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# AN 4:263 · A Wilderness Dweller (Araññaka Sutta)
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- Published: 2026-06-01T03:07:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-13T16:34:50.000Z
- Description: Aṅguttara Nikāya · AN 4:263. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
- Author: Ninth Heaven Literature & Arts Association (NHLAA)
- Tags: Buddhism, Sutta Piṭaka, Text, Indian, The Buddha, Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, Discourse, Pali, Early Buddhist, Library, #Import 2026-07-06 03:33

“Endowed with (any of) four qualities, a monk isn’t fit to stay in isolated forest & wilderness lodgings. Which four? (He is endowed) with thoughts of sensuality, with thoughts of ill will, with thoughts of harmfulness, and he is a person of weak discernment, dull, a drooling idiot. Endowed with (any of) these four qualities, a monk isn’t fit to stay in isolated forest & wilderness dwellings.

“Endowed with four qualities, a monk is fit to stay in isolated forest & wilderness lodgings. Which four? (He is endowed) with thoughts of renunciation, with thoughts of non-ill will, with thoughts of harmlessness, and he is a discerning person, not dull, not a drooling idiot. Endowed with these four qualities, a monk is fit to stay in isolated forest & wilderness dwellings.”

See also: [MN 4](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/mn-4/); [MN 19](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/mn-19/); [SN 4:1](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-4-1/); [SN 9:6](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-9-6/); [SN 9:11](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-9-11/); [SN 9:14](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-9-14/); [AN 5:30](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/an-5-30/); [AN 5:77—78](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/an-5-77/); [AN 10:99](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/an-10-99/); [Ud 2:10](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/ud-2-10/); [Thag 18](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/thag-18/)

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