MN 7

Simile of the Cloth

Online pdf

A beautiful and somewhat unusual description of the path to stream entry and beyond.

The Buddhist Path The Majjhima Nikāya Imagery in the EBTs Nibbāna

Translated by Bhante Sujato. Published in 2018.

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