Devadattasutta untranslated

Devadattasutta 01. Preached to the monks at Gijjhakūṭa soon after Devadatta left the Saṅgha. Love of gain, favours and flattery came upon Devadatta for his undoing, like fruit to a plaintain or a bamboo tree, etc. AN.ii.73; see No.3 below; cp. Vin.ii.187f and SN.ii.242.

Devadattasutta 02. Preached in the same circumstances as the above. It gives eight reasons for Devadatta’s downfall, and urges upon the monks the necessity for reflection on the good and bad fortune which overtake oneself and others from time to time. AN.iv.160f; cp. Vin.ii.202.

Devadattasutta 03. Brahma Sahampati visits the Buddha at Gijjhakūṭa soon after Devadatta had left the Saṅgha, and utters the stanza contained in No.1 above. SN.i.153.