Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

5: The Book of the Fives

138. A Consumer of Food

1"Bhikkhus, possessing five factors, a king's bull elephant is a consumer of food, an occupant of space, a discharger of dung, a ticket-taker, [n.1136] Salākaggāhī. Mp: "At the time of counting the elephants, he takes a ticket." Apparently they used tickets, or pieces of straw, to count the elephants. and yet still is reckoned as a king's bull elephant. What five? It cannot patiently endure forms, cannot patiently endure sounds, cannot patiently endure odours, cannot patiently endure tastes, and cannot patiently endure tactile objects. Possessing these five factors, a king's bull elephant is a consumer of food … yet still is reckoned as a king's bull elephant.

2"So too, bhikkhus, possessing five qualities, a bhikkhu is a consumer of food, an occupant of space, a crusher of chairs, [n.1137] Ce pīṭhamaddano; Be mañcapīṭhamaddano, "a crusher of beds and chairs." a ticket-taker, [n.1138] Mp: "At the time of counting the bhikkhus, he takes a ticket." and yet still is reckoned as a bhikkhu. What five? Here, a bhikkhu cannot patiently endure forms, cannot patiently endure sounds, cannot patiently endure odours, cannot patiently endure tastes, and cannot patiently endure tactile objects. Possessing these five factors, a bhikkhu is a consumer of food, an occupant of space … yet still is reckoned as a bhikkhu."

1"Pañcahi, bhikkhave, aṅgehi samannāgato rañño nāgo bhattādako ca hoti okāsapharaṇo ca laṇḍasāraṇo ca salākaggāhī ca rañño nāgotveva saṅkhaṁ gacchati. Katamehi pañcahi? Idha, bhikkhave, rañño nāgo akkhamo hoti rūpānaṁ, akkhamo saddānaṁ, akkhamo gandhānaṁ, akkhamo rasānaṁ, akkhamo phoṭṭhabbānaṁ. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi aṅgehi samannāgato rañño nāgo bhattādako ca okāsapharaṇo ca laṇḍasāraṇo ca salākaggāhī ca, rañño nāgotveva saṅkhaṁ gacchati.

2Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu bhattādako ca hoti, okāsapharaṇo ca mañcapīṭhamaddano ca salākaggāhī ca, bhikkhutveva saṅkhaṁ gacchati. Katamehi pañcahi? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu akkhamo hoti rūpānaṁ, akkhamo saddānaṁ, akkhamo gandhānaṁ, akkhamo rasānaṁ, akkhamo phoṭṭhabbānaṁ. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu bhattādako ca hoti okāsapharaṇo ca mañcapīṭhamaddano ca salākaggāhī ca, bhikkhutveva saṅkhaṁ gacchatī"ti.


Aṭṭhamaṁ.

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