Numbered Discourses 5.183

1. Wilderness Dwellers

Dwelling at the Root of a Tree

“Mendicants, there are these five who dwell at the root of a tree.

What five?

One may dwell at the root of a tree because of stupidity … corrupt wishes … madness … because it is praised by the Buddhas … or for the sake of having few wishes …

These are the five who dwell at the root of a tree.”