mn8:16.0 5. The Exposition by Extinguishment
mn8:16.1 If you’re sinking in the mud yourself, Cunda, it is quite impossible for you to pull out someone else who is sinking in the mud.
mn8:16.2 But if you’re not sinking in the mud yourself, it is quite possible for you to pull out someone else who is sinking in the mud.
mn8:16.3 If you’re not tamed, trained, and quenched yourself, it is quite impossible for you to help tame, train, and extinguish someone else.
mn8:16.4 But if you are tamed, trained, and quenched yourself, it is quite possible for you to help tame, train, and extinguish someone else.
mn8:16.5 In the same way, a cruel individual extinguishes it by not being cruel. An individual who kills extinguishes it by not killing. …
mn8:16.47 An individual who is attached to their own views, holding them tight, and refusing to let go, extinguishes it by not being attached to their own views, not holding them tight, but letting them go easily.