
Buddhist Notes
Sweeping Away Dust: The Man Who Could not Memorize Four Lines and Then Was Enlightened
Suddhipanthaka was the dumbest disciple of the Buddha. He could not memorize a single verse. The Buddha gave him a broom and said: just sweep, and repeat sweeping away dust, removing dirt. Day after day, he swept until one day, he stopped.
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