AN 5 The Book of the Fives – Pañcakanipāta > AN 5.223 Overstaying

Numbered Discourses 5.223 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.223

23. Long Wandering – 23. Dīghacārikavagga

AN 5.223 Overstaying – Atinivāsasutta

1.1

“Bhikkhū, there are these five drawbacks of overstaying.

“Pañcime, bhikkhave, ādīnavā atinivāse.

1.2

What five?

Katame pañca?

1.3

You have a lot of stuff and store it up. You have a lot of medicine and store it up. You have a lot of duties and responsibilities, and become capable in whatever needs to be done. You mix closely with laypeople and renunciates, socializing inappropriately like a layperson. And when you leave that monastery, you miss it.

Bahubhaṇḍo hoti bahubhaṇḍasannicayo, bahubhesajjo hoti bahubhesajjasannicayo, bahukicco hoti bahukaraṇīyo byatto kiṅkaraṇīyesu, saṁsaṭṭho viharati gahaṭṭhapabbajitehi ananulomikena gihisaṁsaggena, tamhā ca āvāsā pakkamanto sāpekkho pakkamati.

1.4

These are the five drawbacks of overstaying.

Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca ādīnavā atinivāse.

2.1

There are these five benefits of staying for a reasonable length of time.

Pañcime, bhikkhave, ānisaṁsā samavatthavāse.

2.2

What five?

Katame pañca?

2.3

You don’t have a lot of stuff and store it up. You don’t have a lot of medicine and store it up. You don’t have a lot of duties and responsibilities, or become capable in whatever needs to be done. You don’t mix closely with laypeople and renunciates, socializing inappropriately like a layperson. And when you leave that monastery, you don’t miss it.

Na bahubhaṇḍo hoti na bahubhaṇḍasannicayo, na bahubhesajjo hoti na bahubhesajjasannicayo, na bahukicco hoti na bahukaraṇīyo na byatto kiṅkaraṇīyesu, asaṁsaṭṭho viharati gahaṭṭhapabbajitehi ananulomikena gihisaṁsaggena, tamhā ca āvāsā pakkamanto anapekkho pakkamati.

2.4

These are the five benefits of staying for a reasonable length of time.”

Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca ānisaṁsā samavatthavāse”ti.

2.5

Tatiyaṁ.