Tree🌱 simile

When Mahānāma worries about dying amid Kapilavatthu's chaotic streets with a distracted mind, the Buddha reassures him using the simile of a leaning tree.

Through a simile of a tree, the Buddha describes the importance of sense restraint as the foundational proximate cause for ethical conduct, collectedness, and knowledge and vision of things as they truly are.

Through a simile of a tree, the Buddha describes the importance of the sense of right and wrong and fear of wrongdoing as the foundation for cultivating wholesome qualities and the path to liberation.