an.5.183 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)

Dwelling at the Root of a Tree

“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.”