法苑珠林 66.28

66.28

"What is meant by the suffering of not getting what one seeks? One disperses and spends the household wealth pursuing ambitions, and high officials, lesser clerks, and commoners all hope to attain wealth and honor. Diligently and painfully seeking it without ceasing, by chance one obtains it and becomes the magistrate or governor of a border region. Before much time passes, he covetously seizes the people's possessions, and is denounced by others. In a single morning trouble strikes; he is loaded into a caged cart and hauled away. Facing impending execution, his grief and suffering are boundless, not knowing on which day he will live or die. Is this suffering or not?"
He answered, saying: "Truly, it is great suffering."