Existential Atlas

SN 17.6 — A Bolt of Lightning

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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. …”

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