Dear Piya,
Op 19-apr-2008, om 12:11 heeft Piya Tan het volgende geschreven:

> Could someone give me the reference for the Buddha's saying, which
> goes like
>
> Even if someone were to follow me holding on to my robe (or the hem
> of my robe)
> step for step, he may still not know the Dharma.
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Khudaka Nikaaya, Itivuttaka, The Threes, Ch V, no 3.Sangatisutta.

A beautiful text. If a monk lives far away, but is not covetous, not
malevolent, with mindfulness set up and composed, he is near to the
Buddha.
Nina.



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