4: The Book of the Fours
157. Illness
- A Saddhamma Study Group translation from the Pāḷi text.
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1 There are, O bhikkhus, these two illnesses. What two? Bodily illness and mental illness.
2 There are seen, O bhikkhus, beings acknowledging freedom from bodily illness for even one year; acknowledging freedom from bodily illness for even two years; acknowledging freedom from bodily illness for even three years; acknowledging freedom from bodily illness for even four years; acknowledging freedom from bodily illness for even five years; acknowledging freedom from bodily illness for even ten years; acknowledging freedom from bodily illness for even twenty years; acknowledging freedom from bodily illness for even thirty years; acknowledging freedom from bodily illness for even forty years; acknowledging freedom from bodily illness for even fifty years; acknowledging freedom from bodily illness for even one hundred years;
3 [Yet] among beings in the world with mental illness, O bhikkhus, it is difficult to find those who can [truly] acknowledge freedom from illness even for a moment, apart from those with asavas extinct.
1 dveme bhikkhave rogā. katame dve? kāyiko ca rogo. cetasiko ca rogo.
2 dissanti bhikkhave sattā kāyikena rogena ekampi vassaṃ ārogyaṃ paṭijānamānā. dvepi vassāni ārogyaṃ paṭijānamānā. tīṇipi vassāni ārogyaṃ paṭijānamānā. cattāripi vassāni ārogyaṃ paṭijānamānā. pañcapi vassāni ārogyaṃ paṭijānamānā. dasapi vassāni ārogyaṃ paṭijānamānā. vīsatimpi vassāni ārogyaṃ paṭijānamānā. tiṃsampi vassāni ārogyaṃ paṭijānamānā. cattārīsampi vassāni ārogyaṃ paṭijānamānā. paññāsampi vassāni ārogyaṃ paṭijānamānā. vassasatampi. ārogyaṃ paṭijānamānā.
3 te bhikkhave sattā dullabhā. lokasmiṃ ye cetasikena rogena muhuttampi ārogyaṃ paṭijānanti, aññatra khīṇāsavehi.