor--and-popularity-came-to-Devadatta-for-his-own-ruin-and-downfall-e3hj7sn","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10df112d4/podcast/play/118119767/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-8%2F96009a17-68cc-ffb7-f1b8-aee66259cc7c.mp3","summary":"Devadattasutta AN 4.68 Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, on the Vulture’s Peak Mountain, not long after Devadatta had left. There the Buddha spoke to the mendicants about Devadatta: “Possessions, honor, and popularity came to Devadatta for his own ruin and downfall. It’s like a banana plant, or a bamboo, or a reed, all of which bear fruit to their own ruin and downfall … It’s like a mule, which becomes pregnant to its own ruin and downfall. In the same way, possessions, honor, and popularity came to Devadatta for his own ruin and downfall. The banana plant is destroyed by its own fruit, as are the bamboo and the reed. Honor destroys a reprobate, as pregnancy destroys a mule.”","meta_description":"Devadattasutta AN 4.68 Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, on the Vulture’s Peak Mountain, not long after Devad…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":67,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dhamma-audio-7662640/episodes/possessions-honor-and-popularity-came-to-devadatta-for-his-own-ruin-and-downfall/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dhamma-audio-7662640/possessions-honor-and-popularity-came-to-devadatta-for-his-own-ruin-and-downfall.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}