Thicket of Thorns

1 discourse

SN 17.4 Dīghalomika sutta - The Wooly Goat

The Buddha shares a simile of a wooly goat entering a thicket of thorns to explain how acquisitions, respect, and popularity are vicious, bitter, and severe, obstructing the attainment of the unsurpassed safety from bondage.

PTS 2.228