{"id":"an5.208","title":"Chew Sticks","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an5.208","title":"Chew Sticks","units":[{"id":"an5.208:0","sourceIds":["an5.208:0.1","an5.208:0.2","an5.208:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.208\n21. Kimilavagga\nDantakaṭṭhasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 5.208\n21. With Kimbila\nChew Sticks"}},{"id":"an5.208:1","sourceIds":["an5.208:1.1","an5.208:1.2","an5.208:1.3","an5.208:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Pañcime, bhikkhave, ādīnavā dantakaṭṭhassa akhādane.\nKatame pañca?\nAcakkhussaṁ, mukhaṁ duggandhaṁ hoti, rasaharaṇiyo na visujjhanti, pittaṁ semhaṁ bhattaṁ pariyonandhati, bhattamassa nacchādeti.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, pañca ādīnavā dantakaṭṭhassa akhādane.","en":"“Mendicants, there are these five drawbacks of not using chew sticks.\nWhat five?\nIt’s not good for your eyes, you get bad breath, your taste-buds aren’t cleaned, bile and phlegm cover your food, and you lose your appetite.\nThese are the five drawbacks of not using chew sticks."}},{"id":"an5.208:2","sourceIds":["an5.208:2.1","an5.208:2.2","an5.208:2.3","an5.208:2.4","an5.208:2.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pañcime, bhikkhave, ānisaṁsā dantakaṭṭhassa khādane.\nKatame pañca?\nCakkhussaṁ, mukhaṁ na duggandhaṁ hoti, rasaharaṇiyo visujjhanti, pittaṁ semhaṁ bhattaṁ na pariyonandhati, bhattamassa chādeti.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, pañca ānisaṁsā dantakaṭṭhassa khādane”ti.\nAṭṭhamaṁ.","en":"There are these five benefits of using chew sticks.\nWhat five?\nIt’s good for your eyes, you don’t get bad breath, your taste-buds are cleaned, bile and phlegm don’t cover your food, and food agrees with you.\nThese are the five benefits of using chew sticks.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an5.208/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."}