Future Perils (1st)

What five?Firstly, a wilderness mendicant reflects:‘Currently I’m living alone in a wilderness.While living here aloneI might get bitten by a snake, a scorpion, or a centipede.And if I died from that it would be an obstacle to my progress.I’d better rouse up energy for attaining the unattained, achieving the unachieved, and realizing the unrealized.’This is the first future peril …

Katamāni pañca? Idha, bhikkhave, āraññiko bhikkhu iti paṭisañcikkhati: ‘ahaṁ kho etarahi ekako araññe viharāmi. Ekakaṁ kho pana maṁ araññe viharantaṁ *Ekakaṁ kho pana maṁ → ekakaṁ kho pana (sya-all, km) | vicchiko → vicchikā (sya-all)ahi vā maṁ ḍaṁseyya, vicchiko vā maṁ ḍaṁseyya, satapadī vā maṁ ḍaṁseyya, tena me assa kālaṅkiriyā, so mamassa antarāyo; handāhaṁ vīriyaṁ ārabhāmi appattassa pattiyā anadhigatassa adhigamāya asacchikatassa sacchikiriyāyā’ti. Idaṁ, bhikkhave, paṭhamaṁ anāgatabhayaṁ sampassamānena alameva āraññikena bhikkhunā appamattena ātāpinā pahitattena viharituṁ appattassa pattiyā anadhigatassa adhigamāya asacchikatassa sacchikiriyāya.

What five?Katamāni pañca? Firstly, a wilderness mendicant reflects:Idha, bhikkhave, āraññiko bhikkhu iti paṭisañcikkhati: ‘Currently I’m living alone in a wilderness.‘ahaṁ kho etarahi ekako araññe viharāmi. While living here aloneEkakaṁ kho pana maṁ araññe viharantaṁ *Ekakaṁ kho pana maṁ → ekakaṁ kho pana (sya-all, km) | vicchiko → vicchikā (sya-all)I might get bitten by a snake, a scorpion, or a centipede.ahi vā maṁ ḍaṁseyya, vicchiko vā maṁ ḍaṁseyya, satapadī vā maṁ ḍaṁseyya, And if I died from that it would be an obstacle to my progress.tena me assa kālaṅkiriyā, so mamassa antarāyo; I’d better rouse up energy for attaining the unattained, achieving the unachieved, and realizing the unrealized.’handāhaṁ vīriyaṁ ārabhāmi appattassa pattiyā anadhigatassa adhigamāya asacchikatassa sacchikiriyāyā’ti. This is the first future peril …Idaṁ, bhikkhave, paṭhamaṁ anāgatabhayaṁ sampassamānena alameva āraññikena bhikkhunā appamattena ātāpinā pahitattena viharituṁ appattassa pattiyā anadhigatassa adhigamāya asacchikatassa sacchikiriyāya.

Furthermore, a wilderness mendicant reflects:‘Currently I’m living alone in a wilderness.While living here aloneI might stumble off a cliff, or get food poisoning, or suffer a disturbance of bile, phlegm, or piercing winds.And if I died from that it would be an obstacle to my progress.I’d better rouse up energy for attaining the unattained, achieving the unachieved, and realizing the unrealized.’This is the second future peril …

Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, āraññiko bhikkhu iti paṭisañcikkhati: ‘ahaṁ kho etarahi ekako araññe viharāmi. Ekako kho panāhaṁ araññe viharanto upakkhalitvā vā papateyyaṁ, bhattaṁ vā bhuttaṁ me byāpajjeyya, pittaṁ vā me kuppeyya, semhaṁ vā me kuppeyya, satthakā vā me vātā kuppeyyuṁ, tena me assa kālaṅkiriyā, so mamassa antarāyo; handāhaṁ vīriyaṁ ārabhāmi appattassa pattiyā anadhigatassa adhigamāya asacchikatassa sacchikiriyāyā’ti. Idaṁ, bhikkhave, dutiyaṁ anāgatabhayaṁ sampassamānena alameva āraññikena bhikkhunā appamattena ātāpinā pahitattena viharituṁ appattassa pattiyā anadhigatassa adhigamāya asacchikatassa sacchikiriyāya.

