{"id":"an5.54","title":"Times Good for Meditation","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an5.54","title":"Times Good for Meditation","units":[{"id":"an5.54:0","sourceIds":["an5.54:0.1","an5.54:0.2","an5.54:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.54\n6. Nīvaraṇavagga\nSamayasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 5.54\n6. Hindrances\nTimes Good for Meditation"}},{"id":"an5.54:1","sourceIds":["an5.54:1.1","an5.54:1.2","an5.54:1.3","an5.54:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Pañcime, bhikkhave, asamayā padhānāya.\nKatame pañca?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu jiṇṇo hoti jarāyābhibhūto.\nAyaṁ, bhikkhave, paṭhamo asamayo padhānāya.","en":"“Mendicants, there are five times that are not good for meditation.\nWhat five?\nFirstly, a mendicant is old, overcome with old age.\nThis is the first time that’s not good for meditation."}},{"id":"an5.54:2","sourceIds":["an5.54:2.1","an5.54:2.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu byādhito hoti byādhinābhibhūto.\nAyaṁ, bhikkhave, dutiyo asamayo padhānāya.","en":"Furthermore, a mendicant is sick, overcome by sickness.\nThis is the second time that’s not good for meditation."}},{"id":"an5.54:3","sourceIds":["an5.54:3.1","an5.54:3.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, dubbhikkhaṁ hoti dussassaṁ dullabhapiṇḍaṁ, na sukaraṁ uñchena paggahena yāpetuṁ.\nAyaṁ, bhikkhave, tatiyo asamayo padhānāya.","en":"Furthermore, there’s a famine, a bad harvest, so it’s hard to get almsfood, and not easy to keep going by collecting alms.\nThis is the third time that’s not good for meditation."}},{"id":"an5.54:4","sourceIds":["an5.54:4.1","an5.54:4.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhayaṁ hoti aṭavisaṅkopo, cakkasamārūḷhā jānapadā pariyāyanti.\nAyaṁ, bhikkhave, catuttho asamayo padhānāya.","en":"Furthermore, there’s peril due to turmoil in the wilds, so the countryfolk mount their vehicles and flee everywhere.\nThis is the fourth time that’s not good for meditation."}},{"id":"an5.54:5","sourceIds":["an5.54:5.1","an5.54:5.2","an5.54:5.3","an5.54:5.4","an5.54:5.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, saṅgho bhinno hoti.\nSaṅghe kho pana, bhikkhave, bhinne aññamaññaṁ akkosā ca honti, aññamaññaṁ paribhāsā ca honti, aññamaññaṁ parikkhepā ca honti, aññamaññaṁ pariccajā ca honti.\nTattha appasannā ceva nappasīdanti, pasannānañca ekaccānaṁ aññathattaṁ hoti.\nAyaṁ, bhikkhave, pañcamo asamayo padhānāya.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, pañca asamayā padhānāyāti.","en":"Furthermore, there’s a schism in the Saṅgha.\nWhen the Saṅgha is split, they abuse, insult, block, and forsake each other.\nThis doesn’t inspire confidence in those without it, and it causes some with confidence to change their minds.\nThis is the fifth time that’s not good for meditation.\nThese are the five times that are not good for meditation."}},{"id":"an5.54:6","sourceIds":["an5.54:6.1","an5.54:6.2","an5.54:6.3","an5.54:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pañcime, bhikkhave, samayā padhānāya.\nKatame pañca?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu daharo hoti yuvā susu kāḷakeso bhadrena yobbanena samannāgato paṭhamena vayasā.\nAyaṁ, bhikkhave, paṭhamo samayo padhānāya.","en":"There are five times that are good for meditation.\nWhat five?\nFirstly, a mendicant is a youth, young, with pristine black hair, blessed with youth, in the prime of life.\nThis is the first time that’s good for meditation."}},{"id":"an5.54:7","sourceIds":["an5.54:7.1","an5.54:7.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu appābādho hoti appātaṅko, samavepākiniyā gahaṇiyā samannāgato nātisītāya nāccuṇhāya majjhimāya padhānakkhamāya.\nAyaṁ, bhikkhave, dutiyo samayo padhānāya.","en":"Furthermore, they are rarely ill or unwell. Their stomach digests well, being neither too hot nor too cold, but just right, and fit for meditation.\nThis is the second time that’s good for meditation."}},{"id":"an5.54:8","sourceIds":["an5.54:8.1","an5.54:8.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, subhikkhaṁ hoti susassaṁ sulabhapiṇḍaṁ, sukaraṁ uñchena paggahena yāpetuṁ.\nAyaṁ, bhikkhave, tatiyo samayo padhānāya.","en":"Furthermore, there’s plenty of food, a good harvest, so it’s easy to get almsfood, and easy to keep going by collecting alms.\nThis is the third time that’s good for meditation."}},{"id":"an5.54:9","sourceIds":["an5.54:9.1","an5.54:9.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, manussā samaggā sammodamānā avivadamānā khīrodakībhūtā aññamaññaṁ piyacakkhūhi sampassantā viharanti.\nAyaṁ, bhikkhave, catuttho samayo padhānāya.","en":"Furthermore, people live in harmony, appreciating each other, without dispute, blending like milk and water, and regarding each other with kindly eyes.\nThis is the fourth time that’s good for meditation."}},{"id":"an5.54:10","sourceIds":["an5.54:10.1","an5.54:10.2","an5.54:10.3","an5.54:10.4","an5.54:10.5","an5.54:10.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, saṅgho samaggo sammodamāno avivadamāno ekuddeso phāsu viharati.\nSaṅghe kho pana, bhikkhave, samagge na ceva aññamaññaṁ akkosā honti, na ca aññamaññaṁ paribhāsā honti, na ca aññamaññaṁ parikkhepā honti, na ca aññamaññaṁ pariccajā honti.\nTattha appasannā ceva pasīdanti, pasannānañca bhiyyobhāvo hoti.\nAyaṁ, bhikkhave, pañcamo samayo padhānāya.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, pañca samayā padhānāyā”ti.\nCatutthaṁ.","en":"Furthermore, the Saṅgha lives comfortably, in harmony, appreciating each other, without dispute, with one recitation.\nWhen the Saṅgha is in harmony, they don’t abuse, insult, block, or forsake each other.\nThis inspires confidence in those without it, and increases confidence in those who have it.\nThis is the fifth time that’s good for meditation.\nThese are the five times that are good for meditation.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an5.54/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."}