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Itivuttaka 29

Sukhavihārasutta

Living in Happiness · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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this was saidVuttañhetaṁ by the Blessed Onebhagavatā said by the 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 endowedsamannāgato monkbhikkhu in this very lifediṭṭheva in the teachingdhamme happilysukhaṁ livesviharati without distressavighātaṁ without anguishanupāyāsaṁ without feverapariḷāhaṁ;
of the bodykāyassa breaking upbhedā beyondparaṁ from deathmaraṇā good rebirthsugati to be expectedpāṭikaṅkhā.
with whichKatamehi twodvīhi?
in the sense facultiesIndriyesu guarding the doorsguttadvāratāya andca, in foodbhojane moderationmattaññutāya andca.
with theseImehi indeedkho, monksbhikkhave, twodvīhi with qualitiesdhammehi endowedsamannāgato monkbhikkhu in this very lifediṭṭheva in the teachingdhamme happilysukhaṁ livesviharati without distressavighātaṁ without anguishanupāyāsaṁ without feverapariḷāhaṁ;
of the bodykāyassa breaking upbhedā beyondparaṁ from deathmaraṇā good rebirthsugati to be expectedpāṭikaṅkhā”ti.
this matterEtamatthaṁ the Blessed Onebhagavā spokeavoca.
on this itTatthetaṁ 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 and earsotañca and noseghānañca,
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 knowing moderationmattaññū,
in the sense facultiesindriyesu andca restrainedsaṁvuto;
physical happinessKāyasukhaṁ mental happinesscetosukhaṁ,
happinesssukhaṁ heso reapsadhigacchati.

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 was heardsutanti.
secondDutiyaṁ.

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

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