{"id":"sn56.54","title":"Where the Waters Join Together (2nd)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn56.54","title":"Where the Waters Join Together (2nd)","units":[{"id":"sn56.54:0","sourceIds":["sn56.54:0.1","sn56.54:0.2","sn56.54:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 56.54\n6. Abhisamayavagga\nDutiyasambhejjasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 56.54\n6. Comprehension\nWhere the Waters Join Together (2nd)"}},{"id":"sn56.54:1","sourceIds":["sn56.54:1.1","sn56.54:1.2","sn56.54:1.3","sn56.54:1.4","sn56.54:1.5","sn56.54:1.6","sn56.54:1.7","sn56.54:1.8","sn56.54:1.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, yatthimā mahānadiyo saṁsandanti samenti, seyyathidaṁ—\ngaṅgā, yamunā, aciravatī, sarabhū, mahī, taṁ udakaṁ parikkhayaṁ pariyādānaṁ gaccheyya, ṭhapetvā dve vā tīṇi vā udakaphusitāni.\nTaṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,\nkatamaṁ nu kho bahutaraṁ—yaṁ vā saṁbhejjaudakaṁ parikkhīṇaṁ pariyādinnaṁ, yāni dve vā tīṇi vā udakaphusitāni avasiṭṭhānī”ti?\n“Etadeva, bhante, bahutaraṁ saṁbhejjaudakaṁ yadidaṁ parikkhīṇaṁ pariyādinnaṁ; appamattakāni dve vā tīṇi vā udakaphusitāni avasiṭṭhāni.\nSaṅkhampi na upenti, upanidhampi na upenti, kalabhāgampi na upenti saṁbhejjaudakaṁ parikkhīṇaṁ pariyādinnaṁ upanidhāya dve vā tīṇi vā udakaphusitāni avasiṭṭhānī”ti.\n“Evameva kho, bhikkhave, ariyasāvakassa …pe…\nyogo karaṇīyo”ti.\nCatutthaṁ.","en":"“Mendicants, there are places where the great rivers—the Ganges, Yamunā, Aciravatī, Sarabhū, and Mahī—join together and converge.\nSuppose that water dried up and evaporated except two or three drops.\nWhat do you think, mendicants?\nWhich is more: the water in the confluence that has dried up and evaporated, or the two or three drops left?”\n“Sir, the water in the confluence that has dried up and evaporated is certainly more. The two or three drops left are tiny.\nCompared to the water in the confluence that has dried up and evaporated, 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/sn56.54/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."}