Our body is like a house, and the mind is its inhabitant. As long as the body remains, the mind is a
long- term resident. However, various mental factors — which include emotions and attitudes — are
like visitors. One day resentment comes, another day compassion comes, but neither remains long.
While both are visitors, one visitor is respectful, useful, and pleasant — like someone reliable whom
we can trust and want to make a member of the family. We invite that visitor to remain in the house all
the time and cultivate the conditions so that she will. Meanwhile, the other visitor is rude and disturbs
our own and others’ peace. We don’t want him to visit let alone move in, so we do not invite him in
and evict him if he sneaks in. Similarly, it is possible to banish anger and cultivate compassion
limitlessly, making it our constant companion.
long- term resident. However, various mental factors — which include emotions and attitudes — are
like visitors. One day resentment comes, another day compassion comes, but neither remains long.
While both are visitors, one visitor is respectful, useful, and pleasant — like someone reliable whom
we can trust and want to make a member of the family. We invite that visitor to remain in the house all
the time and cultivate the conditions so that she will. Meanwhile, the other visitor is rude and disturbs
our own and others’ peace. We don’t want him to visit let alone move in, so we do not invite him in
and evict him if he sneaks in. Similarly, it is possible to banish anger and cultivate compassion
limitlessly, making it our constant companion.
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