{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an5.54/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an5.54","id":"suttacentral_an5.54","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an5.54/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, there are five times that are not good for meditation. What five? Firstly, a mendicant is old, overcome with old age. This is the first time that\u2019s not good for meditation. Furthermore, a mendicant is sick, overcome by sickness. This is the second time that\u2019s not good for meditation. Furthermore, there\u2019s a famine, a bad harvest, so it\u2019s hard to get almsfood, and not easy to keep going by collecting alms. This is the third time that\u2019s not good for meditation. Furthermore, there\u2019s peril due to turmoil in the wilds, so the countryfolk mount their vehicles and flee everywhere. This is the fourth time that\u2019s not good for meditation. Furthermore, there\u2019s a schism in the Sa\u1e45gha. When the Sa\u1e45gha is split, they abuse, insult, block, and forsake each other. This doesn\u2019t inspire confidence in those without it, and it causes some with confidence to change their minds. This is the fifth time that\u2019s not good for meditation. These are the five times that are not good for meditation. There are five times that are good for meditation. What five? Firstly, a mendicant is a youth, young, with pristine black hair, blessed with youth, in the prime of life. This is the first time that\u2019s good for meditation. Furthermore, they are rarely ill or unwell. Their stomach digests well, being neither too hot nor too cold, but just right, and fit for meditation. This is the second time that\u2019s good for meditation. Furthermore, there\u2019s plenty of food, a good harvest, so it\u2019s easy to get almsfood, and easy to keep going by collecting alms. This is the third time that\u2019s good for meditation. Furthermore, people live in harmony, appreciating each other, without dispute, blending like milk and water, and regarding each other with kindly eyes. This is the fourth time that\u2019s good for meditation. Furthermore, the Sa\u1e45gha lives comfortably, in harmony, appreciating each other, without dispute, with one recitation. When the Sa\u1e45gha is in harmony, they don\u2019t abuse, insult, block, or forsake each other. This inspires confidence in those without it, and increases confidence in those who have it. This is the fifth time that\u2019s good for meditation. These are the five times that are good for meditation.\u201d","title":"Times Good for Meditation","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":368}