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Wilderness

Araññasutta

Things that make you unfit for living secluded in the wilderness.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.262Numbered Discourses 4.262
  • 0.226. Abhiññāvagga26. Insight

0.3AraññasuttaWilderness

1.1“Catūhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu nālaṁ araññavanapatthāni pantāni senāsanāni paṭisevituṁ.“Mendicants, when a mendicant has four qualities they’re not ready to frequent remote lodgings in the wilderness and the forest.1.2Katamehi catūhi?What four?1.3Kāmavitakkena, byāpādavitakkena, vihiṁsāvitakkena, duppañño hoti jaḷo elamūgo—They have sensual, malicious, and cruel thoughts; or they’re witless, dull, and idiotic.1.4imehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu nālaṁ araññavanapatthāni pantāni senāsanāni paṭisevituṁ.When a mendicant possesses these four qualities they’re not ready to frequent remote lodgings in the wilderness and the forest.

2.1Catūhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu alaṁ araññavanapatthāni pantāni senāsanāni paṭisevituṁ.When a mendicant has four qualities they’re ready to frequent remote lodgings in the wilderness and the forest.2.2Katamehi catūhi?What four?2.3Nekkhammavitakkena, abyāpādavitakkena, avihiṁsāvitakkena, paññavā hoti ajaḷo anelamūgo—They have thoughts of renunciation, good will, and harmlessness; and they’re wise, bright, and clever.2.4imehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu alaṁ araññavanapatthāni pantāni senāsanāni paṭisevitun”ti.When a mendicant possesses these four qualities they’re ready to frequent remote lodgings in the wilderness and the forest.”

2.5Navamaṁ.