Aṇguttara Nikāya
Pañcaka Nipāta
III: Pañc'aṇgika Vagga

The Book of Fives

Sutta 29

Caṇkamā-Nisaṃsa Suttaṃ

The Place to Pace

Translated from the Pāḷi
by
Michael M. Olds

 

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[1][pts][agku][bodh] "Five, Beggars, are the advantages associated with using the Place to Pace:

What five?

Lengthened life.^[1]

Enduring energy.^[2]

Little illness.

Getting optimum digestion of what is eaten, drunk, consumed, tasted.

Serenity got pacing is long-lasting.

 

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^[1] Addhāna-k-khamo. PED: Path, road, or journey, but also time. Time-enduring, lasting, hardening. The other translators settle on 'conditions for travel'.

^[2] Padhāna-k-khamo.

 

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References:

see The Place to Pace discussion