Aṅguttara-Nikāya
Pañcaka-Nipāta
23. Dīgha-Cārika Vagga
The Book of the Gradual Sayings
The Book of the Fives
Chapter XXIII: Wandering Afield
Sutta 221
Paṭhama Dīgha-Cārika Suttaɱ
Wandering Afield (a)
Translated by E. M. Hare
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[1] 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[1] does not hear the not-heard;
one does not purge things heard;
one is not reassured by what one hears;
one is stricken by some grievous disease or illness;
and one is friendless.[2]
Monks, these are the five disadvantages
to one who spends his days wandering afield,
wandering aimlessly.'
§
"Monks, there are these five advantages
to one who spends his days wandering with an aim.
What five?
One hears the not-heard;
one purges things heard;
one is reassured by what one hears;
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.'
[1] Cf. above, § 202. Here text reads gāḷhaɱ, and so S.e.
[2] Na mittavā, not noticed by P.E.D., but see Childers.
