Saṁyutta Nikāya:
IV. Saḷāyatana Vagga
36: Vedanā Saṁyutta
II. Rahogata Vagga

36: Kindred Sayings about Feeling
Book II: The Chapter on Solitude

Sutta 14

Āgāram Suttaṁ

The Guest-House¹

 

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Thus have I heard:

The Exalted One once addressed the brethren, saying:

"Brethren."

"Lord," responded those brethren to the Exalted One.

The Exalted One thus spoke:

"Suppose, Brethren, a guest-house.

Thither come from the eastern quarter folk who take up their residence therein,

from the western quarter folk who take up their residence therein,

from the northern quarter folk who take up their residence therein,

from the southern quarter folk who take up their residence therein,

noblemen take up their residence therein,

brahmins take up their residence therein,

commoners take up their residence therein,

serfs take up their residence therein.²

Even so, Brethren, in this body divers feelings arise,
feelings pleasant,
feelings painful,
feelings neutral.

Pleasant feelings arise that are carnal.³

Painful feelings arise that are carnal.

Neutral feelings arise that are carnal.

Likewise arise feelings pleasant
that are free from a carnal taint,

feelings painful
that are free from a carnal taint,

feelings neutral
that are free from a carnal taint.

 

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¹ Āgantuk'āgāra. Cf. S. v. 51.

² Vessā and suddā.

³ Sāmisa, lit. 'with a fleshy bait.' Kāma-aissitā, 'such as may arise in the first trance. The mental feelings are experienced in the fourth trance.' Comy Cf. M. iii, 217-19; M.A. 279; VibhA. 268.