Simile: bamboo

  • SN 6.14, Thag 20.1, Thag 3.13 Crush Māra as an elephant crushes a bamboo hut
  • Thag 6.5 Uproot craving
  • Dhp v337 Don’t let Māra crush you like a flood crushes bamboo
  • SN 6.12 Honor destroys an inferior person
  • Dhp v164 The fool produces fruit that destroys himself,
  • Itv 50 Evil person is harmed by greed, hatred, and delusion within

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