iti.28 Itivuttaka

Living in Discomfort

This was said by the Lord…

“Bhikkhus, possessed of two things, a bhikkhu lives in discomfort here and now, bringing upon himself vexation, trouble, and distress, and when the body perishes after death a bad bourn is to be expected. What are the two? Being unguarded regarding the doors of the senses and being immoderate in eating. These are the two things possessed of which a bhikkhu lives in discomfort…”

The eye, ear, nose, tongue,
Body and likewise the mind—
A bhikkhu who leaves these doors
Unguarded here,

Immoderate in eating,
Of uncontrolled senses,
Experiences suffering
Both bodily and mental.

Being tormented by body,
And tormented by mind,
Such a one lives in discomfort
Both by day and by night.

- Translator: John D. Ireland

- Editor: Bhikkhu Sujato

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Living in Suffering

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
“Mendicants, when a mendicant has two qualities they live unhappily in the present life—with distress, anguish, and fever—
and when the body breaks up, after death, they can expect a bad rebirth.
What two?
Not guarding the sense doors and eating too much.
When a mendicant has these two qualities they live unhappily in the present life—with distress, anguish, and fever—
and when the body breaks up, after death, they can expect a bad rebirth.”
The Buddha spoke this matter.
On this it is said:
“Eye, ear, nose,
tongue, body, and likewise mind:
a mendicant who leaves these
sense doors unguarded—
immoderate in eating,
sense faculties unrestrained—
reaps suffering
both physical and mental.
Burning in body,
burning in mind,
by day or by night
such a person lives in suffering.”
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.