Buddhist Holy Day Dhamma (18/03/2026)
Bhikkhus, if in any bhikkhu or bhikkhunī desire or lust or hatred or delusion or aversion of mind should arise in regard to forms cognizable by the eye, such a one should rein in the mind from them thus:
‘This path is fearful, dangerous, strewn with thorns, covered by jungle, a deviant path, an evil path, a way beset by scarcity. This is a path followed by inferior people; it is not the path followed by superior people. This is not for you.’
In this way the mind should be reined in from these states regarding forms cognizable by the eye.”
SN 35.246 The Simile of the Lute (Bhikkhu Bodhi)
https://suttacentral.net/sn35.246/en/bodhi
