Dighanikaya 2.215_2

2.215_2

Idha bhikkhu cīvaraṃ labhati, sundaraṃ vā asundaraṃ vā. So teneva yāpeti, aññaṃ na pattheti, labhantopi na gaṇhati. Ayamassa cīvare yathālābhasantoso. Atha pana pakatidubbalo vā hoti, ābādhajarābhibhūto vā, garucīvaraṃ pārupanto kilamati. So sabhāgena bhikkhunā saddhiṃ taṃ parivattetvā lahukena yāpentopi santuṭṭhova hoti. Ayamassa cīvare yathābalasantoso. Aparo paṇītapaccayalābhī hoti. So pattacīvarādīnaṃ aññataraṃ mahagghapattacīvaraṃ bahūni vā pana pattacīvarāni labhitvā idaṃ therānaṃ cirapabbajitānaṃ, idaṃ bahussutānaṃ anurūpaṃ, idaṃ gilānānaṃ, idaṃ appalābhīnaṃ hotūti datvā tesaṃ purāṇacīvaraṃ vā gahetvā saṅkārakūṭādito vā nantakāni uccinitvā tehi saṅghāṭiṃ katvā dhārentopi santuṭṭhova hoti. Ayamassa cīvare yathāsāruppasantoso.

Here, a bhikkhu obtains a robe, whether good or not good. He sustains himself with that alone, does not wish for another, and does not accept another even when obtaining it. This is his contentment with robes according to what is obtained. But if he is naturally weak, or overcome by illness and old age, he grows weary when putting on a heavy robe. Exchanging it with a compatible bhikkhu and sustaining himself with a light one, he is still content. This is his contentment with robes according to capacity. Another is one who obtains superior requisites. Having obtained a costly bowl or robe from among bowls, robes, and the like, or many bowls and robes, he gives them away, thinking: 'Let this be for senior elders of long standing, this suitable for the learned, this for the sick, this for those of few gains.' Then, taking their old robes or picking out rags from a rubbish heap and making an outer cloak from them, even while wearing it he is still content. This is his contentment with robes according to suitability.