Numbered Discourses 5.183 19. Wilderness Dwellers Dwelling at the Root of a Tree (AN5.183)

1.1

“Pañcime, bhikkhave, rukkhamūlikā.

“Mendicants, there are these five who dwell at the root of a tree.

1.2

Katame pañca?

What five?

1.3

Mandattā momūhattā rukkhamūliko hoti …pe… idamatthitaṁyeva nissāya rukkhamūliko hoti.

One may dwell at the root of a tree because of stupidity … corrupt wishes … madness … because it is praised by the Buddhas … or for the sake of having few wishes …

1.4

Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca rukkhamūlikā”ti.

These are the five who dwell at the root of a tree.”

1.5

Tatiyaṁ.