Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 02/13/2020
Material possessions, honor, and praise are terrible things, which snare you like a long-haired goat in a briar patch.At Sāvatthī. “Possessions, honor, and popularity are brutal … Suppose a fleecy sheep was to enter a briar patch. She’d get caught, snagged, and trapped at every turn, coming to ruin. In the same way, take a certain mendicant whose mind is overcome and overwhelmed by possessions, honor, and popularity. They robe up in the morning and, taking their bowl and robe, enter the village or town for alms.
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