Saɱyutta Nikāya
4. Saḷāyatana Vagga
36. Vedanā Saɱyutta
2. Raho-Gata Vagga

Sutta 14

Āgāra Suttaɱ

The Guest House

Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi

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"Bhikkhus, suppose there is a guest house.

People come from the east,
west,
north,
and south
and lodge there;
khattiyas,
brahmins,
vessas,
and suddas come
and lodge there.

So too, bhikkhus, various feelings arise in this body:
pleasant feeling arises,
painful feeling arises,
neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling arises;
carnal pleasant feeling arises;
carnal painful feeling arises;
carnal neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling arises;
spiritual pleasant feeling arises;
spiritual painful feeling arises;
spiritual neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling arises."