IV.FOREST DWELLERS
181(1)Forest Dwellers
"Bhikkhus,there are these five kinds of forest dwellers.
What
five?
(1)One who becomes a forest dweller because of his dullness and stupidity;(2)one who becomes a forest dweller because he has evil desires,because he is driven by desire;
Papiccho icchapakato araririko hoti.Mp:"He thinks,'While I am living in the forest,they will honor me with the four requisites,thinking I'm a forest dweller.They will esteem me for my virtues,thinking that I'm conscientious and secluded,and so forth.'.Thus he is a forest dweller based on evil desire,because he is overcome by desire."(3)one who becomes a forest dweller because he is mad and mentally deranged;(4)one who becomes a forest dweller,[thinking]:'It is praised by the Buddhas and the Buddhas' disciples';(5)and one who becomes a forest dweller for the sake of fewness of desires,for the sake of contentment,for the sake of eliminating [defilements],for the sake of solitude,for the sake of simplicity.
These are the five kinds of forest dwellers.
One who becomes a forest dweller for the sake of fewness of desires,for the sake of contentment,for the sake of eliminating [defilements],for the sake of solitude,for the sake of simplicity,is the foremost,the best,the preeminent,the supreme,and the finest of these five kinds of forest dwellers.
"Just as,bhikkhus,from a cow comes milk,from milk comes curd,from curd comes butter,from butter comes ghee,and from ghee comes cream-of-ghee,which is reckoned the foremost of all these,
so one who becomes a forest dweller for the sake of fewness of desires...for the sake of simplicity,is the foremost,the best,the preeminent,the supreme,and the finest of these five kinds of forest dwellers."
182(2)-190(10)Wearers of Rag-Robes,Etc.
"Bhikkhus,there are these five kinds of wearers of rag-robes
Ce follows this with a sutta on"these five who live solely on food gathered on alms round"(parnc'ime bhikkhave pindapatika),not included in Be and Ee.I here follow the latter,as Ce expands the vagga to an irregular eleven suttas.All these ascetic practices are explained in detail in Vism,chap.2.Of those below that are not self-explanatory,the"sitter's practice"is sleeping in the sitting posture,without lying down;the"any-bed-user's practice"is accepting any sleeping place that is offered;without preferences;the"one-session practice"is eating all one's food for the day in one sitting posture,without consuming any food after one has risen from one's seat;and the"later-food-refuser's practice"is refusing to accept any food that may be offered and made available after one has started one's meal.
What five?
One who observes the practice of wearers of rag-robes because of his dullness and stupidity……
These are the five kinds of wearers of rag-robes.
...these five who dwell at the foot of a tree..[220]..
.……these five
who dwell in a charnel ground...
these five who dwell in the
open air...
these five who observe the sitter's practice...
these
five who observe the any-bed-user's practice...
these five who
observe the one-session practice...
these five who observe the
later-food-refuser's practice...
these five who observe the
practice of eating only food in the almsbowl.
What five?
(1)One
who observes the practice of eating only food in the almsbowl
because of his dullness and stupidity;(2)one who observesthe
practice of eating only food in the almsbowl because he has evil.
desires,because he is driven:by desire;(3)one who observes
the practice of eating only food in the almsbowl because he is
mad and mentally deranged;(4)one who observes the practice
of eating only food in the almsbowl,[thinking]:'It is praised
by the Buddhas and Buddhas' disciples';(5)and one who
observes the practice of eating only food in the almsbowl for
the sake of fewness of desires,for the sake of contentment,
for the sake of eliminating [defilements],for the sake of solitude,for the sake of simplicity.
These are the five who observe
the practice of eating only food in the almsbowl.
One who
observes the practice of eating only food in the almsbowl for
the sake of fewness of desires.:.for the sake of simplicity,is
the foremost,the best,the preeminent,the supreme,and the finest of these five who observe the practice of eating only food in the almsbowl.
"Just as,bhikkhus,from a cow comes milk,from milk comes curd,from curd comes butter,from butter comes ghee,and from ghee comes cream-of-ghee,which is reckoned the foremost of all these,
so this one who observes the practice of eating only food in the almsbowl [221]for the sake of fewness of desires...for the sake of simplicity,is the foremost,the best,the preeminent,the supreme,and the finest of these five who observe the practice of eating only food in the almsbowl."