Numbered Discourses 5.229

1. Long Wandering

Black Snakes (1st)

“Mendicants, there are these five drawbacks of a black snake.

What five?

It’s filthy, stinking, cowardly, frightening, and treacherous.

These are the five dangers of a black snake.

In the same way there are five drawbacks of a lady.

What five?

She’s filthy, stinking, cowardly, frightening, and treacherous.

These are the five drawbacks of a lady.”