sn56.45:3.1 “What do you think, Ānanda?
sn56.45:3.2 Which is harder and more challenging:
sn56.45:3.3 to shoot arrows from a distance through a small keyhole, shaft after shaft without missing? Or to take a horsehair split into seven strands and penetrate one tip with another tip?”
sn56.45:3.4 “It’s more difficult and challenging, sir, to take a horsehair split into seven strands and penetrate one tip with another tip.”
sn56.45:3.5 “Still, Ānanda, those who truly penetrate suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path penetrate something tougher than that.