sn35.151:1.1 “Mendicants, this spiritual life is lived without a resident pupil and without a teaching master.
sn35.151:1.2 A mendicant who lives with a resident pupil and a teaching master lives in suffering and discomfort.
sn35.151:1.3 A mendicant who lives without a resident pupil and a teaching master lives in happiness and comfort.
sn35.151:1.4 And how does a mendicant who lives with a resident pupil and a teaching master live in suffering and discomfort?
sn35.151:1.5 When a mendicant sees a sight with their eyes, bad, unskillful phenomena arise: memories and thoughts that tighten the fetters.
sn35.151:1.6 Those qualities reside within. Since they have bad unskillful qualities residing within,
sn35.151:1.7 they’re said to have a resident pupil.
sn35.151:1.8 Those qualities master them. Since they’re mastered by bad unskillful qualities,
sn35.151:1.9 they’re said to have a teaching master.