Furthermore, a wilderness mendicant reflects:Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, āraññiko bhikkhu iti paṭisañcikkhati: ‘Currently I’m living alone in a wilderness.‘ahaṁ kho etarahi ekako araññe viharāmi. While living here aloneEkako kho panāhaṁ araññe viharanto I might stumble off a cliff, or get food poisoning, or suffer a disturbance of bile, phlegm, or piercing winds.upakkhalitvā vā papateyyaṁ, bhattaṁ vā bhuttaṁ me byāpajjeyya, pittaṁ vā me kuppeyya, semhaṁ vā me kuppeyya, satthakā vā me vātā kuppeyyuṁ, And if I died from that it would be an obstacle to my progress.tena me assa kālaṅkiriyā, so mamassa antarāyo; I’d better rouse up energy for attaining the unattained, achieving the unachieved, and realizing the unrealized.’handāhaṁ vīriyaṁ ārabhāmi appattassa pattiyā anadhigatassa adhigamāya asacchikatassa sacchikiriyāyā’ti. This is the second future peril …Idaṁ, bhikkhave, dutiyaṁ anāgatabhayaṁ sampassamānena alameva āraññikena bhikkhunā appamattena ātāpinā pahitattena viharituṁ appattassa pattiyā anadhigatassa adhigamāya asacchikatassa sacchikiriyāya.

Furthermore, a wilderness mendicant reflects:‘Currently I’m living alone in a wilderness.While living here aloneI might encounter wild beasts—a lion, a tiger, a leopard, a bear, or a hyena—which might take my life.And if I died from that it would be an obstacle to my progress.I’d better rouse up energy for attaining the unattained, achieving the unachieved, and realizing the unrealized.’This is the third future peril …

Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, āraññiko bhikkhu iti paṭisañcikkhati: ‘ahaṁ kho etarahi ekako araññe viharāmi. Ekako kho panāhaṁ araññe viharanto vāḷehi samāgaccheyyaṁ, sīhena vā byagghena vā dīpinā vā acchena vā taracchena vā, te maṁ jīvitā voropeyyuṁ, tena me assa kālaṅkiriyā, so mamassa antarāyo; handāhaṁ vīriyaṁ ārabhāmi appattassa pattiyā anadhigatassa adhigamāya asacchikatassa sacchikiriyāyā’ti. Idaṁ, bhikkhave, tatiyaṁ anāgatabhayaṁ sampassamānena alameva āraññikena bhikkhunā appamattena ātāpinā pahitattena viharituṁ appattassa pattiyā anadhigatassa adhigamāya asacchikatassa sacchikiriyāya.

Furthermore, a wilderness mendicant reflects:Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, āraññiko bhikkhu iti paṭisañcikkhati: ‘Currently I’m living alone in a wilderness.‘ahaṁ kho etarahi ekako araññe viharāmi. While living here aloneEkako kho panāhaṁ araññe viharanto I might encounter wild beasts—a lion, a tiger, a leopard, a bear, or a hyena—which might take my life.vāḷehi samāgaccheyyaṁ, sīhena vā byagghena vā dīpinā vā acchena vā taracchena vā, te maṁ jīvitā voropeyyuṁ, And if I died from that it would be an obstacle to my progress.tena me assa kālaṅkiriyā, so mamassa antarāyo; I’d better rouse up energy for attaining the unattained, achieving the unachieved, and realizing the unrealized.’handāhaṁ vīriyaṁ ārabhāmi appattassa pattiyā anadhigatassa adhigamāya asacchikatassa sacchikiriyāyā’ti. This is the third future peril …Idaṁ, bhikkhave, tatiyaṁ anāgatabhayaṁ sampassamānena alameva āraññikena bhikkhunā appamattena ātāpinā pahitattena viharituṁ appattassa pattiyā anadhigatassa adhigamāya asacchikatassa sacchikiriyāya.

