{"id":"sn56.50","title":"Sineru, King of Mountains (2nd)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn56.50","title":"Sineru, King of Mountains (2nd)","units":[{"id":"sn56.50:0","sourceIds":["sn56.50:0.1","sn56.50:0.2","sn56.50:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 56.50\n5. Papātavagga\nDutiyasinerupabbatarājasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 56.50\n5. A Cliff\nSineru, King of Mountains (2nd)"}},{"id":"sn56.50:1","sourceIds":["sn56.50:1.1","sn56.50:1.2","sn56.50:1.3","sn56.50:1.4","sn56.50:1.5","sn56.50:1.6","sn56.50:1.7","sn56.50:1.8","sn56.50:1.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, sinerupabbatarājāyaṁ parikkhayaṁ pariyādānaṁ gaccheyya, ṭhapetvā satta muggamattiyo pāsāṇasakkharā.\nTaṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,\nkatamaṁ nu kho bahutaraṁ—yaṁ vā sinerussa pabbatarājassa parikkhīṇaṁ pariyādinnaṁ, yā vā satta muggamattiyo pāsāṇasakkharā avasiṭṭhā”ti?\n“Etadeva, bhante, bahutaraṁ sinerussa pabbatarājassa yadidaṁ parikkhīṇaṁ pariyādinnaṁ;\nappamattikā satta muggamattiyo pāsāṇasakkharā avasiṭṭhā.\nSaṅkhampi na upenti, upanidhampi na upenti, kalabhāgampi na upenti sinerussa pabbatarājassa parikkhīṇaṁ pariyādinnaṁ upanidhāya satta muggamattiyo pāsāṇasakkharā avasiṭṭhā”ti.\n“Evameva kho, bhikkhave, ariyasāvakassa diṭṭhisampannassa puggalassa abhisametāvino etadeva bahutaraṁ dukkhaṁ yadidaṁ parikkhīṇaṁ pariyādinnaṁ; appamattakaṁ avasiṭṭhaṁ.\nSaṅkhampi na upeti, upanidhampi na upeti, kalabhāgampi na upeti, purimaṁ dukkhakkhandhaṁ parikkhīṇaṁ pariyādinnaṁ upanidhāya yadidaṁ sattakkhattuparamatā;\nyo ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.","en":"“Mendicants, suppose Sineru, the king of mountains, was worn away and eroded except seven pebbles the size of mustard seeds.\nWhat do you think, mendicants?\nWhich is more: the portion of Sineru, the king of mountains, that has been worn away and eroded? Or the seven pebbles the size of mustard seeds that are left?”\n“Sir, the portion of Sineru, the king of mountains, that has been worn away and eroded is certainly more.\nThe seven pebbles the size of mustard seeds are tiny.\nCompared to Sineru, they don’t count, there’s no comparison, they’re not worth a fraction.”\n“In the same way, for an individual with comprehension, a noble disciple accomplished in view, the suffering that’s over and done with is more, what’s left is tiny.\nCompared to the mass of suffering in the past that’s over and done with, it doesn’t count, there’s no comparison, it’s not worth a fraction, since there are at most seven more lives.\nSuch an individual truly understands about suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path."}},{"id":"sn56.50:2","sourceIds":["sn56.50:2.1","sn56.50:2.2","sn56.50:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yogo karaṇīyo …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yogo karaṇīyo”ti.\nDasamaṁ.\nPapātavaggo pañcamo.","en":"That’s why you should practice meditation …”"}},{"id":"sn56.50:3","sourceIds":["sn56.50:3.0","sn56.50:3.1","sn56.50:3.2","sn56.50:3.3","sn56.50:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassuddānaṁ\nCintā papāto pariḷāho,\nkūṭaṁ vālandhakāro ca;\nChiggaḷena ca dve vuttā,\nsineru apare duveti."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn56.50/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."}