sn22.84:10.1 I’ve made up this simile to make a point.
sn22.84:10.2 And this is what it means.
sn22.84:10.3 ‘A person who is not skilled in the path’ is a term for an ordinary unlearned person.
sn22.84:10.4 ‘A person who is skilled in the path’ is a term for the Realized One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha.
sn22.84:10.5 ‘A fork in the road’ is a term for doubt.
sn22.84:10.6 ‘The left-hand path’ is a term for the wrong eightfold path, that is,
sn22.84:10.7 wrong view … wrong immersion.
sn22.84:10.8 ‘The right-hand path’ is a term for the noble eightfold path, that is,
sn22.84:10.9 right view … right immersion.
sn22.84:10.10 ‘A dense forest grove’ is a term for ignorance.
sn22.84:10.11 ‘An expanse of low-lying marshes’ is a term for sensual pleasures.
sn22.84:10.12 ‘A large, steep cliff’ is a term for anger and distress.
sn22.84:10.13 ‘Level, cleared parkland’ is a term for extinguishment.
sn22.84:10.14 Rejoice, Tissa, rejoice!
sn22.84:10.15 I am here with advice, with support, with instruction.”