{"id":"sn15.4","title":"Mother’s Milk","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn15.4","title":"Mother’s Milk","units":[{"id":"sn15.4:0","sourceIds":["sn15.4:0.1","sn15.4:0.2","sn15.4:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 15.4\n1. Paṭhamavagga\nKhīrasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 15.4\nChapter One\nMother’s Milk"}},{"id":"sn15.4:1","sourceIds":["sn15.4:1.1","sn15.4:1.2","sn15.4:1.3","sn15.4:1.4","sn15.4:1.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.\n“Anamataggoyaṁ, bhikkhave, saṁsāro.\nPubbā koṭi na paññāyati avijjānīvaraṇānaṁ sattānaṁ taṇhāsaṁyojanānaṁ sandhāvataṁ saṁsarataṁ.\nTaṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave, katamaṁ nu kho bahutaraṁ, yaṁ vā vo iminā dīghena addhunā sandhāvataṁ saṁsarataṁ mātuthaññaṁ pītaṁ, yaṁ vā catūsu mahāsamuddesu udakan”ti?\n“Yathā kho mayaṁ, bhante, bhagavatā dhammaṁ desitaṁ ājānāma, etadeva, bhante, bahutaraṁ yaṁ no iminā dīghena addhunā sandhāvataṁ saṁsarataṁ mātuthaññaṁ pītaṁ, na tveva catūsu mahāsamuddesu udakan”ti.","en":"At Sāvatthī.\n“Mendicants, this transmigration has no known beginning.\nNo first point is found of sentient beings roaming and transmigrating, shrouded by ignorance and fettered by craving.\nWhat do you think? Which is more: the mother’s milk you’ve drunk while roaming and transmigrating for such a very long time, or the water in the four oceans?”\n“As we understand the Buddha’s teaching, the mother’s milk we’ve drunk while roaming and transmigrating is more than the water in the four oceans.”"}},{"id":"sn15.4:2","sourceIds":["sn15.4:2.1","sn15.4:2.2","sn15.4:2.3","sn15.4:2.4","sn15.4:2.5","sn15.4:2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sādhu sādhu, bhikkhave, sādhu kho me tumhe, bhikkhave, evaṁ dhammaṁ desitaṁ ājānātha.\nEtadeva, bhikkhave, bahutaraṁ yaṁ vo iminā dīghena addhunā sandhāvataṁ saṁsarataṁ mātuthaññaṁ pītaṁ, na tveva catūsu mahāsamuddesu udakaṁ.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nAnamataggoyaṁ, bhikkhave, saṁsāro …pe…\nalaṁ vimuccitun”ti.\nCatutthaṁ.","en":"“Good, good, mendicants! It’s good that you understand my teaching like this.\nThe mother’s milk you’ve drunk while roaming and transmigrating for such a very long time is more than the water in the four oceans.\nWhy is that?\nThis transmigration has no known beginning. …\nThis is quite enough for you to become disillusioned, dispassionate, and freed regarding all conditions.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn15.4/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."}