Thank you very much, Nina.
I will look up the Anguttara reference, and I look forward to seeing
what your further research may uncover.

Metta,
John

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, nina van gorkom <nilo@...> wrote:
> Dear John,
> This is a very subtle point and I like to research myself. M. 137
explains
> about sorrow connected with renunciation and how this sorrow
arises as a
> result of desire. The Co (in Thai) is very good, but I need more
time.
> Netti: 87: craving that is profitable and unprofitable. Thorn,
ka.n.taka
> (n), I looked up PED: A. V, 135: the thornless thorn-removers are
arahats.
> This weekend I am engaged with worldly craving, but in the course
of next
> week I try again.
> Nina.
> op 21-12-2003 02:54 schreef John Kelly op palistudent@...:
>
> > Does anyone know where in the Pali canon there is a
> > simile about removing a thorn with a thorn then
> > throwing both thorns away? This is in reference to
> > craving for Arahatship helps motivate one to attain
> > Arahatship, and so end all craving.
> >