Upakkilesa Sutta3
SuttaA discourse comparing the clouds, mist, smoke, and eclipse that dim the sun and moon to the intoxicants, sexual relations, money, and wrong livelihood that diminish the holiness of ascetics.
Four things prevent the sun and the moon from shining with their full brilliance — clouds, mist, smoke or dust, and Rāhu (eclipse).
Similarly four things diminish the holiness of ascetics and recluses — intoxicants, sexual relations, money, and wrong livelihood (A.ii.53 f).
AN 4.50
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