Early Buddhism

A Bull Elephant

Nāgasutta

Language
Pāli
Period
Early Buddhist Texts
Tradition
Early Buddhism
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A mendicant who overly associates with the laity is like an elephant calf who tries to copy the great bull elephants.

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