Connected Discourses 35.151

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1. Linked Discourses 35.151
2. 15. The Old and the New
3. A Resident Pupil
4. “Mendicants, this spiritual life is lived without a resident pupil and without a teaching master.
5. A mendicant who lives with a resident pupil and a teaching master lives in suffering and discomfort.
6. A mendicant who lives without a resident pupil and a teaching master lives in happiness and comfort.
7. And how does a mendicant who lives with a resident pupil and a teaching master live in suffering and discomfort?
8. When a mendicant sees a sight with the eye, bad, unskillful phenomena arise: memories and thoughts prone to fetters.
9. Those qualities reside within. Since they have bad unskillful qualities residing within,
10. they’re said to have a resident pupil.
11. Those qualities master them. Since they’re mastered by bad unskillful qualities,
12. they’re said to have a teaching master.
13. Furthermore, when a mendicant hears … smells … tastes … touches …
14. knows an idea with the mind, bad, unskillful phenomena arise: memories and thoughts prone to fetters.
15. Those qualities reside within. Since they have bad unskillful qualities residing within,
16. they’re said to have a resident pupil.
17. Those qualities master them. Since they’re mastered by bad unskillful qualities,
18. they’re said to have a teaching master.
19. That’s how a mendicant who lives with a resident pupil and a teaching master lives in suffering and discomfort.
20. And how does a mendicant who lives without a resident pupil and a teaching master live in happiness and comfort?
21. When a mendicant sees a sight with the eye, bad, unskillful phenomena don’t arise: memories and thoughts prone to fetters.
22. Those qualities don’t reside within. Since they don’t have bad unskillful qualities residing within,
23. they’re said to not have a resident pupil.
24. Those qualities don’t master them. Since they’re not mastered by bad unskillful qualities,
25. they’re said to not have a teaching master.
26. Furthermore, when a mendicant hears … smells … tastes … touches …
27. knows an idea with the mind, bad, unskillful phenomena don’t arise: memories and thoughts prone to fetters.
28. Those qualities don’t reside within. Since they don’t have bad unskillful qualities residing within,
29. they’re said to not have a resident pupil.
30. Those qualities don’t master them. Since they’re not mastered by bad unskillful qualities,
31. they’re said to not have a teaching master.
32. That’s how a mendicant who lives without a resident pupil and a teaching master lives in happiness and comfort.
33. This spiritual life is lived without a resident pupil and without a teaching master.
34. A mendicant who lives with a resident pupil and a teaching master lives in suffering and discomfort.
35. A mendicant who lives without a resident pupil and a teaching master lives in happiness and comfort.”