Early Buddhism
The Simile of the Vipers
Āsīvisopamasutta
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- Pāli
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- Early Buddhist Texts
- Tradition
- Early Buddhism
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The Buddha strings a series of powerful similes—vipers, murderers, an empty village, and more—into an extended parable of the dangers of existence and the way of escape.
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