Soṇasutta untranslated

Soṇasutta. Soṇa Koḷivisa, living in Sītavana, despairs of ever attaining Arahant-ship. The Buddha, on Gijjhakūṭa, becomes aware of this and visits him. The Buddha reminds him that when he was a vīnā player his vīnā sounded neither tuneful nor playable when the strings were either over-strung or over-lax. Even so, energy, when over-strung, ends in flurry, when over-lax, in idleness. Soṇa profits by the lesson and becomes an Arahant. He then visits the Buddha and declares to him his new found vision. AN.iii.374f.

Soṇasuttā. Two Suttas, recording conversations between the Buddha and Soṇa-gahapati of Rājagaha. SN.iii.48f.; iv.113.