AN.5.183. Rukkhamūlikasutta ("Dwelling at the Root of a Tree")

Aṅguttara Nikāya ("Collections of Numbered Discourses")

“Mendicants, there are these five kinds of people who dwell at the root of a tree. What five? A person may dwell at the root of a tree because of stupidity … bad desires … madness … because it is praised by the Buddhas … or for the sake of having few wishes … These are the five kinds of people who dwell at the root of a tree.”



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