Which Causes produces sure Human Failure?

Once at night a luminous deity radiating light came up to the Blessed One,
and after having greeted him with joined palms, asked this question:
What are the causes of human failure? The Blessed Buddha answered:
The successful one is easy to recognize: He admires the true Dhamma...
The failed one is also easy to recognize: He despises the true Dhamma...
He admires evil men and disregards good men. He approves of bad men's
false & failed teaching. This is the main cause of the unsuccessful human!
Secondly if any human is fond of sleep, loving society, company and party,
and does never employ or train himself, but is lazy, yet easily angry if not
satisfied, then that are the causes of his inevitable human failure...
Thirdly: If anyone, although able to, does not support his mother or father
when they are old, then that is the cause of the unsuccessful human being.
Fourthly: If anyone by speaking falsely deceives a priest, recluse or monk,
then that dishonesty is the cause of his collapse into a downfall of fiasco...
Finally: Anyone who is rich, yet never shares or gives anything to anyone,
whether poor or worthy, such miserly mean one dives into disaster...
Sn 91-102
 

See also: Failed_by_Neglect!

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