Early Buddhism

The Shorter Discourse on the Cowherd

Cūḷagopālakasutta

Language
Pāli
Period
Early Buddhist Texts
Tradition
Early Buddhism
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Drawing parallels with a cowherd guiding his herd across a dangerous river, the Buddha presents the various kinds of enlightened disciples who cross the stream of transmigration.

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