{"id":"sn56.51","title":"A Fingernail","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn56.51","title":"A Fingernail","units":[{"id":"sn56.51:0","sourceIds":["sn56.51:0.1","sn56.51:0.2","sn56.51:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 56.51\n6. Abhisamayavagga\nNakhasikhāsutta","en":"Linked Discourses 56.51\n6. Comprehension\nA Fingernail"}},{"id":"sn56.51:1","sourceIds":["sn56.51:1.1","sn56.51:1.2","sn56.51:1.3","sn56.51:1.4","sn56.51:1.5","sn56.51:1.6","sn56.51:1.7","sn56.51:1.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho bhagavā parittaṁ nakhasikhāyaṁ paṁsuṁ āropetvā bhikkhū āmantesi:\n“Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,\nkatamaṁ nu kho bahutaraṁ—yo vāyaṁ mayā paritto nakhasikhāyaṁ paṁsu āropito, ayaṁ vā mahāpathavī”ti?\n“Etadeva, bhante, bahutaraṁ yadidaṁ—mahāpathavī; appamattakāyaṁ bhagavatā paritto nakhasikhāyaṁ paṁsu āropito.\nSaṅkhampi na upeti, upanidhampi na upeti, kalabhāgampi na upeti mahāpathaviṁ upanidhāya bhagavatā paritto nakhasikhāyaṁ paṁsu āropito”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":"Then the Buddha, picking up a little bit of dirt on his fingernail, addressed the mendicants:\n“What do you think, mendicants?\nWhich is more: the little bit of dirt on my fingernail, or this great earth?”\n“Sir, the great earth is certainly more. The little bit of dirt on your fingernail is tiny.\nCompared to the great earth, it doesn’t count, there’s no comparison, it’s 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":"sn56.51:2","sourceIds":["sn56.51:2.1","sn56.51:2.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yogo karaṇīyo …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yogo karaṇīyo”ti.\nPaṭhamaṁ.","en":"That’s why you should practice meditation …”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn56.51/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."}