Numbered Discourses 5.138

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1. Numbered Discourses 5.138
2. 14. Kings
3. Eating Food
4. “Mendicants, a royal bull elephant with five factors eats food, takes up space, drops dung, and takes a ticket, yet is still considered to be a royal bull elephant.
5. What five?
6. It’s when a royal bull elephant can’t endure sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and touches.
7. A royal bull elephant with these five factors eats food, takes up space, drops dung, and takes a ticket, yet is still considered to be a royal bull elephant.
8. In the same way, a mendicant with five qualities eats food, takes up space, tramples beds and chairs, and takes a ticket, yet is still considered to be a mendicant.
9. What five?
10. It’s when a mendicant can’t endure sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and touches.
11. A mendicant with these five qualities eats food, takes up space, tramples beds and chairs, and takes a ticket, yet is still considered to be a mendicant.”