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Little Sleep

Appaṁsupatisutta

Five people who sleep little.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.137Numbered Discourses 5.137
  • 0.214. Rājavagga14. Kings

0.3AppaṁsupatisuttaLittle Sleep

1.1“Pañcime, bhikkhave, appaṁ rattiyā supanti, bahuṁ jagganti.“Mendicants, these five sleep little at night, staying mostly awake.1.2Katame pañca?What five?1.3Itthī, bhikkhave, purisādhippāyā appaṁ rattiyā supati, bahuṁ jaggati.A woman longing for a man.1.4Puriso, bhikkhave, itthādhippāyo appaṁ rattiyā supati, bahuṁ jaggati.A man longing for a woman.1.5Coro, bhikkhave, ādānādhippāyo appaṁ rattiyā supati, bahuṁ jaggati.A thief longing for their loot.1.6Rājā, bhikkhave, rājakaraṇīyesu yutto appaṁ rattiyā supati, bahuṁ jaggati.A king busy with his duties.1.7Bhikkhu, bhikkhave, visaṁyogādhippāyo appaṁ rattiyā supati, bahuṁ jaggati.A mendicant longing for freedom from the yoke.1.8Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca appaṁ rattiyā supanti, bahuṁ jaggantī”ti.These five sleep little at night, staying mostly awake.”

1.9Sattamaṁ.