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Yesterday’s DailySutta sutta got me confuse. In SN.7.14 Buddha is talking to this Brahmin who got kicked out of his house by his sons. And Budda recites a verse about how his stick is better than his sons because it could scare a wild bull or dog.
Than the man says that for his sons and they bring him back and take care of him. He becomes a lay follower.
I don’t think I get. Is the stick the dhamma? Or something like that?
He’s just saying that his walking stick is a more reliable support than his sons. Presumably to awaken shame in them.
The (straightforward) Dhamma lesson is just that we should steadfastly support our parents, like a dependable staff.
Sadhu 
by doing so , this is also ("good omen’, ‘auspices’ or ‘good fortune’) as stated in Mangala Sutta Kp5 especially this verse :
Caring for mother and father,
Mātāpituupaṭṭhānaṁ,
kindness to children and partners,
puttadārassa saṅgaho;
and unstressful work:
Anākulā ca kammantā,
this is the highest blessing.
etaṁ maṅgalamuttamaṁ.
That Sutta is probably not going to be awarded the nobel prize for world literature.
The Buddha just helped him show his sons how shameful they were acting. Honor your parents is probably the lecture.