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The Buddha describes the five benefits of porridge.

AN 5.207 Porridge

“Pañcime, bhikkhave, ānisaṁsā yāguyā. Katame pañca? Khuddaṁ paṭihanati, pipāsaṁ paṭivineti, vātaṁ anulometi, vatthiṁ sodheti, āmāvasesaṁ pāceti. Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca ānisaṁsā yāguyā”ti.

Sattamaṁ.

Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).

“Pañcime, bhikkhave, ānisaṁsā yāguyā.

“Mendicants, there are these five benefits of porridge.

Katame pañca?

What five?

Khuddaṁ paṭihanati, pipāsaṁ paṭivineti, vātaṁ anulometi, vatthiṁ sodheti, āmāvasesaṁ pāceti.

It wards off hunger, quenches thirst, settles the wind, cleans the bladder, and helps digestion.

Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca ānisaṁsā yāguyā”ti.

These are the five benefits of porridge.”

Sattamaṁ.

Qualities:

Craving

Craving

☁️ dark quality

A driving ‘thirst’ that reaches out toward experiences, identities, or outcomes as the place to find satisfaction—“if only I had that.” It spins stories of lack, binds the mind to becoming, and invariably leads to suffering.

Also known as: wanting, yearning, longing, lit. thirst
Pāli: taṇha, abhijjhā
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Wisdom

Wisdom

☀️ bright quality

Lived understanding and sound judgment that steers the mind away from suffering, distinct from mere accumulation of facts.

Also known as: (of a person) wise, astute, intelligent, learned, skilled, firm, stable, steadfast, an experiential understanding of the four noble truths
Pāli: paññā, medhā, dhīra, paṇḍita, asammūḷha
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Last updated on July 27, 2026

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