Puggalavagga

Suttapiṭaka · Aṅguttaranikāya · Catukkanipāta · Vol. 21 · Section 138

[138] Bhikkhus, these four persons are found existing in the world. Which four? One withdrawn in body but not withdrawn in mind; one not withdrawn in body but withdrawn in mind; one neither withdrawn in body nor withdrawn in mind; and one both withdrawn in body and withdrawn in mind. And how, bhikkhus, is a person withdrawn in body but not withdrawn in mind? Here, bhikkhus, a certain person resorts to remote lodgings in forests and jungle thickets; yet there he thinks thoughts of sensuality (kāmavitakka), thinks thoughts of ill will (byāpādavitakka), and thinks thoughts of harming (vihiṃsāvitakka). It is in this way, bhikkhus, that a person is withdrawn in body but not withdrawn in mind. And how, bhikkhus, is a person not withdrawn in body but withdrawn in mind? Here, bhikkhus, a certain person does not resort to remote lodgings in forests and jungle thickets; yet there he thinks thoughts of renunciation (nekkhammavitakka), thinks thoughts of non-ill will (abyāpādavitakka), and thinks thoughts of harmlessness (avihiṃsāvitakka). It is in this way, bhikkhus, that a person is not withdrawn in body but withdrawn in mind. And how, bhikkhus, is a person neither withdrawn in body nor withdrawn in mind? Here, bhikkhus, a certain person does not resort to remote lodgings in forests and jungle thickets; and there he thinks thoughts of sensuality, thinks thoughts of ill will, and thinks thoughts of harming. It is in this way, bhikkhus, that a person is neither withdrawn in body nor withdrawn in mind. And how, bhikkhus, is a person both withdrawn in body and withdrawn in mind? Here, bhikkhus, a certain person resorts to remote lodgings in forests and jungle thickets; and there he thinks thoughts of renunciation, thinks thoughts of non-ill will, and thinks thoughts of harmlessness. It is in this way, bhikkhus, that a person is both withdrawn in body and withdrawn in mind. These, bhikkhus, are the four persons found existing in the world.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.