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Numbered Discourses · AN 5.110

  • Numbered Discourses 5.110Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.110
  • 11. Living Comfortably11. Phāsuvihāravagga

WildernessAraññasutta

“Mendicants, when a mendicant has five qualities they’re ready to frequent remote lodgings in the wilderness and the forest.“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu alaṁ araññavanapatthāni pantāni senāsanāni paṭisevituṁ. What five?Katamehi pañcahi?

It’s when a mendicant is ethical, restrained in the monastic code, conducting themselves well and resorting for alms in suitable places. Seeing danger in the slightest fault, they keep the rules they’ve undertaken.Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sīlavā hoti …pe… samādāya sikkhati sikkhāpadesu;

They’re very learned, remembering and keeping what they’ve learned. These teachings are good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, meaningful and well-phrased, describing a spiritual practice that’s totally full and pure. They are very learned in such teachings, remembering them, reciting them, mentally scrutinizing them, and penetrating them theoretically.bahussuto hoti …pe… diṭṭhiyā suppaṭividdhā;

They live with energy roused up. They’re strong, staunchly vigorous, not slacking off when it comes to developing skillful qualities.āraddhavīriyo viharati thāmavā daḷhaparakkamo anikkhittadhuro kusalesu dhammesu;

They get the four absorptions—blissful meditations in this life that belong to the higher mind—when they want, without trouble or difficulty.catunnaṁ jhānānaṁ ābhicetasikānaṁ diṭṭhadhammasukhavihārānaṁ nikāmalābhī hoti akicchalābhī akasiralābhī;

They realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. And they live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati.

When a mendicant possesses these five qualities they’re ready to frequent remote lodgings in the wilderness and the forest.”Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu alaṁ araññavanapatthāni pantāni senāsanāni paṭisevitun”ti.

Similar passages elsewhere

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  4. AN 5.233 Grace 0.67near 0.1Numbered Discourses 5.233 24. A Resident Mendicant Grace “Mendicants, a resident mendicant with five qualities graces the monastery. What five? They’re ethical, restrained in the monastic code, conducting themselves well…
  5. AN 5.105 Living Comfortably 0.67near 0.1Numbered Discourses 5.105 11. Living Comfortably Living Comfortably “Mendicants, there are these five ways of living comfortably. What five? It’s when a mendicant consistently treats their spiritual companions with kindn…
  6. AN 5.88 Senior Mendicants 0.51near 1.8A senior mendicant who possesses these five qualities is acting for the welfare and happiness of the people, for the people, for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of gods and humans.”…