4 types of persons resembing thunderheads

Four types of persons resembling thunderheads:

1. The one that thunders but doesn't rain (knows Dhamma, but does not understand with experience The Four Noble Truths)

2. The one that rains but doesn't thunder (has not mastered the Dhamma, but knows with experience The Four Noble Truths)

3. The one that neither thunders nor rains (has not mastered the Dhamma and has not experienced The Four Noble Truths)

4. The one that both thunders and rains (has mastered the Dhamma and knows with experience The Four Noble Truths)

References

• The Complete Book of Buddha's Lists -- Explained. David N. Snyder, Ph.D., 2006.
• http://www.thedhamma.com/