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AN 5.229 Black Cobras (1st)

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AN 5.229 - Black Cobras (1st)
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Numbered Discourses 5.229
23. Long Wandering
Black Cobras (1st)
“Mendicants, there are these five drawbacks of a black cobra. What five? It’s filthy, stinking, cowardly, frightening, and treacherous. These are the five dangers of a black cobra.
In the same way there are these five drawbacks of a lady. What five? She’s filthy, stinking, cowardly, frightening, and treacherous. These are the five drawbacks of a lady.”