Santuṭṭhisutta

Suttapiṭaka · Aṅguttaranikāya · Catukkanipāta · Vol. 21 · Section 27

[27] Bhikkhus, these four things are trifling, easily obtained, and blameless. What four? Among robes, bhikkhus, a rag-robe (paṃsukūla) is trifling, easily obtained, and blameless. Among foods, bhikkhus, almsfood gathered morsel by morsel (piṇḍiyālopa) is trifling, easily obtained, and blameless. Among lodgings, bhikkhus, the root of a tree is trifling, easily obtained, and blameless. Among medicines, bhikkhus, fermented urine (pūtimutta) is trifling, easily obtained, and blameless. These indeed, bhikkhus, are the four things that are trifling, easily obtained, and blameless. When, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu is content (santuṭṭha) with what is trifling and easily obtained, I say that this is one of the factors of the ascetic life (sāmaññaṅga) for him. For one content with what is blameless, trifling, and easily obtained, there is no distress of mind (citta) on account of lodging, robes, drink, and food, and he is not obstructed in any quarter. And those dhammas that have been declared to him, conducive to the ascetic life, are mastered by the bhikkhu who is content and heedful.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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