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Lesson 3.8.11 Sallasuttaṃ - Removal of lobho, doso, moho: The Essential Distinction and Difference Between a Puthujjano and an Ariyasāvako
This lesson discusses the essential distinction and difference between a puthujjano and an ariyasāvako. Salla means ‘thorn’, ‘arrow’ or ‘dart’ and stands as metaphor for unpleasant sensations. The Buddha uses an image of a person being hit by an arrow or stung by a thorn to highlight the distinction between a well-instructed noble disciple and an uninstructed worldling. Being placed in an identical situation an assutavā reacts by duplicating and transporting what's felt on the physical level into something unpleasant into the mental sphere, thus perpetuating with such reaction the circle of dukkha. The sutavā, in contrast, accepts by neutral and patient observation whatever occurs on the physical level thus eliminating the circle of dukkha.