Good morning!
The Buddha talked about little desire, knowing satisfaction after the fundamental ethic, which is essential to be in peace. Unethical actions come from desire as against the five precepts and the problems as we witness.
Possession is possessedness as action and reaction. The Buddha found desire the root cause of suffering, dissatisfaction in the present state. Desire is endless, so is suffering, making everyone and entire world going to end.
The natural conclusion is satisfaction is in little desire. The least possession is clothes to beg food. The Buddha initiated people to his sangha, “Come Bikkhu!” Bhikkhu means food beggar with clothes made of discarded cloth.
The more desire, the more suffering. So, simplest life is without suffering and worry. He could live on joy, even not getting food. The Indian society supported mendicants. In China prosecution forced self-support sanghas.
Here it is difficult to go alms round, even dangerous to be shot by mistake. Jain Space-clad Sect followers live without clothes and begging bowls. We must adjust to the modern car lifestyle, living simply as much as possible.
Thank you!
🌄 おはようございます！
仏陀は、心の安らぎを得るうえで不可欠な「基本的倫理（五戒）」に続いて、少欲知足を説かれました。不倫理な行為は、五戒に反する欲望から生じ、私たちが目の当たりにする諸問題を引き起こします。
**「所有とは所有されること」**という作用と反作用をともないます。仏陀は、欲望こそが苦（不満足）の根本原因であることを見抜かれました。欲望に限りはなく、ゆえに苦しみも尽きません。それが続けば、やがて人も世界も破滅へと向かってしまいます。
したがって当然の結論は、満足は「少欲」にあるということです。必要最小限の所有物は、托鉢に出るための衣のみ。仏陀は人々を僧伽に受け入れる際、「来たれ、比丘よ！」と呼びかけられました。**比丘（bhikkhu）**とは、捨てられた布で作った衣をまとい、施物としての食を乞う者を指します。
欲望が多いほど苦も多い。ゆえに、もっとも質素な生活こそが、悩みと苦しみのない生活です。仏陀は食事が得られなくても、喜びを糧に生きることができました。インド社会は修行僧を支援していましたが、中国では迫害によって自給自足の僧伽が生まれました。
現代の私たちが托鉢を行うのは難しく、誤って撃たれる危険さえあります。ジャイナ教の空衣派は、衣も鉢も持たずに生きていますが、私たちは車社会に合わせながらも、できる限り質素に暮らす工夫が求められます。
有難うございます。🙏
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King Ajātasattu and the Buddha /
阿闍世王と仏陀（『沙門果経』）
👑 King Ajātasattu of Magadha asked the Buddha:
「沙門となることの、現世における果報は何か？」
❓ He had consulted many teachers before, but found no satisfying answer.
🧘 The Buddha responded with a step-by-step path of a true samaṇa:
- Ethical discipline / 持戒
- Contentment / 知足
- Sense restraint / 護六根
- Mindfulness / 念と明察
- Jhāna meditation / 禅定
- Higher knowledges / 神通・阿比ニャー
- Liberation from defilements / 漏尽
🙏 The king was deeply moved and confessed his crime (patricide).
The Buddha accepted his confession, but noted he had limited spiritual progress due to his past deed.
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- Contentment / 知足
Santuṭṭho hoti kāyaparihārikena cīvarena… yathā pi nāma pakkhī.
He is content with robes to cover his body and almsfood to sustain his life.
Wherever he goes, he takes only these with him, just as a bird flies with only its wings.
「衣と食に満足し、どこに行くにも必要最小限のものだけを持つ。鳥が翼だけで飛ぶように。」
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He is content with robes and food, like a bird with only its wings. /
鳥が翼だけで飛ぶように、衣食に満足する。
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🍃 Simplicity, detachment, and happiness with little.
簡素・離欲・知足の喜び。
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