Sāriputtasuttaniddesa

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Mahāniddesa · Vol. 29 · Section 924

[924] **For one who is repelled, what comfort there is** — **For one who is repelled**: for one who is repelled by birth (jāti), by aging (jarā), by sickness (byādhi), by death (maraṇa), by sorrows, lamentations, pains, griefs, and despairs (soka, parideva, dukkha, domanassa, upāyāsa) … by the suffering (dukkha) of the ruin of views (diṭṭhibyasana) — for one who is repelled, distressed, and ashamed: hence, "for one who is repelled." **What comfort there is**: whatever comfort, whatever dwelling in comfort (phāsuvihāra) there is, that I shall declare. And what is the dwelling in comfort? The right practice, the conforming practice, the unopposed practice, the practice in accordance with the goal, the practice of the Dhamma in accordance with the Dhamma; the fulfillment of the virtues (sīla); guarding the doors of the sense faculties (indriya); moderation in eating; devotion to wakefulness; mindfulness and clear comprehension (sati-sampajañña); the four establishments of mindfulness (satipaṭṭhāna); the four right exertions (sammappadhāna); the four bases of spiritual power (iddhipāda); the five spiritual faculties; the five powers (bala); the seven factors of awakening (bojjhaṅga); the noble eightfold path (ariya aṭṭhaṅgika magga); and Nibbāna and the practice leading to Nibbāna — this is the dwelling in comfort. Hence, "for one who is repelled, what comfort there is."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.