Sānusayakilesabyādhiharaṇasamatthatāya vā kusalo vejjo viya buddho, sammā payuttabhesajjamiva dhammo, bhesajjapayogena samupasantabyādhi viya janasamudāyo samupasantakilesabyādhānusayo saṅgho. (Paramatthajotikā, 21)
The Buddha is like a skilled physician because he is able to cure the sickness of the latent defilements. The Dhamma is like the rightly applied medicines. The Sangha, with their latent defilements cured, are like people whose sicknesses are cured by that medicine.
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