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In the Anguttara Nikaya, Chatukka Nipata, Buddha says: "When the rulers or their representatives become unrighteous, the Brahmin householders become unrighteous; when they become unrighteous, men in the towns and villages become unrighteous; when they become unrighteous, the influence of the sun and moon becomes poisonous. The planetary influences become bad, the days and nights are affected, the seasons are changed, poisonous winds begin to blow, the roads become impassable, the gods become angry, the rains do not fall regularly, the corn-fields become impregnated with poison, and when people eat the produce of these fields, they become weak and many diseases attack them."

-- Notebooks Category 13: Human Experience > Chapter 4 : World Crisis > # 363