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Rukkhamūlikasutta

Dwelling at the Root of a Tree

“Pañcime, bhikkhave, rukkhamūlikā.
“Mendicants, there are these five kinds of people who dwell at the root of a tree.

Katame pañca?
What five?

Mandattā momūhattā rukkhamūliko hoti …pe… idamatthitaṁyeva nissāya rukkhamūliko hoti.
A person may dwell at the root of a tree because of stupidity … corrupt wishes … madness … because it is praised by the Buddhas … or for the sake of having few wishes …

Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca rukkhamūlikā”ti.
These are the five kinds of people who dwell at the root of a tree.”

Tatiyaṁ.