2.3 The Story about the Elder Culla Panthaka

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When Elder Culla Panthaka could not remember even four lines of verse after three months trying, the Buddha asked him to rub a white cloth, which subsequently became soiled and gave him initial insight into impermanence; the Buddha then taught him that the mind is also defiled and must be cleansed, and he soon attained deliverance, after which the Buddha spoke a verse about him.

Cast: Culla Panthaka, Mahā Panthaka, Jīvaka Komārabhacca

Keywords: Insight, Skill in Means, Persistence, Rich Men, Foremost Disciples, Past Lives, Bodhisatta, Radiant Image, Previous Buddhas

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