{"id":"sn13.6","title":"The Earth (2nd)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn13.6","title":"The Earth (2nd)","units":[{"id":"sn13.6:0","sourceIds":["sn13.6:0.1","sn13.6:0.2","sn13.6:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 13.6\n1. Abhisamayavagga\nDutiyapathavīsutta","en":"Linked Discourses 13.6\n1. Comprehension\nThe Earth (2nd)"}},{"id":"sn13.6:1","sourceIds":["sn13.6:1.1","sn13.6:1.2","sn13.6:1.3","sn13.6:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.\n“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, mahāpathavī parikkhayaṁ pariyādānaṁ gaccheyya, ṭhapetvā satta kolaṭṭhimattiyo guḷikā.\nTaṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,\nkatamaṁ nu kho bahutaraṁ, yaṁ vā mahāpathaviyā parikkhīṇaṁ pariyādiṇṇaṁ yā vā satta kolaṭṭhimattiyo guḷikā avasiṭṭhā”ti?","en":"At Sāvatthī.\n“Mendicants, suppose the great earth was worn away and eroded except seven clay balls the size of jujube seeds.\nWhat do you think, mendicants?\nWhich is more: the great earth that has been worn away and eroded, or the seven clay balls the size of jujube seeds that are left?”"}},{"id":"sn13.6:2","sourceIds":["sn13.6:2.1","sn13.6:2.2","sn13.6:2.3","sn13.6:2.4","sn13.6:2.5","sn13.6:2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Etadeva, bhante, bahutaraṁ, mahāpathaviyā, yadidaṁ parikkhīṇaṁ pariyādiṇṇaṁ;\nappamattikā satta kolaṭṭhimattiyo guḷikā avasiṭṭhā.\nNeva satimaṁ kalaṁ upenti na sahassimaṁ kalaṁ upenti na satasahassimaṁ kalaṁ upenti mahāpathaviyā parikkhīṇaṁ pariyādiṇṇaṁ upanidhāya satta kolaṭṭhimattiyo guḷikā avasiṭṭhā”ti.\n“Evameva kho, bhikkhave …pe…\ndhammacakkhupaṭilābho”ti.\nChaṭṭhaṁ.","en":"“Sir, the great earth that has been worn away and eroded is certainly more.\nThe seven clay balls the size of jujube seeds are tiny.\nCompared to the great earth that has been worn away and eroded, 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/sn13.6/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."}