8.
The Discourse on the Happiness of an Ascetic
128.
"There are, monks, these five sufferings of an ascetic.
Which five?
Here, monks, a monk is not content with any robe whatsoever, is not content with any almsfood whatsoever, is not content with any lodging whatsoever, is not content with any requisite of medicines for the sick whatsoever, and he lives the holy life without delight.
These, monks, are the five sufferings of an ascetic.
"There are, monks, these five pleasures of an ascetic. Which five? Here, monks, a monk is content with any robe whatsoever, is content with any almsfood whatsoever, is content with any lodging whatsoever, is content with any requisite of medicines for the sick whatsoever, and he lives the holy life with delight. These, monks, are the five pleasures of an ascetic." The eighth.