Aṅguttara-Nikāya
Pañcaka-Nipāta
23. Dīgha-Cārika Vagga

The Book of the Fives

Chapter XXIII: Wandering Afield

Sutta 222

Dutiya Dīgha-Cārika Suttaṃ

Wandering Afield (b)

 

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Thus have I heard:

Once the Exalted One dwelt near Sāvatthī;
and there he addressed the monks, saying:

"Monks."

'Yes, lord,' they replied; and the Exalted One said:

"Monks, there are these five disadvantages
to one who spends his days wandering afield,
wandering aimlessly.

What five?

One reaches not the unreached;
falls from the reached;
is not reassured by the (state) reached;
one is stricken by some grievous disease or illness;
and one is friendless.

Monks, these are the five disadvantages
to one who spends his days wandering afield,
wandering aimlessly.'

 

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"Monks, there are these five advantages
to one who spends his days wandering with an aim.

What five?

One reaches the unreached;
falls not from the reached;
is reassured by the (state) reached;
one is not stricken by some grievous disease or illness;
and one is not friendless.

Monks, these are the five advantages
to one who spends his days wandering with an aim.'