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vitakka 356 (see also initial 
application of mind) 
yaO laddhaO tena tuEEhabbaO 272 
YAmA 361 
yadaniccaO taO dukkhaO etc. 389 
yasa 396 (see also honour) 
yathA bala 273 
yathA lAbha 273 
yathA sarupa 273 
yathAbhttafiAAadassana 353 (see 
also seeing things as they really are) 
yathAsantatikaIga 351 
yoga 422 (see also shackles) 
yonisomanasikAra 28, 282, 295, 
333 
(see also being a teacher to 
yourself) 
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456 A Manual of Peace: 38 Steps 
towards Enlightened Living 
III - SIMILES 
air-raid bunker 396 (mind of a 
meditator) 
arahants 148 (parents) 
athlete's foot which we love to 
scratch 348 (defilements in the 
mind) 
aubergine flower 266 (humility) 
bacteria causing illnesses 416 
(defilements in the mind) 
bamboo, blind like 307 (not looking 
at inappropriate things) 
banister to a stairway 364 
(selfdiscipline) 
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bee & dungfly from same bottle 359 
(afterlife destinations and force of 
habit) 
bird free to fly in the open sky 367 
(celibacy) 
blind man who has lost his way 412 
(delusion — not knowing you 
don't know) 
boat rudder 96, 243 (aim in life, 
systematic thinking) 
boiling water 415 (anger) 
bonsai Bodhi tree 74 (living in an 
unamenable location) 
bottle, half-empty 266 
(boastfulness) 
buffalo, playing a flute for 317 
(advice to a stubborn person) 
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burning: house 194 (possessions 
burned if we cannot be generous 
with them before death); hovel 
next to a palace 34 (associating 
with a fool) 
caged bird never staying still 352 
(the sense of smell) 
child crying for the moon 408 
(mourning the dead) 
city with six gates 352 (body with 
six senses) 
clay earth vs. sandy earth 266 
(humble vs. arrogant people) 
climbing a tree 225 (spiritual 
progress) 
coarse grass 266 (patience) 
coastline becomes progressively 
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deeper 205 (sequential Dhamma 
teachings) 
computer, worth depends on 
software 21 (bodily behaviour 
depends on mind) 
conferences for academics 338 
(discussion of the Dhamma) 
constitution, laws and by-laws 372 
(Buddha's first and subsequent 
teachings) 
cow & pig's generosity 194 
(generosity 
before and after death) 
crocodile loving cool water 352 
(sense of hearing) 
darkness even in a familiar place 
421 (unknowing) 
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deadwood vs. greenwood 266 
(humble vs. arrogant people) 
describing garden colours to a blind 
man 385 (not explaining virtue 
based on a person's previous 
experience) 
diluting salt in a water tank 197 
(doing good deeds to outweigh evil 
in one's past) 
dog, pouring water on a 317 
(criticising a stubborn person) 
doorkeeper 248 (mindfulness) 
doormat 307 (humility) 
dreaming 364 (sensuality) 
drinking glass, worth depends on 
contents 21 (bodily behaviour 
depends on mind) 
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drop can fill a glass but a river 
cannot fill the sea . . . 277 
(contentment) 
droplet of water on a lily pad 417 
(subtle defilements cannot find 
foothold in the mind of enlightened 
one) 
dung on a pig's tail 180 (work left 
undone) 
earth, steadfast as the 307 (patience) 
eater is the one who gets full 227 
(karma accrues to doer) 
electricity 78 (merit) 
elephant's trunk 237 (not drinking 
alcohol) 
extracting pure metal from ore 349 
(removing defilements from 
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mind) 
fertilizing roots but fruits at the top 
of a tree 269 (meritorious actions 
and deeds) 
fish: & shrimps in a pond 104-5 
Blessing Thirty-Eight: The Blissful 
Mind 457 
(mundane knowledge & insight); 
bait 396 (worldly vicissitudes); 
lives and dies because of its 
mouth 136-7 (artful speech); out 
of water 349 (mind deprived of 
defilements); unaware of water 
311 (failure to recognize one's 
faults) 
food for the mind 88 (merit) 
football, tennis ball & ping-pong 
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ball 361 (Triple World) 
fox which loves warmth and 
comfort 
352 (sense of touch) 
freshening ourselves up . . . 230 
(ridding ourselves of 
unwholesomness) 
frog at the bottom of a well 318 (not 
being open to criticism) 
fruit tree in forest 364 (lover never 
exclusive to us) 
frying pans, deaf as 307 (not 
listening to inappropriate things) 
gods 148 (parents) 
gold plate vs. solid gold 148 
(cherishing one's parents) 
grass, trampled 180, 308 (patience) 
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gross & fine litter 347 (gross & 
subtle defilements) 
guardian angels 148 (parents) 
hidden treasure 317-8 (criticism) 
house burned by fire in 
neighbouring 
shack 263 (resentment by 
subordinates treated arrogantly) 
hungry dog chewing a dry bone 363 
