THE SIMILE OF THE CLOTH
                                         &
                           THE DISCOURSE ON EFFACEMENT
  
  
                          Two Discourses of the Buddha
                            from the Majjhima Nikaya
  
  
                       Edited with Introduction and Notes by
                                NYANAPONIKA THERA
  
                        
                          The WHEEL Publication No. 61/62
  
  
  
                           BUDDHIST PUBLICATION SOCIETY
                           Kandy              Sri Lanka
  
  
  
  
  
  
                       First Published        1964
                       Second Printing        1974
                       Third Printing         1988
                       
            Copyright 1988 Buddhist Publication Society
            ISBN 955-24-0004-X
            
            Buddhist Publication Society
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            54, Sangharaja Mawatha
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                       DharmaNet Edition      1994
                                     
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