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Numbered Discourses 5.184 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.184

19. Wilderness Dwellers – 19. Araññavagga

AN 5.184 Charnel Ground Dwellers – Sosānikasutta

 

1.1

“Bhikkhū, there are these five kinds of people who dwell in a charnel ground.

“Pañcime, bhikkhave, sosānikā.

1.2

What five?

Katame pañca?

1.3

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

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

1.4

These are the five kinds of people who dwell in a charnel ground.”

Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca sosānikā”ti.

1.5

 

Catutthaṁ.