(sensuality) 
hunter's dart 396 (worldly 
vicissitudes) 
illness and pathogens 347, 373 
(defilements in mind, suffering & 
craving) 
jewellery, borrowed 364 
(sensuality) 
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lamp lighting the path for a long 
journey ahead 109 (artfulness in 
knowledge) 
last minute revision for examination 
360 (getting spiritual when 
close to death) 
leaves wrapping a stinking fish 34 
(associating with fools) 
left hand and right hand rubbing 
together 307 (patience & 
meditation) 
lemon must be eaten without peel 
202 (taxes must be gathered 
without violence) 
lone pine cannot survive in strong 
wind 207, 210 (not helping 
extended family) 
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long distance travellers should not 
argue about destination 385 (not 
arguing about transcendental 
issues) 
mad dog foaming at the mouth 352 
(tongue) 
mariner who reaches the shore 421 
(attaining Nirvana) 
match can burn an entire town 237 
(alcohol) 
matches & a striker 291 (coexisting 
with truths of life but never 
noticing them) 
meat faught over by vultures 363 
(sensuality) 
medicine categorized for ease of 
treatment 228 (unwholesomeness 
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needs uprooting by appropriate 
means) 
microscope used to identify 
infection 348, 353 (mind used to 
identify defilements) 
monkey: jumping from branch to 
branch 352 (mind); -trap 406 
(attachment to sensuality) 
mudpies, playing with 362 (sensual 
happiness) 
not just knowing the right thing to 
say 137 (silence) 
ocean, low-lying 266 (humble 
person) 
one-eyed sea turtle 96 (rarity of 
human birth) 
pagoda with a narrow base 263 
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(arrogance undermines teamwork) 
paralysis 318 (stubbornness) 
passing examinations doesn't 
ensure getting degree 386 
(attaining DhammakAya GotrabhE) 
peak of a roof supporting all rafters 
202 (righteous king earns support 
of his subjects) 
pedigree 88 (merit from our past) 
pool of burning fuel 364 
(sensuality) 
popped rice 266 (self-discipline) 
pot, pieces of a broken 408 
(mourning for those already 
dead) 
powerful car needs good brakes 275 
(contentment) 
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released prisoner 424 (the 
enlightened) 
replanting immediately after 
weeding 357 (higher Dhamma 
practice must follow austerities) 
rudder of a ship 248 (mindfulness) 
satisfaction: of doing one's job well 
363 (happiness of the form 
sphere); of having seen one's 
children grow up 363 (happiness 
of the formless sphere) 
saving for future 96 (new merit) 
scabbard to a sword 129 
(selfdiscipline 
to knowledge) 
sea, helped out of a shark-infested 
282 (spiritual salvation) 
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shadow boxing 338 (Dhamma 
debate) 
shoes two sizes too small 226 
(natural morality) 
shouldering our parents for 100 
years 148 (debt of gratitude to 
parents) 
skyful of parental praise 149 (debt 
of gratitude to parents) 
skyscraper no stronger than its raw 
materials 207 (social harmony no 
better than virtue of members) 
small sapling with supporting 
stake 61 (respect as guide for 
those starting on spiritual path) 
snake: head 364 (sensuality); 
looking at secret things 352 (our 
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eyes); shedding its skin 407 (spirit 
departing corpse) 
spark burning a city down 416 
(danger in small things) 
spear 364 (sensuality) 
steak hammer 364 (sensuality) 
sunlight is lost on a blind man 287 
(compassion wasted on the 
ungrateful) 
458 A Manual of Peace: 38 Steps 
towards Enlightened Living 
supporting pillar 248 (mindfulness) 
teacher, first 148 (parents) 
tennis player, concentrates on 
hitting the ball properly 269 
(respect in the cultivation of 
virtue) 
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thornbush entrapping a longhaired 
sheep 396 (worldly 
vicissitudes) 
tiny bacteria causing serious 
diseases 348 (defilements in the 
mind) 
tongue & teeth 174 (marital 
disharmony) 
torch carried into the wind 363-4 
(sensuality) 
traveller: reaching their 
destination 421 (attaining 
Nirvana); taking a dangerous 
road 215 (wrong livelihood) 
treasurer 248 (mindfulness) 
tree: rotten from the heartwood 353 
(shamelessness); -stump, watering 
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a 317 (criticism to a stubborn 
person) 
turtle and the fish 329, 385 (not 
explaining virtue based on a 
person's previous experience) 
unseen fire that reduces a forest to 
cinders 373 (aging) 
value of clay is in the value of the 
mould 129 (self-discipline gives a 
person their value) 
Blessing Thirty-Eight: The Blissful 
Mind 459 
IV - ILLUSTRATIVE 
EXAMPLES 
AIgulimAla Thera 327-8 
abandoned brahmin 150 
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