{"id":"sn56.58","title":"The Ocean (2nd)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn56.58","title":"The Ocean (2nd)","units":[{"id":"sn56.58:0","sourceIds":["sn56.58:0.1","sn56.58:0.2","sn56.58:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 56.58\n6. Abhisamayavagga\nDutiyamahāsamuddasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 56.58\n6. Comprehension\nThe Ocean (2nd)"}},{"id":"sn56.58:1","sourceIds":["sn56.58:1.1","sn56.58:1.2","sn56.58:1.3","sn56.58:1.4","sn56.58:1.5","sn56.58:1.6","sn56.58:1.7","sn56.58:1.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, mahāsamudde udakaṁ parikkhayaṁ pariyādānaṁ gaccheyya ṭhapetvā dve vā tīṇi vā udakaphusitāni.\nTaṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,\nkatamaṁ nu kho bahutaraṁ—yaṁ vā mahāsamudde udakaṁ parikkhīṇaṁ pariyādinnaṁ, yāni dve vā tīṇi vā udakaphusitāni avasiṭṭhānī”ti?\n“Etadeva, bhante, bahutaraṁ mahāsamudde udakaṁ yadidaṁ parikkhīṇaṁ pariyādinnaṁ; appamattakāni dve vā tīṇi vā udakaphusitāni avasiṭṭhāni.\nSaṅkhampi na upenti, upanidhampi na upenti, kalabhāgampi na upenti mahāsamudde udakaṁ parikkhīṇaṁ pariyādinnaṁ upanidhāya dve vā tīṇi vā udakaphusitāni avasiṭṭhānī”ti.\n“Evameva kho, bhikkhave, ariyasāvakassa …pe…\nyogo karaṇīyo”ti.\nAṭṭhamaṁ.","en":"“Mendicants, suppose the water in the ocean dried up and evaporated except two or three drops.\nWhat do you think, mendicants?\nWhich is more: the water in the ocean that has dried up and evaporated, or the two or three drops left?”\n“Sir, the water in the ocean that has dried up and evaporated is certainly more. The two or three drops left are tiny.\nCompared to the water in the ocean 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/sn56.58/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."}