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5. Cut How Many?
At Sāvatthī. Standing to one side, that deity recited this verse in the Buddha’s presence:
“Cut how many? Drop how many?
How many more should be developed?
How many kinds of clinging must a mendicant get over
before you call them a flood crosser?”“Five to cut, five to drop,
and five more to develop.
A mendicant must get over five kinds of clinging
before you call them a flood crosser.”