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SN 4.24 Satta Vassānubandha Sutta: Seven Years of Pursuit |
bodhi |
sn.004.024 |
poetry |
canonical-poetry |
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2000 |
2 |
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Then Mara the Evil One, in the presence of the Blessed One, recited these verses of disappointment...
He laments his failure with the similes of a crab whose limbs are smashed and a crow who tried to eat a stone.