[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [釋氏要覽](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127) › 1.200 # 釋氏要覽 1.200 釋氏要覽 1.200 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.200) 中阿含經云。生聞梵志問佛言。在家出家。以何為苦。佛言在家者。以不自在為苦。謂錢寶穀畜奴婢不增長。因此憂愁。不自在故。苦也。出家者。以自在故苦。謂隨順貪欲瞋恚愚癡。不守禁戒。因此愁慼故。自在為苦也。又問二人以何為樂。佛言。在家者。以自在為樂。謂錢寶穀畜奴婢增長。因此歡喜。自在故樂也。出家者。以不自在為樂。謂學道。不隨貪欲瞋癡行。隨戒所制。無鬪諍怨憎憂苦。有義利故。以不自在為樂也（此因不隨心行起三毒業。為戒所制。故云不自在也。以現招清淨名文言當來感天人樂果。故云樂也）。 > The Madhyama Āgama says: The brāhmaṇa Jāṇussoṇi asked the Buddha, saying, 'Between the household life and the monastic life (pravrajyā), which is considered suffering?' The Buddha said, 'For the householder, lack of self-determination is suffering. That is to say, their money, jewels, grain, livestock, male and female slaves do not multiply, and on this account they are anxious and grieved; because they lack self-determination, it is suffering. For the monastic, having self-determination is suffering. That is to say, they follow greed, anger, and delusion and do not keep the prohibitive precepts; on this account they are distressed and sorrowful; therefore, having self-determination is suffering.' He further asked, 'For the two persons, what is considered happiness?' The Buddha said, 'For the householder, having self-determination is happiness. That is to say, their money, jewels, grain, livestock, male and female slaves multiply, and on this account they rejoice; because they have self-determination, it is happiness. For the monastic, lack of self-determination is happiness. That is to say, in training in the Path, they do not act in accordance with greed, anger, and delusion; they comply with what the precepts regulate, free from disputes, resentments, enmities, grief, and suffering; because there is benefit, they consider the lack of self-determination to be happiness.' (This means that because one does not follow the mind's inclinations to give rise to the karma of the three poisons and is regulated by the precepts, it is called 'lack of self-determination.' Because in the present it invites a pure reputation and in the future brings the happy fruits of devas and humans, it is called 'happiness.') > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.199) - [Next: 1.201](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.201) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127~en-mt.1.200) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.200) · Pramāṇa