Hi Gunnar,

you probably mean this passage:

MN 51, Kandaka Sutta:

"Venerable, sir, the human grip is strong, as for the animals they
live at ease." (translation is not so clear here)

better at KEN:

""So ist es, Pesso, so ist es, Pesso: heimlich wie die Höhle, Pesso,
ist ja der Mensch, und offen wie die Ebene, Pesso, ist ja das Tier. "

or Pali:

``Evametaṃ, pessa, evametaṃ, pessa. Gahanañhetaṃ , pessa, yadidaṃ
manussā; uttānakañhetaṃ, pessa, yadidaṃ pasavo.

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Gunnar Gällmo <gunnargallmo@...> wrote:
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> I have a vague memory of a citation ascribed to the
> Buddha, saying more or less: "The animal is an open
> field, the human being is a jungle".
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> Does anyone of you know where it is to be found, and
> how it is formulated in Pali?
>
> Gunnar
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