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Back to SearchMN 34 The Shorter Discourse on the Cowherd
Drawing parallels with a cowherd guiding his herd across a dangerous river, the Buddha presents the various kinds of enlightened disciples who cross …
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MN 33 The Longer Discourse on the Cowherd
For eleven reasons a cowherd is not able to properly look after a herd. The Buddha compares this to the spiritual growth of a mendicant.
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MN 32 The Longer Discourse at Gosingha
Several senior mendicants, reveling in the beauty of the night, discuss what kind of practitioner would adorn the park. They take their answers to th…
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MN 31 The Shorter Discourse at Gosingha
A Sutta which shows the good practice of Vinya and Dhamma by the bhikkhus of those days. Many of the practices here can be compared with present-day …
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MN 30 The Shorter Simile of the Heartwood
Notice the treatment of the brahmin Pingalakoccha’s question by the Buddha. When this question of “Are there other teachers also enlightened?” was pu…
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MN 29 The Longer Simile of the Heartwood
Following the incident with Devadatta, the Buddha cautions the mendicants against becoming complacent with superficial benefits of spiritual life and…
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MN 28 The Longer Simile of the Elephant's Footprint
Sāriputta gives an elaborate demonstration of how, just as any footprint can fit inside an elephant’s, all the Buddha’s teaching can fit inside the f…
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MN 27 The Shorter Simile of the Elephant's Footprint
The Buddha cautions against swift conclusions about a teacher’s spiritual accomplishments, comparing it to the care a tracker would use when tracking…
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MN 26 The Noble Search
This is one of the most important biographical discourses, telling the Buddha’s experiences from leaving home to realizing awakening. Throughout, he …
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MN 25 Fodder
The Buddha compares getting trapped by Māra with a deer getting caught in a snare, illustrating the ever more complex strategies employed by hunter a…
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