Early Buddhism

The Shorter Discourse With Māluṅkya

Cūḷamālukyasutta

Language
Pāli
Period
Early Buddhist Texts
Tradition
Early Buddhism
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A monk demands that the Buddha answer his metaphysical questions, or else he will disrobe. The Buddha compares him to a man struck by an arrow, who refuses treatment until he can have all his questions about the arrow and the archer answered.

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