Itivuttaka — Assim Foi Dito — 101 — Easy to Find

1This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

2“Mendicants, these four trifles are easy to find and are blameless. What four? Rag-robes … A lump of almsfood … Lodgings at the root of a tree … Rancid urine as medicine … These four trifles are easy to find and are blameless. When a mendicant is content with trifles that are easy to find, they have one of the factors of the ascetic life, I say.”

3The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:

4“When one is content with what’s blameless,
trifling, and easy to find,
they don’t get distressed
about lodgings, robes,
food, and drink,
and they’re not obstructed anywhere.

5These qualities are said to be
integral to the ascetic life.
They’re mastered by a mendicant,
content and diligent.”

6This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.