Parables

A selection of the numerous parables from the Pali Canon. More to be added over time...

Parable of King Pasenadi - MN24

Parable of Lohicca's domain - DN12

Parable of the apparently rich man - MN54

Parable of the arrow-pierced man - MN63

Parable of the banks of the River Ganges - MN76

Parable of the blind man - DN23

Parable of the blind man and the pure white robe - MN75

Parable of the bond of the battle elephant - MN66

Parable of the bowl of water - MN15

Parable of the brass bowl and anvil - MN5

Parable of the burned man - DN23

Parable of the burning ball - DN23

Parable of the burning grass - MN54

Parable of burning the Ganges - MN21

Parable of the business man - MN39

Parable of the butcher and his apprentice - MN54

Parable of the butcher displaying his meat at the crosswords - DN22

Parable of the captured criminal - DN23

Parable of the carriage - MN21

Parable of the cat-skin wallet - MN21

Parable of the chariot - MN58, MN60

Parable of the child - MN64

Parable of the choking child - MN58

Parable of the clean and dirty cloths - MN7

Parable of the clean cloth - MN56

Parable of cleaning the muddy man - DN23

Parable of the clever potter, artisan and goldsmith - MN77

Parable of the creeper seeds - MN44

Parable of the decrepit house - MN66

Parable of the dream - MN54

Parable of the dry green stick - MN36

Parable of the dry stick - MN36

Parable of the egg shell - MN53

Parable of the elephant footprint greater than all other animal footprints - MN28

Parable of the elephant tracker and elephant footprints - MN27

Parable of fire worshiping - DN23

Parable of the farmer in the field - DN23

Parable of the fine jewel - MN77

Parable of the fire - MN72

Parable of the fish net / perfect net - DN1

Parable of the flayed man and the soul - DN23

Parable of those fond of accessories - MN77

Parable of the fruit tree and the climbing man and chopping man - MN54

Parable of the gabled roof - MN48

Parable of the gem with eight facets - DN2

Parable of the good timber - MN29

Parable of the good wood and the twigs and leaves - MN30

Parable of the heap of flowers - MN56

Parable of the heartwood - MN64

Parable of the honeycomb - MN77

Parable of the hemp - DN23

Parable of the hen's eggs - MN16

Parable of the herdsman - MN33

Parable of the high road and the kettle drum - DN2

Parable of the honey cake - MN18

Parable of the household servant - DN2

Parable of the hunter and herds of deer - MN25

Parable of the imprisoned man - MN39

Parable of the joyful recovery from illness - DN2

Parable of the King's revenue - DN12

Parable of the leper - MN75

Parable of the lighted lamp - DN23, MN41, MN42, MN56, MN57, MN58, MN60, MN72, MN74, MN75

Parable of the lion and the jackal - DN24

Parable of the lotuses - DN2, MN77

Parable of the man submerged in a pit of burning  charcoal - MN54

Parable of the man with amputated hands and feet - MN76

Parable of the man wrapped in white - MN77

Parable of the mangoes - DN1

Parable of the many seeds - MN45

Parable of the mirror - DN2, MN15, MN61

Parable of the mistress and the maid-servant - MN21

Parable of the most beautiful woman - DN13

Parable of the overconfident deer and the hunter - MN26

Parable of the overgrown grove of sal-trees - MN21

Parable of painting on air - MN21

Parable of the palm stump and great ocean - MN72

Parable of the poisoned juice - MN46

Parable of the quail ensnared by a creeper vine - MN66

Parable of the raft - MN22

Parable of the reed - MN77

Parable of the removed testicles and eyes - MN56

Parable of the right road - DN23, MN41, MN42

Parable of righting the upside down thing - DN23, MN41, MN42, MN56, MN57, MN58, MN60, MN72, MN74, MN75

Parable of the roots and the palm stump - MN49

Parable of the rough and smooth roads - MN8

Parable of the royal battle elephant - MN61

Parable of the seed sample bag that opens top and bottom - DN22

Parable of the seekers of the eleven treasures - MN52

Parable of the shovel and basket - MN21

Parable of the sick man - MN39

Parable of the slave - MN39

Parable of the smouldering anthill - MN23

Parable of the snake and the box - MN77

Parable of the spring-fed lake - MN77

Parable of the staircase at the cross-roads - DN13

Parable of the string of blind men - DN13

Parable of the strong drummer - MN77

Parable of the strong man - MN20

Parable of the strong and feeble man trying to part the River Ganges with their hands - MN64

Parable of the sweet intoxicant - MN46

Parable of the swine herder - DN23

Parable of the swollen river - DN13

Parable of the therapeutic use of cow urine - MN46

Parable of the thousand carts - DN23

Parable of the timber seekers - MN18

Parable of tolerance and the yellow monkey - MN56

Parable of training the thoroughbred colt - MN65

Parable of the travelling man - MN39

Parable of the travelling villager - MN77

Parable of the two houses - MN39, MN77

Parable of the trumpeter - DN23

Parable of the two hungry monks - MN3

Parable of the uncovering - DN23, MN41, MN42, MN56, MN57, MN58, MN60, MN72, MN74, MN75

Parable of the unsheathed sword - MN77

Parable of the unskilled and skilled cowherder - MN34

Parable of the venomous snake - MN22

Parable of the villains with the two-handed saw - MN21

Parable of the vulture, crow and hawk - MN54

Parable of the wagon builder - MN5

Parable of the water and the cup - MN61

Parable of the wealthy householder - MN66, MN75

Parable of the wealthy man - MN39

Parable of the wet green stick - MN36

Parable of the young child and burning charcoal - MN48

Parable of the young plants and calves - MN67

Second parable of the flayed man - DN23