h o w much more then should you give up evil things
(adhamma).'
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From this parable it is quite clear that the Buddha's teaching is
meant to carry man to safety, peace, happiness, tranquillity, the
attainment of
Nirvana.
T h e whole doctrine taught by the Buddha
leads to this end. He did not say things just to satisfy intellectual
curiosity. He was a practical teacher and taught only those things
which would bring peace and happiness to man.
T h e Buddha was once staying in a Simsapa forest in Kosambi
(near Allahabad). He took a few leaves into his hand, and asked his
disciples: 'What do you think, O bhikkhus? Which is more?
These few leaves in my hand or the leaves in the forest
over here ?'
'Sir, very few are the leaves in the hand of the Blessed One,
but indeed the leaves in the Simsapa forest over here are very
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