[181] Bhikkhus, there are these five kinds of forest-dwellers (āraññaka). What five? One is a forest-dweller out of dullness and stupidity; one, of evil desire (pāpicchā), overcome by desire, is a forest-dweller; one is a forest-dweller because of madness and derangement of mind; one is a forest-dweller [thinking], "It is praised by the Buddhas and the disciples of the Buddhas"; and one is a forest-dweller relying just on fewness of wishes, relying just on contentment (santuṭṭhī), relying just on effacement (sallekha), relying just on seclusion (paviveka), relying just on the recognition that this is worthwhile (idamatthitā). These, bhikkhus, are the five kinds of forest-dwellers.
Bhikkhus, of these five kinds of forest-dwellers, the one who is a forest-dweller relying just on fewness of wishes, relying just on contentment, relying just on effacement, relying just on seclusion, relying just on the recognition that this is worthwhile — he is the foremost, the best, the chief, the highest, and the most excellent of these five kinds of forest-dwellers. Just as, bhikkhus, from a cow comes milk, from milk curd, from curd butter, from butter ghee, and from ghee the cream-of-ghee, and the cream-of-ghee is declared the foremost among them, even so, bhikkhus, of these five kinds of forest-dwellers, the one who is a forest-dweller relying just on fewness of wishes, relying just on contentment, relying just on effacement, relying just on seclusion, relying just on the recognition that this is worthwhile — he is the foremost, the best, the chief, the highest, and the most excellent of these five kinds of forest-dwellers.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.