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Numbered Discourses · AN 5.128

  • Numbered Discourses 5.128Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.128
  • 13. Sick13. Gilānavagga

An Ascetic’s HappinessSamaṇasukhasutta

“Mendicants, there are these five kinds of suffering for an ascetic.“Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, samaṇadukkhāni. What five?Katamāni pañca? It’s when a mendicant is not content with any kind of robe, almsfood, lodging, and medicines and supplies for the sick. And they lead the spiritual life dissatisfied.Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu asantuṭṭho hoti itarītarena cīvarena, asantuṭṭho hoti itarītarena piṇḍapātena, asantuṭṭho hoti itarītarena senāsanena, asantuṭṭho hoti itarītarena gilānappaccayabhesajjaparikkhārena, anabhirato ca brahmacariyaṁ carati. These are five kinds of suffering for an ascetic.Imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañca samaṇadukkhāni.

There are these five kinds of happiness for an ascetic.Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, samaṇasukhāni. What five?Katamāni pañca? It’s when a mendicant is content with any kind of robe, almsfood, lodging, and medicines and supplies for the sick. And they lead the spiritual life satisfied.Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu santuṭṭho hoti itarītarena cīvarena, santuṭṭho hoti itarītarena piṇḍapātena, santuṭṭho hoti itarītarena senāsanena, santuṭṭho hoti itarītarena gilānappaccayabhesajjaparikkhārena, abhirato ca brahmacariyaṁ carati. These are five kinds of happiness for an ascetic.”Imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañca samaṇasukhānī”ti.

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