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SN 17.6 A Bolt of Lightning

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SN 17.6 - A Bolt of Lightning
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Linked Discourses 17.6
Chapter One
A Bolt of Lightning
At Sāvatthī.
“Possessions, honor, and popularity are grim …
Let forked lightning fall on whom? Let possessions, honor, and popularity come to a trainee who has not achieved their heart’s desire.
‘Forked lightning’ is a term for possessions, honor, and popularity.
So grim are possessions, honor, and popularity. …”