← Sutta collectionITI101So It Was Said 101SuttaCentral (Bhikkhu Sujato translation)Select any verse to keep it — saved passages go to your Dhamma Deck, the same one the app uses.So It Was Said 101The Book of the FoursThe Chapter on the Brahmin’s Offering of the TeachingEasy to FindThis was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.“Mendicants, these four trifles are easy to find and are blameless.What four?Rag-robes …A lump of almsfood …Lodgings at the root of a tree …Rancid urine as medicine …These four trifles are easy to find and are blameless.When a mendicant is content with trifles that are easy to find, they have one of the factors of the ascetic life, I say.”The Buddha spoke this matter.On this it is said:“When one is content with what’s blameless,trifling, and easy to find,they don’t get distressedabout lodgings, robes,food, and drink,and they’re not obstructed anywhere.These qualities are said to beintegral to the ascetic life.They’re mastered by a mendicant,content and diligent.”This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.