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Perils “Bhikkhus, the uninstructed worldling speaks of these three perils that separate mother and son. What three? “There comes a time when a great conflagration arises. When the great conflagration has arisen, it burns up villages, towns, and cities. When villages, towns, and cities are burning up, the mother does not find her son and the son does not find his mother. This is the first peril that separates mother and son of which the uninstructed worldling speaks. “Again, there comes a time when a great rain cloud arises. When the great rain cloud has arisen, a great deluge takes place.…
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