Early Buddhism

The Longer Discourse on the Cowherd

Mahāgopālakasutta

Language
Pāli
Period
Early Buddhist Texts
Tradition
Early Buddhism
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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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