Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.870
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c35.870
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v2.c35.870
Vāsijaṭa (or Nāvā) Sutta.—The āsavas are destroyed only by self-training, not by merely wishing for their destruction. A hen may wish for her chicks to break through their eggs with foot, or claw, or mouth, or beak, but they will not do so till they are fully warmed, fully brooded over by the hen. When they are ready to break through, they will do so, irrespective of the hen’s wish. A carpenter knows that his adze handle has worn away, not by looking at the finger marks on the handle, but just by its wearing away.