• Numbered Discourses 5.184 Aį¹…guttara Nikāya 5.184
  • 19. Wilderness Dwellers 19. AraƱƱavagga

Charnel Ground Dwellers Sosānikasutta

ā€œMendicants, these five dwell in a charnel ground. ā€œPaƱcime, bhikkhave, sosānikā. What five? Katame paƱca? One may dwell in a charnel ground because of stupidity … corrupt wishes … madness … because it is praised by the Buddhas … or for the sake of having few wishes … Mandattā momÅ«hattā sosāniko hoti …pe… idamatthitaṁyeva nissāya sosāniko hoti. These are the five who dwell in a charnel ground.ā€ Ime kho, bhikkhave, paƱca sosānikÄā€ti.

Catutthaṁ.