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SN 1.5 Cut How Many?

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SN 1.5 - Cut How Many?
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Linked Discourses 1.5
1. A Reed
Cut How Many?
At Sāvatthī.
Standing to one side, that deity spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence:
“Cut how many? Drop how many?
Develop how many more?
When a mendicant slips how many chains
are they said to have crossed the flood?”
“Five to cut, five to drop,
and five more to develop.
When a mendicant slips five chains
they’re said to have crossed the flood.”