{"id":"sn13.5","title":"The Earth","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn13.5","title":"The Earth","units":[{"id":"sn13.5:0","sourceIds":["sn13.5:0.1","sn13.5:0.2","sn13.5:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 13.5\n1. Abhisamayavagga\nPathavīsutta","en":"Linked Discourses 13.5\n1. Comprehension\nThe Earth"}},{"id":"sn13.5:1","sourceIds":["sn13.5:1.1","sn13.5:1.2","sn13.5:1.3","sn13.5:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.\n“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, puriso mahāpathaviyā satta kolaṭṭhimattiyo guḷikā upanikkhipeyya.\nTaṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,\nkatamaṁ nu kho bahutaraṁ, yā vā satta kolaṭṭhimattiyo guḷikā upanikkhittā yā vā mahāpathavī”ti?","en":"At Sāvatthī.\n“Mendicants, suppose a person was to place seven clay balls the size of jujube seeds on the great earth.\nWhat do you think, mendicants?\nWhich is more: the seven clay balls the size of jujube seeds, or the great earth?”"}},{"id":"sn13.5:2","sourceIds":["sn13.5:2.1","sn13.5:2.2","sn13.5:2.3","sn13.5:2.4","sn13.5:2.5","sn13.5:2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Etadeva, bhante, bahutaraṁ, yadidaṁ mahāpathavī;\nappamattikā satta kolaṭṭhimattiyo guḷikā upanikkhittā.\nNeva satimaṁ kalaṁ upenti na sahassimaṁ kalaṁ upenti na satasahassimaṁ kalaṁ upenti mahāpathaviṁ upanidhāya satta kolaṭṭhimattiyo guḷikā upanikkhittā”ti.\n“Evameva kho, bhikkhave …pe…\ndhammacakkhupaṭilābho”ti.\nPañcamaṁ.","en":"“Sir, the great earth is certainly more.\nThe seven clay balls the size of jujube seeds are tiny.\nCompared to the great earth, it’s not nearly a hundredth, a thousandth, or a hundred thousandth part.”\n“In the same way, for a noble disciple, the suffering that’s over and done with is more …”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn13.5/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."}