SN 3.25: Pabbatopama Sutta — The Mountain Simile
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The Buddha delivers a stirring discourse to King Pasenadi on the imminence of death and the urgency of Dhamma practice.
Listen to this sutta read by Thanissaro Bhikkhu (04'18" 1.4 MB)
Recorded by jtb in February 2006 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. From »Handful of Leaves, Volume Four: An Anthology from the Khuddaka Nikaya, Thanissaro Bhikkhu, trans. and ed. Text is copyright © 2005 Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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