Ud 6:6 Sectarians (3) (Tittha Sutta)

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('â', The Dhamma is like this, itâs not like that. The Dhammaâs not like that, itâs like this.â" "Monks, the wanderers of other sects are blind & eyeless. They donât know what is beneficial and what is harmful. They donât know what is the Dhamma and what is non-Dhamma. Not knowing what is beneficial and what is harmful, not knowing what is Dhamma and what is non-Dhamma, they keep on arguing, quarreling, & disputing, wounding one another with weapons of the mouth, saying, ),

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('â', The Dhamma is like this, itâs not like that. The Dhammaâs not like that, itâs like this.â" Then, on realizing the significance of that, the Blessed One on that occasion exclaimed: People are intent on the idea of ),

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('â', I-makingâ and attached to the idea of ),

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('â', other-making.â Some donât realize this, nor do they see it as an arrow. But to one who, having extracted this arrow, sees, [the thought] ),

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('â', I am doing,â1 doesnât occur; ),

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('â', Another is doing,â doesnât occur. This human race is possessed by conceit bound by conceit, tied down by conceit. Speaking hurtfully because of their views they donât go beyond the wandering-on. Note 1. See Ud 1:1, note 3. See also: SN 12:20; SN 12:35; SN 12:67; AN 3:62 - --> - - - -