[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [Aṅguttaranikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara) › [The Book of Sevens](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.7) › [Bhavanasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.7.71) › 6.1 # Bhavanasutta 6.1 Bhāvanāsutta 6.1 - **Language:** Pāli ### [6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.7.71.6.1) Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, sāmuddikāya nāvāya vettabandhanabaddhāya cha māsāni udake pariyādāya hemantikena thale ukkhittāya vātātapaparetāni bandhanāni, tāni pāvussakena meghena abhippavuṭṭhāni appakasireneva parihāyanti, pūtikāni bhavanti. > Suppose there was a sea-faring ship bound together with ropes. For six months they deteriorated in the water. Then in the cold season it was hauled up on dry land, where the ropes were weathered by wind and sun. When the monsoon clouds soaked it with rain, the ropes would readily collapse and rot away. > — Committed to Development - [Previous: 5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.7.71.5.2) - [Next: 6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.7.71.6.2) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.7.71.6) ## Translations (6) - [Desenvolvimento Espiritual](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.7.71~pt-laera-quaresma.6.1) — Portuguese - [Сутта Подобно Костру](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.7.71~ru-sv.6.1) — Russian - [Committed to Development](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.7.71~en-sujato.6.1) — English - [Dem Entwickeln geweiht](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.7.71~de-sabbamitta.6.1) — German - [Engagé à se développer](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.7.71~fr-christelle.6.1) — French - [71. Lavinimas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.7.71~lt-piyadassi.6.1) — lt ## Linked texts (1) - [Vāsijaṭasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.3.22.101.6.7) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.7.71.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.7.71.6.1) · Pramāṇa