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The Discourse on Sleeping Places
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"There are, monks, these four sleeping places.
What are the four?
The ghost's sleeping place, the enjoyer of sensual pleasures' sleeping place, the lion's sleeping place, the Truth-finder's sleeping place.
And what, monks, is the ghost's sleeping place?
Mostly, monks, ghosts sleep lying on their backs;
this is called, monks, the ghost's sleeping place.
"And what, monks, is the enjoyer of sensual pleasures' sleeping place? Mostly, monks, enjoyers of sensual pleasures sleep on their left side; this is called, monks, the enjoyer of sensual pleasures' sleeping place.
"And what, monks, is the lion's sleeping place? Monks, a lion, the king of beasts, prepares his sleeping place on his right side, overlapping foot upon foot, having inserted his tail between his thighs. He, having awakened, having raised the front part of his body, surveys the hind part of his body. If, monks, the lion, the king of beasts, sees anything of his body distracted or spread out, on account of that, monks, the lion, the king of beasts, is displeased. But if, monks, the lion, the king of beasts, does not see anything of his body distracted or spread out, on account of that, monks, the lion, the king of beasts, is pleased. This is called, monks, the lion's sleeping place.
"And what, monks, is the Truth-finder's sleeping place? Here, monks, the Truth-finder, quite secluded from sensual pleasures... etc. he enters and dwells in the fourth meditative absorption. This is called, monks, the Truth-finder's sleeping place. These, monks, are the four sleeping places." The fourth.