Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

5: The Book of the Fives

223. Residing too Long

1"Bhikkhus, there are these five dangers in residing too long in the same place. What five? (1) One comes to own and accumulate many goods; (2) one comes to own and accumulate many medicines; (3) one takes on many tasks and duties and becomes competent in the various things to be done; (4) one forms bonds with householders and monastics in an unsuitable way typical of laypeople; and (5) when one departs from that monastery, one departs full of concern. These are the five dangers in residing too long in the same place.

2"Bhikkhus, there are these five benefits in residing for a balanced period in the same place. What five? (1) One does not come to own and accumulate many goods; (2) one does not come to own and accumulate many medicines; (3) one does not take on many tasks and duties and become competent in the various things to be done; (4) one does not form bonds with householders and monastics in an unsuitable way typical of laypeople; and (5) when one departs from that monastery, one departs without concern. These are the five benefits in residing for a balanced period in the same place."

1"Pañcime, bhikkhave, ādīnavā atinivāse. Katame pañca? Bahubhaṇḍo hoti bahubhaṇḍasannicayo, bahubhesajjo hoti bahubhesajjasannicayo, bahukicco hoti bahukaraṇīyo byatto kiṅkaraṇīyesu, saṁsaṭṭho viharati gahaṭṭhapabbajitehi ananulomikena gihisaṁsaggena, tamhā ca āvāsā pakkamanto sāpekkho pakkamati. Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca ādīnavā atinivāse.

2Pañcime, bhikkhave, ānisaṁsā samavatthavāse. Katame pañca? 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. Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca ānisaṁsā samavatthavāse"ti.


Tatiyaṁ.

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