sn35.244:4.1 And how has a mendicant awakened to a way of conduct and a way of living such that, when they live in that way, bad, unskillful qualities of covetousness and displeasure don’t overwhelm them?
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sn35.244:4.2 Suppose a person was to enter a thicket full of thorns. They’d have thorns before and behind, to the left and right, below and above. So they’d go forward mindfully and come back mindfully, thinking, ‘May I not get any thorns!’
sn35.244:4.3 In the same way, whatever in the world seems nice and pleasant is called a thorn in the training of the Noble One.
sn35.244:4.4 Understanding that this is a thorn, they should understand restraint and lack of restraint.