{"id":"sn56.52","title":"A Lotus Pond","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn56.52","title":"A Lotus Pond","units":[{"id":"sn56.52:0","sourceIds":["sn56.52:0.1","sn56.52:0.2","sn56.52:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 56.52\n6. Abhisamayavagga\nPokkharaṇīsutta","en":"Linked Discourses 56.52\n6. Comprehension\nA Lotus Pond"}},{"id":"sn56.52:1","sourceIds":["sn56.52:1.1","sn56.52:1.2","sn56.52:1.3","sn56.52:1.4","sn56.52:1.5","sn56.52:1.6","sn56.52:1.7","sn56.52:1.8","sn56.52:1.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, pokkharaṇī paññāsayojanāni āyāmena, paññāsayojanāni vitthārena, paññāsayojanāni ubbedhena, puṇṇā udakassa samatittikā kākapeyyā.\nTato puriso kusaggena udakaṁ uddhareyya.\nTaṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,\nkatamaṁ nu kho bahutaraṁ—yaṁ vā kusaggena ubbhataṁ, yaṁ vā pokkharaṇiyā udakan”ti?\n“Etadeva, bhante, bahutaraṁ, yadidaṁ—pokkharaṇiyā udakaṁ; appamattakaṁ kusaggena udakaṁ ubbhataṁ.\nSaṅkhampi na upeti, upanidhampi na upeti, kalabhāgampi na upeti pokkharaṇiyā udakaṁ upanidhāya kusaggena udakaṁ ubbhatan”ti.\n“Evameva kho, bhikkhave, ariyasāvakassa …pe…\nyogo karaṇīyo”ti.\nDutiyaṁ.","en":"“Mendicants, suppose there was a lotus pond that was fifty leagues long, fifty leagues wide, and fifty leagues deep, full to the brim so a crow could drink from it.\nThen a person would pick up some water on the tip of a blade of grass.\nWhat do you think, mendicants?\nWhich is more: the water on the tip of the blade of grass, or the water in the lotus pond?”\n“Sir, the water in the lotus pond is certainly more. The water on the tip of a blade of grass is tiny.\nCompared to the water in the lotus pond, it doesn’t count, there’s no comparison, it’s not worth a fraction.”\n“In the same way, for a noble disciple …\nThat’s why you should practice meditation …”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn56.52/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."}