{"id":"sn56.57","title":"The Ocean (1st)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn56.57","title":"The Ocean (1st)","units":[{"id":"sn56.57:0","sourceIds":["sn56.57:0.1","sn56.57:0.2","sn56.57:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 56.57\n6. Abhisamayavagga\nPaṭhamamahāsamuddasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 56.57\n6. Comprehension\nThe Ocean (1st)"}},{"id":"sn56.57:1","sourceIds":["sn56.57:1.1","sn56.57:1.2","sn56.57:1.3","sn56.57:1.4","sn56.57:1.5","sn56.57:1.6","sn56.57:1.7","sn56.57:1.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, puriso mahāsamuddato dve vā tīṇi vā udakaphusitāni uddharitāni.\nTaṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,\nkatamaṁ nu kho bahutaraṁ—yāni dve vā tīṇi vā udakaphusitāni ubbhatāni, yaṁ vā mahāsamudde udakan”ti?\n“Etadeva, bhante, bahutaraṁ, yadidaṁ—mahāsamudde udakaṁ; appamattakāni dve vā tīṇi vā udakaphusitāni ubbhatāni.\nSaṅkhampi na upenti, upanidhampi na upenti, kalabhāgampi na upenti mahāsamudde udakaṁ upanidhāya dve vā tīṇi vā udakaphusitāni ubbhatānī”ti.\n“Evameva kho, bhikkhave, ariyasāvakassa …pe…\nyogo karaṇīyo”ti.\nSattamaṁ.","en":"“Mendicants, suppose a man was to draw up two or three drops of water from the ocean.\nWhat do you think, mendicants?\nWhich is more: the two or three drops drawn out or the water in the ocean?”\n“Sir, the water in the ocean is certainly more. The two or three drops drawn out are tiny.\nCompared to the water in the ocean, 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/sn56.57/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."}