#3. A Turtle

Material possessions, honor, and praise are terrible things, which hit you like a harpoon hits a careless turtle.At Sāvatthī. “Possessions, honor, and popularity are brutal … Once upon a time in a certain lake there was a large family of turtles that had lived there for a long time. Then one of the turtles said to another, ‘My dear turtle, don’t you go to that place.’ But that turtle did go to that place, and a hunter pierced her with a harpoon. [Read More]