So It Was Said 101

The Book of the Fours

The Chapter on the Brahmin’s Offering of the Teaching

Easy to Find

iti101:1 This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

iti101:2 “Mendicants, these four trifles are easy to find and are blameless. What four? Rag-robes … A lump of almsfood … Lodgings at the root of a tree … Rancid urine as medicine … These four trifles are easy to find and are blameless. When a mendicant is content with trifles that are easy to find, they have one of the factors of the ascetic life, I say.” The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:

iti101:3 “When one is content with what’s blameless, trifling, and easy to find, they don’t get distressed about lodgings, robes, food, and drink, and they’re not obstructed anywhere.

iti101:4 These qualities are said to be integral to the ascetic life. They’re mastered by a mendicant, content and diligent.”

iti101:5 This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.