The Perible of the Raft

Monks should let go even of damas, to say nothing of non damas. In the same way, monks, i have taught the dama compared to a raft for the purpose of crossing over, not for thepurpose of holding on to. So the person who comes to the large body of water and is trying to figure out how to get to the other side, puts in the energy and the effort f of building his own raft. That is the raft simile.