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sn.19.6 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)

Spear Hairs

“Just now, reverend, as I was descending from Vulture’s Peak Mountain I saw a man whose body hairs were spears flying through the air.
And those spears kept rising up and falling on his body
as he screamed in pain. …” …
“That being used to be a deer hunter right here in Rājagaha. …”