{"id":"sn56.55","title":"The Earth (1st)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn56.55","title":"The Earth (1st)","units":[{"id":"sn56.55:0","sourceIds":["sn56.55:0.1","sn56.55:0.2","sn56.55:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 56.55\n6. Abhisamayavagga\nPaṭhamamahāpathavīsutta","en":"Linked Discourses 56.55\n6. Comprehension\nThe Earth (1st)"}},{"id":"sn56.55:1","sourceIds":["sn56.55:1.1","sn56.55:1.2","sn56.55:1.3","sn56.55:1.4","sn56.55:1.5","sn56.55:1.6","sn56.55:1.7","sn56.55:1.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, puriso mahāpathaviyā satta kolaṭṭhimattiyo guḷikā upanikkhipeyya.\nTaṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,\nkatamaṁ nu kho bahutaraṁ—yā vā satta kolaṭṭhimattiyo guḷikā upanikkhittā, ayaṁ vā mahāpathavī”ti?\n“Etadeva, bhante, bahutaraṁ, yadidaṁ—mahāpathavī; appamattikā satta kolaṭṭhimattiyo guḷikā upanikkhittā.\nSaṅkhampi na upenti, upanidhampi na upenti, kalabhāgampi na upenti mahāpathaviṁ upanidhāya satta kolaṭṭhimattiyo guḷikā upanikkhittā”ti.\n“Evameva kho, bhikkhave, ariyasāvakassa …pe…\nyogo karaṇīyo”ti.\nPañcamaṁ.","en":"“Mendicants, suppose a person was to place seven clay balls the size of jujube seeds on the great earth.\nWhat do you think, mendicants?\nWhich is more: the seven clay balls the size of jujube seeds, or the great earth?”\n“Sir, the great earth is certainly more. The seven clay balls the size of jujube seeds are tiny.\nCompared to the great earth, they don’t count, there’s no comparison, they’re 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/sn56.55/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."}