The parable of the arrow (or 'Parable of the poisoned arrow') is a Buddhist parable that illustrates the skeptic and pragmatic themes of the Cūḷamālukya...

Malunkyaputta, the Buddha responded with the Parable of the Poisoned Arrow. When a man is shot with an arrow thickly smeared with poison, his family summons...

sorrow/self-limitation (ananda). Compare Parable of the Poisoned Arrow These concepts are discussed in ancient and medieval texts of Hinduism, and other Indian religions...

pragmatic set of teachings. The Buddha used two parables to clarify this point, the 'Parable of the raft' and the Parable of the Poisoned Arrow. The Dharma is...

Papañca Parable of the Poisoned Arrow Paracanonical texts (Theravada Buddhism) Paramartha Paramita Parinibbana (Parinirvana) Parinibbana of Mahamoggallana...

questions about the eternity and the infinity of the universe. In the Cūḷamālukya Sutta, the Buddha uses the parable of a poisoned arrow to explain his...

Paris and shot a poisoned arrow at him. The Hydra poison subsequently led to the death of Paris. The Trojan War, however, continued until the Trojan Horse...

like the poisoned drum that kills all who hear it, or like a great fire that consumes all who come near it. What is called "the special transmission of the...

Chulainn. (Irish mythology) Han Feizi's shield, from a Chinese parable that tells of a man who was trying to sell a spear and a shield. When asked how...

insured the production, but as part of the underwriting process, insisted on a thorough risk analysis of hazards as diverse as wayward arrows, poison ivy...