This is the exalted Saṅgha,

the eight individuals among sentient beings.

For humans, those merit-seeking creatures,

who sponsor sacrifices,

making worldly merit,

what’s given here is very fruitful.”

Numbered Discourses 8.61 7. Earthquakes Desire

“Mendicants, these eight individuals are found in the world. What eight?

First, when a mendicant stays secluded, living independently, a desire arises for material things. They try hard, strive, and make an effort to get them. But material things don’t come to them. And so they sorrow and wail and lament, beating their breast and falling into confusion because they don’t get those material things. This is called a mendicant who lives desiring material things. They try hard, strive, and make an effort to get them. But when they do not acquire material things, they sorrow and lament. They’ve fallen from the true teaching.