Early Buddhism
The Simile of the Field
Khettūpamasutta
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- Pāli
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- Early Buddhist Texts
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- Early Buddhism
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The chief Asibandhakaputta asks the Buddha why, if he has equal compassion for all, he teaches some more than others. The Buddha answers with a simile of a field: a farmer knows to put most of their effort into the fertile land.
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