釋氏要覽 1.200

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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.')