Furthermore, a wilderness mendicant reflects:‘Currently I’m living alone in a wilderness.While living here aloneI might encounter youths escaping a crime or on their way to commit one, and they might take my life.And if I died from that it would be an obstacle to my progress.I’d better rouse up energy for attaining the unattained, achieving the unachieved, and realizing the unrealized.’This is the fourth future peril …

Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, āraññiko bhikkhu iti paṭisañcikkhati: ‘ahaṁ kho etarahi ekako araññe viharāmi. Ekako kho panāhaṁ araññe viharanto māṇavehi samāgaccheyyaṁ katakammehi vā akatakammehi vā, te maṁ jīvitā voropeyyuṁ, tena me assa kālaṅkiriyā, so mamassa antarāyo; handāhaṁ vīriyaṁ ārabhāmi appattassa pattiyā anadhigatassa adhigamāya asacchikatassa sacchikiriyāyā’ti. Idaṁ, bhikkhave, catutthaṁ anāgatabhayaṁ sampassamānena alameva āraññikena bhikkhunā appamattena ātāpinā pahitattena viharituṁ appattassa pattiyā anadhigatassa adhigamāya asacchikatassa sacchikiriyāya.

Furthermore, a wilderness mendicant reflects:Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, āraññiko bhikkhu iti paṭisañcikkhati: ‘Currently I’m living alone in a wilderness.‘ahaṁ kho etarahi ekako araññe viharāmi. While living here aloneEkako kho panāhaṁ araññe viharanto I might encounter youths escaping a crime or on their way to commit one, and they might take my life.māṇavehi samāgaccheyyaṁ katakammehi vā akatakammehi vā, te maṁ jīvitā voropeyyuṁ, And if I died from that it would be an obstacle to my progress.tena me assa kālaṅkiriyā, so mamassa antarāyo; I’d better rouse up energy for attaining the unattained, achieving the unachieved, and realizing the unrealized.’handāhaṁ vīriyaṁ ārabhāmi appattassa pattiyā anadhigatassa adhigamāya asacchikatassa sacchikiriyāyā’ti. This is the fourth future peril …Idaṁ, bhikkhave, catutthaṁ anāgatabhayaṁ sampassamānena alameva āraññikena bhikkhunā appamattena ātāpinā pahitattena viharituṁ appattassa pattiyā anadhigatassa adhigamāya asacchikatassa sacchikiriyāya.

Furthermore, a wilderness mendicant reflects:‘Currently I’m living alone in a wilderness.But in a wilderness there are savage monsters who might take my life.And if I died from that it would be an obstacle to my progress.I’d better rouse up energy for attaining the unattained, achieving the unachieved, and realizing the unrealized.’This is the fifth future peril …

Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, āraññiko bhikkhu iti paṭisañcikkhati: ‘ahaṁ kho etarahi ekako araññe viharāmi. Santi kho panāraññe vāḷā amanussā, te maṁ jīvitā voropeyyuṁ, *panāraññe → pana araññe (bj)tena me assa kālaṅkiriyā, so mamassa antarāyo; handāhaṁ vīriyaṁ ārabhāmi appattassa pattiyā anadhigatassa adhigamāya asacchikatassa sacchikiriyāyā’ti. Idaṁ, bhikkhave, pañcamaṁ anāgatabhayaṁ sampassamānena alameva āraññikena bhikkhunā appamattena ātāpinā pahitattena viharituṁ appattassa pattiyā anadhigatassa adhigamāya asacchikatassa sacchikiriyāya.

Furthermore, a wilderness mendicant reflects:Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, āraññiko bhikkhu iti paṭisañcikkhati: ‘Currently I’m living alone in a wilderness.‘ahaṁ kho etarahi ekako araññe viharāmi. But in a wilderness there are savage monsters who might take my life.Santi kho panāraññe vāḷā amanussā, te maṁ jīvitā voropeyyuṁ, *panāraññe → pana araññe (bj)And if I died from that it would be an obstacle to my progress.tena me assa kālaṅkiriyā, so mamassa antarāyo; I’d better rouse up energy for attaining the unattained, achieving the unachieved, and realizing the unrealized.’handāhaṁ vīriyaṁ ārabhāmi appattassa pattiyā anadhigatassa adhigamāya asacchikatassa sacchikiriyāyā’ti. This is the fifth future peril …Idaṁ, bhikkhave, pañcamaṁ anāgatabhayaṁ sampassamānena alameva āraññikena bhikkhunā appamattena ātāpinā pahitattena viharituṁ appattassa pattiyā anadhigatassa adhigamāya asacchikatassa sacchikiriyāya.