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Itivuttaka 28

Dukkhavihārasutta

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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