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an.2.30 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)

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“Mendicants, I see two reasons to frequent remote lodgings in the wilderness and the forest.
What two?
Seeing a happy life for oneself in the present, and having compassion for future generations.
I see two reasons to frequent remote lodgings in the wilderness and the forest.”