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Itivuttaka 29

Sukhavihārasutta

Living in Happiness · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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said + thisVuttañhetaṁ by the Blessed Onebhagavatā said + Perfected Onevuttamarahatāti by meme heardsutaṁ:

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

with two“Dvīhi, monksbhikkhave, with qualitiesdhammehi together·bringsamannāgato monkbhikkhu visible·indeeddiṭṭheva in the teachingdhamme happilysukhaṁ apart·carryviharati not·distressavighātaṁ not·anguishanupāyāsaṁ without feverapariḷāhaṁ;
of the bodykāyassa breaking upbhedā beyondparaṁ from deathmaraṇā good rebirthsugati to be expectedpāṭikaṅkhā.
with whichKatamehi twodvīhi?
in the sense facultiesIndriyesu guard·doorguttadvāratāya andca, in foodbhojane measure·knowmattaññutāya andca.
with theseImehi indeedkho, monksbhikkhave, twodvīhi with qualitiesdhammehi together·bringsamannāgato monkbhikkhu visible·indeeddiṭṭheva in the teachingdhamme happilysukhaṁ apart·carryviharati not·distressavighātaṁ not·anguishanupāyāsaṁ without feverapariḷāhaṁ;
of the bodykāyassa breaking upbhedā beyondparaṁ from deathmaraṇā good rebirthsugati to be expectedpāṭikaṅkhā”ti.
this·matterEtamatthaṁ the Blessed Onebhagavā spokeavoca.
that + thisTatthetaṁ thusiti is saidvuccati:

“Mendicants, when a mendicant has two qualities they live happily in this very life—without distress, anguish, and fever— and when the body breaks up, after death, they can expect a good rebirth. What two? Guarding the sense doors and moderation in eating. When a mendicant possesses these two qualities they live happily in this very life—without distress, anguish, and fever— and when the body breaks up, after death, they can expect a good rebirth.” The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:

eye“Cakkhu ear + andsotañca nose + andghānañca,
tonguejivhā bodykāyo likewisetathā mindmano;
theseEtāni of whomyassa doorsdvārāni,
well·guardedsuguttāni andca of a mendicantbhikkhuno.

“Eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and likewise mind: a mendicant who makes these sense doors well guarded—

in foodBhojanamhi andca moderation·knowingmattaññū,
in the sense facultiesindriyesu andca together·restrainedsaṁvuto;
body·happinessKāyasukhaṁ mind·happinesscetosukhaṁ,
happinesssukhaṁ heso unto·goesadhigacchati.

eating in moderation, restrained in the sense faculties— reaps happiness both physical and mental.

not·burningAḍayhamānena in bodykāyena,
not·burningAḍayhamānena in mindcetasā;
by dayDivā orvā ifyadi orvā by nightrattiṁ,
happilySukhaṁ livesviharati such a persontādiso”ti.

Not burning in body, not burning in mind, by day or by night such a person lives in happiness.”

this·tooAyampi matterattho spokenvutto by the Blessed Onebhagavatā, quotation markeriti by meme hear + thatsutanti.
secondDutiyaṁ.

This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.

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