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Numbered Discourses 5.183 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.183

19. Wilderness Dwellers – 19. Araññavagga

AN 5.183 Dwelling at the Root of a Tree – Rukkhamūlikasutta

 

1.1

“Bhikkhū, there are these five kinds of people who dwell at the root of a tree.

“Pañcime, bhikkhave, rukkhamūlikā.

1.2

What five?

Katame pañca?

1.3

A person may dwell at the root of a tree because of stupidity … bad desires … madness … because it is praised by the Buddhas … or for the sake of having few wishes …

Mandattā momūhattā rukkhamūliko hoti …pe… idamatthitaṁyeva nissāya rukkhamūliko hoti.

1.4

These are the five kinds of people who dwell at the root of a tree.”

Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca rukkhamūlikā”ti.

1.5

 

Tatiyaṁ.