A Guest House

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2. In Private

A Guest House

“Mendicants, suppose there was a guest house. Lodgers come from the east, west, north, and south. Aristocrats, brahmins, peasants, and menials all stay there.

In the same way, various feelings arise in this body: pleasant, painful, and neutral feelings.

Also pleasant, painful, and neutral feelings of the flesh arise.

Also pleasant, painful, and neutral feelings not of the flesh arise.”