Aṇguttara-Nikāya
Pañcaka-Nipāta
23. Dīgha-Cārika Vagga
The Book of the Gradual Sayings
The Book of the Fives
Chapter XXIII: Wandering Afield
Sutta 222
Dutiya Dīgha-Cārika Suttaṃ
Wandering Afield (b)
Translated by E. M. Hare
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[1] Thus have I heard:
Once the Exalted One dwelt near Sāvatthī;
and there he addressed the monks, saying:
"Monks."
'Yes, lord,' they replied; and the Exalted One said:
"Monks, there are these five disadvantages
to one who spends his days wandering afield,
wandering aimlessly.
What five?
One reaches not the unreached;
falls from the reached;
is not reassured by the (state) reached;
one is stricken by some grievous disease or illness;
and one is friendless.
Monks, these are the five disadvantages
to one who spends his days wandering afield,
wandering aimlessly.'
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"Monks, there are these five advantages
to one who spends his days wandering with an aim.
What five?
One reaches the unreached;
falls not from the reached;
is reassured by the (state) reached;
one is not stricken by some grievous disease or illness;
and one is not friendless.
Monks, these are the five advantages
to one who spends his days wandering with an aim.'
