Ball of Saliva🌱 simile

When a young brahmin claims that avoiding sights and sounds constitutes development of the sense faculties, the Buddha reveals that true cultivation lies in understanding pleasant and unpleasant experiences as constructed and transient through an examination of the six sense bases. He contrasts the trainee, still swayed by agreeable and disagreeable, with the noble one who has attained mastery over perception.

Through seven vivid similes, the Buddha demonstrates the fleeting brevity of human life, urging prompt, diligent meditation.