{"id":"sn12.56","title":"A Great Tree (2nd)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn12.56","title":"A Great Tree (2nd)","units":[{"id":"sn12.56:0","sourceIds":["sn12.56:0.1","sn12.56:0.2","sn12.56:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 12.56\n6. Dukkhavagga\nDutiyamahārukkhasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 12.56\n6. Suffering\nA Great Tree (2nd)"}},{"id":"sn12.56:1","sourceIds":["sn12.56:1.1","sn12.56:1.2","sn12.56:1.3","sn12.56:1.4","sn12.56:1.5","sn12.56:1.6","sn12.56:1.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.\n“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, mahārukkho.\nTassa yāni ceva mūlāni adhogamāni, yāni ca tiriyaṅgamāni, sabbāni tāni uddhaṁ ojaṁ abhiharanti.\nEvañhi so, bhikkhave, mahārukkho tadāhāro tadupādāno ciraṁ dīghamaddhānaṁ tiṭṭheyya.\nEvameva kho, bhikkhave, upādāniyesu dhammesu assādānupassino viharato taṇhā pavaḍḍhati.\nTaṇhāpaccayā upādānaṁ …pe…\nevametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hoti.","en":"At Sāvatthī.\n“Mendicants, suppose there was a great tree.\nAnd its roots going downwards and across all draw the sap upwards.\nFed and fuelled by that, the great tree would stand for a long time.\nIn the same way, there are things that fuel grasping. When you concentrate on the gratification provided by these things, your craving grows.\nCraving is a requirement for grasping. …\nThat is how this entire mass of suffering originates."}},{"id":"sn12.56:2","sourceIds":["sn12.56:2.1","sn12.56:2.2","sn12.56:2.3","sn12.56:2.4","sn12.56:2.5","sn12.56:2.6","sn12.56:2.7","sn12.56:2.8","sn12.56:2.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, mahārukkho.\nAtha puriso āgaccheyya kuddālapiṭakaṁ ādāya.\nSo taṁ rukkhaṁ mūle chindeyya, mūle chetvā palikhaṇeyya, palikhaṇitvā mūlāni uddhareyya …pe…\nnadiyā vā sīghasotāya pavāheyya.\nEvañhi so, bhikkhave, mahārukkho ucchinnamūlo assa tālāvatthukato anabhāvaṅkato āyatiṁ anuppādadhammo.\nEvameva kho, bhikkhave, upādāniyesu dhammesu ādīnavānupassino viharato taṇhā nirujjhati.\nTaṇhānirodhā upādānanirodho …pe…\nevametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hotī”ti.\nChaṭṭhaṁ.","en":"Suppose there was a great tree.\nThen a person comes along with a spade and basket.\nThey’d cut the tree down at the roots, dig them up, and pull them out, down to the fibers and stems.\nThey’d cut the tree apart, cut up the parts, and chop it into splinters. They’d dry the splinters in the wind and sun, burn them with fire, and reduce them to ashes. Then they’d winnow the ashes in a strong wind, or glide them down a swift stream.\nIn this way the great tree is cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated, and unable to arise in the future.\nIn the same way, there are things that fuel grasping. When you concentrate on the drawbacks of these things, your craving ceases.\nWhen craving ceases, grasping ceases. …\nThat is how this entire mass of suffering ceases.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn12.56/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}