Itivuttaka 29

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29. Sukhaviharasuttam (Happiness)

This was said by the Lord Buddha(Bhagavata), said by the Arahant, so I have heard:

“Endowed with two things, monks, a monk lives in ease in the present life—untroubled, undisufferinged, & unfeverish—and at the break-up of the body, after death, a good destination can be expected. Which two? A guarding of the doors of the sense faculties, and knowing moderation in food. Endowed with these two things, a monk lives in ease in the present life—untroubled, undisufferinged, & unfeverish and at the break-up of the body, after death, a good destination can be expected.”

Eye & ear & nose, tongue, body, & mind: when a monk has these doors well guarded knowing moderation in food, restraining his senses— he experiences ease: ease in body, ease in mind. Not burning in body, not burning in mind, whether by day or by night, one like this lives in ease.