Early Buddhism
Thorns
Kaṇṭakasutta
- Language
- Pāli
- Period
- Early Buddhist Texts
- Tradition
- Early Buddhism
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- 1
When the Buddha receives noisy visitors, several monks withdraw to a nearby forest to meditate. The Buddha praises them, saying that noise is a thorn to absorption.
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