Early Buddhism
The Sheaf of Barley
Yavakalāpisutta
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- Pāli
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- Early Buddhist Texts
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- Early Buddhism
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The six senses are like a sheaf of barley struck with six flails; and the desire for rebirth is a seventh flail. The Buddha goes on to speak of the cunning trap of the gods; but the trap of Māra, conceit, is even more subtle.
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