<p>I am not sure that these are what you asking for.</p>

<ul>
<li>Maha-Malunkya Sutta: Insight Meditation To Be Anāgāmi-Ariya</li>
</ul>

<p><a href="http://tipitaka.wikia.com/wiki/Maha-Malunkya_Sutta" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://tipitaka.wikia.com/wiki/Maha-Malunkya_Sutta</a></p>

<ul>
<li>Maha Saropama Sutta: The Longer Heartwood-simile Discourse</li>
</ul>

<p><a href="https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.029.than.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.029.than.html</a></p>

<ul>
<li>Angulimala Sutta: About Angulimala</li>
</ul>

<p><a href="https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.086.than.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.086.than.html</a></p>

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2017-10-14T09:41:45.690Z
Please also quote the relevant fragment (sentence or paragraph) from the sutta.
ChrisW
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<p>I believe there is a sutta in which the Buddha uses an example of whittling or carving a piece of wood to describe the process of refocusing your mind in meditation. What is this sutta?</p>

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What is the sutta in which the Buddha described focusing the mind as similar to whittling?
# What is the sutta in which the Buddha described focusing the mind as similar to whittling?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-10-13)

I believe there is a sutta in which the Buddha uses an example of whittling or carving a piece of wood to describe the process of refocusing your mind in meditation. What is this sutta?

**Tags:** pali-canon, sutras


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### Answer by username_1 on 2017-10-13. Score: 1

I am not sure that these are what you asking for.

* Maha-Malunkya Sutta: Insight Meditation To Be Anāgāmi-Ariya

<http://tipitaka.wikia.com/wiki/Maha-Malunkya_Sutta>

* Maha Saropama Sutta: The Longer Heartwood-simile Discourse

<https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.029.than.html>

* Angulimala Sutta: About Angulimala

<https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.086.than.html>

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Please also quote the relevant fragment (sentence or paragraph) from the sutta.  

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