AN.5.137. Appaṁsupatisutta ("Little Sleep")

Aṅguttara Nikāya ("Collections of Numbered Discourses")

“Mendicants, these five sleep little at night, staying mostly awake. What five? A woman longing for a man. A man longing for a woman. A thief longing for their loot. A king busy with his duties. A mendicant longing for freedom from attachment. These five sleep little at night, staying mostly awake.”



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