{"id":"sn13.9","title":"A Mountain","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn13.9","title":"A Mountain","units":[{"id":"sn13.9:0","sourceIds":["sn13.9:0.1","sn13.9:0.2","sn13.9:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 13.9\n1. Abhisamayavagga\nPabbatasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 13.9\n1. Comprehension\nA Mountain"}},{"id":"sn13.9:1","sourceIds":["sn13.9:1.1","sn13.9:1.2","sn13.9:1.3","sn13.9:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.\n“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, puriso himavato pabbatarājassa satta sāsapamattiyo pāsāṇasakkharā upanikkhipeyya.\nTaṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,\nkatamaṁ nu kho bahutaraṁ, yā vā satta sāsapamattiyo pāsāṇasakkharā upanikkhittā yo vā himavā pabbatarājā”ti?","en":"At Sāvatthī.\n“Mendicants, suppose a person was to place seven pebbles the size of mustard seeds on the Himalayas, the king of mountains.\nWhat do you think, mendicants?\nWhich is more: the seven pebbles the size of mustard seeds, or the Himalayas, the king of mountains?”"}},{"id":"sn13.9:2","sourceIds":["sn13.9:2.1","sn13.9:2.2","sn13.9:2.3","sn13.9:2.4","sn13.9:2.5","sn13.9:2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Etadeva, bhante, bahutaraṁ yadidaṁ himavā pabbatarājā;\nappamattikā satta sāsapamattiyo pāsāṇasakkharā upanikkhittā.\nNeva satimaṁ kalaṁ upenti na sahassimaṁ kalaṁ upenti na satasahassimaṁ kalaṁ upenti himavantaṁ pabbatarājānaṁ upanidhāya satta sāsapamattiyo pāsāṇasakkharā upanikkhittā”ti.\n“Evameva kho …pe…\ndhammacakkhupaṭilābho”ti.\nNavamaṁ.","en":"“Sir, the Himalayas, the king of mountains, is certainly more.\nThe seven pebbles the size of mustard seeds are tiny.\nCompared to the Himalayas, 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/sn13.9/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."}