{"id":"an4.27","title":"Contentment","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an4.27","title":"Contentment","units":[{"id":"an4.27:0","sourceIds":["an4.27:0.1","an4.27:0.2","an4.27:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.27\n3. Uruvelavagga\nSantuṭṭhisutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 4.27\n3. At Uruvelā\nContentment"}},{"id":"an4.27:1","sourceIds":["an4.27:1.1","an4.27:1.2","an4.27:1.3","an4.27:1.4","an4.27:1.5","an4.27:1.6","an4.27:1.7","an4.27:1.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, appāni ca sulabhāni ca, tāni ca anavajjāni.\nKatamāni cattāri?\nPaṁsukūlaṁ, bhikkhave, cīvarānaṁ appañca sulabhañca, tañca anavajjaṁ.\nPiṇḍiyālopo, bhikkhave, bhojanānaṁ appañca sulabhañca, tañca anavajjaṁ.\nRukkhamūlaṁ, bhikkhave, senāsanānaṁ appañca sulabhañca, tañca anavajjaṁ.\nPūtimuttaṁ, bhikkhave, bhesajjānaṁ appañca sulabhañca, tañca anavajjaṁ.\nImāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri appāni ca sulabhāni ca, tāni ca anavajjāni.\nYato kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu appena ca tuṭṭho hoti sulabhena ca, idamassāhaṁ aññataraṁ sāmaññaṅganti vadāmīti.","en":"“Mendicants, these four trifles are easy to find and are blameless.\nWhat four?\nRag-robes …\nA lump of almsfood …\nLodgings at the root of a tree …\nRancid urine as medicine …\nThese four trifles are easy to find and are blameless.\nWhen a mendicant is content with trifles that are easy to find, they have one of the factors of the ascetic life, I say."}},{"id":"an4.27:2","sourceIds":["an4.27:2.1","an4.27:2.2","an4.27:2.3","an4.27:2.4","an4.27:2.5","an4.27:2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Anavajjena tuṭṭhassa,\nappena sulabhena ca;\nNa senāsanamārabbha,\ncīvaraṁ pānabhojanaṁ;\nVighāto hoti cittassa,\ndisā nappaṭihaññati.","en":"When you’re content with what’s blameless,\ntrifling, and easy to find,\nyou don’t get upset\nabout lodgings, robes,\nfood, and drink,\nand you’re not obstructed anywhere."}},{"id":"an4.27:3","sourceIds":["an4.27:3.1","an4.27:3.2","an4.27:3.3","an4.27:3.4","an4.27:3.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ye cassa dhammā akkhātā,\nsāmaññassānulomikā;\nAdhiggahitā tuṭṭhassa,\nappamattassa sikkhato”ti.\nSattamaṁ.","en":"These qualities are said to be\nintegral to the ascetic life.\nThey’re mastered by one who trains,\ncontent and diligent.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.27/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}