sn22.101:6.1 Suppose a mason or their apprentice sees the marks of his fingers and thumb on the handle of his adze.
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sn22.101:6.2 They don’t know
sn22.101:6.3 how much of the handle was worn away today, how much yesterday, and how much previously.
sn22.101:6.4 They just know what has been worn away.
sn22.101:6.5 In the same way, when a mendicant is committed to development, they don’t know
sn22.101:6.6 how much of the defilements were worn away today, how much yesterday, and how much previously. They just know what has been worn away.
sn22.101:6.7 Suppose there was a sea-faring ship bound together with ropes. For six months they deteriorated in the water. Then in the cold season it was hauled up on dry land, where the ropes were weathered by wind and sun. When the monsoon clouds soaked it with rain, the ropes would readily collapse and rot away.
sn22.101:6.8 In the same way, when a mendicant is committed to development their fetters readily collapse and rot away.”