Numbered Discourses 5.223

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1. Numbered Discourses 5.223
2. 23. Long Wandering
3. Overstaying
4. “Mendicants, there are these five drawbacks of overstaying.
5. What five?
6. You have a lot of stuff and store it up. You have a lot of medicine and store it up. You have a lot of duties and responsibilities, and become capable in whatever needs to be done. You mix closely with laypeople and renunciates, socializing inappropriately like a layperson. And when you leave that monastery, you miss it.
7. These are the five drawbacks of overstaying.
8. There are these five benefits of staying for a reasonable length of time.
9. What five?
10. You don’t have a lot of stuff and store it up. You don’t have a lot of medicine and store it up. You don’t have a lot of duties and responsibilities, or become capable in whatever needs to be done. You don’t mix closely with laypeople and renunciates, socializing inappropriately like a layperson. And when you leave that monastery, you don’t miss it.
11. These are the five benefits of staying for a reasonable length of time.”