Living in Suffering · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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(…) Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:
This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
“Dvīhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu diṭṭheva dhamme dukkhaṁ viharati savighātaṁ saupāyāsaṁ sapariḷāhaṁ; kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā duggati pāṭikaṅkhā. Katamehi dvīhi? Indriyesu aguttadvāratāya ca, bhojane amattaññutāya ca. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, dvīhi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu diṭṭheva dhamme dukkhaṁ viharati savighātaṁ saupāyāsaṁ sapariḷāhaṁ; kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā duggati pāṭikaṅkhā”ti. Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca. Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:
“Mendicants, when a mendicant has two qualities they live unhappily in this very life—with distress, anguish, and fever— and when the body breaks up, after death, they can expect a bad rebirth. What two? Not guarding the sense doors and eating too much. When a mendicant possesses these two qualities they live unhappily in this very life—with distress, anguish, and fever— and when the body breaks up, after death, they can expect a bad rebirth.” The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:
“Cakkhu sotañca ghānañca, jivhā kāyo tathā mano; Etāni yassa dvārāni, aguttāni ca bhikkhuno.
“Eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and likewise mind: a mendicant who leaves these sense doors unguarded—
Bhojanamhi amattaññū, indriyesu asaṁvuto; Kāyadukkhaṁ cetodukkhaṁ, dukkhaṁ so adhigacchati.
immoderate in eating, sense faculties unrestrained— reaps suffering both physical and mental.
Ḍayhamānena kāyena, Ḍayhamānena cetasā; Divā vā yadi vā rattiṁ, Dukkhaṁ viharati tādiso”ti.
Burning in body, burning in mind, by day or by night such a person lives in suffering.”
Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti. Paṭhamaṁ.
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.
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