This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant, as I have heard:

"Bhikkhus, a bhikkhu endowed with two qualities lives contented in this very life, without distress, without trouble, without burning [passion]; and upon the breaking up of the body, after death, a good destination is expected. What two? Guarding of the sense doors and moderation in eating. Endowed with these two qualities, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu lives contented in this very life, without distress, without trouble, without burning [passion]; and upon the breaking up of the body, after death, a good destination is expected."

The Blessed One spoke on this matter. In this regard, it is said:

"The eye and the ear, and the nose, the tongue, the body, and likewise the mind; For a bhikkhu who has these doors, well-guarded here —

Moderate in eating, restrained in the senses; He attains bodily and mental ease, and experiences contentment.

With a body not burning, with a mind not burning; Whether by day or by night, such a one dwells in contentment."

This matter too was spoken by the Blessed One, as I have heard.