Early Buddhism

The Simile of the Fire Sticks

Kaṭṭhopamasutta

Language
Pāli
Period
Early Buddhist Texts
Tradition
Early Buddhism
Versions
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The five faculties of pleasure, pain, happiness, sadness, and equanimity arise dependent on the appropriate contact, like sticks making fire.

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