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SN 1.5

Cut How Many?

Katichindasutta

from: 1. A Reed

Cut How Many?

At Sāvatthī.

Standing to one side, that deity spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence:

“Cut how many? Drop how many?
Develop how many more?
When a mendicant slips how many chains
are they said to have crossed the flood?”

“Five to cut, five to drop,
and five more to develop.
When a mendicant slips five chains
they’re said to have crossed the flood.”

Translation: German (Ayyā Sabbamittā), English (Bhikkhu Sujato). Source: SuttaCentral / Bilara (public domain, CC0).

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