{"id":"sn13.11","title":"A Mountain (3rd)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn13.11","title":"A Mountain (3rd)","units":[{"id":"sn13.11:0","sourceIds":["sn13.11:0.1","sn13.11:0.2","sn13.11:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 13.11\n1. Abhisamayavagga\nTatiyapabbatasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 13.11\n1. Comprehension\nA Mountain (3rd)"}},{"id":"sn13.11:1","sourceIds":["sn13.11:1.1","sn13.11:1.2","sn13.11:1.3","sn13.11:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.\n“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, puriso sinerussa pabbatarājassa satta muggamattiyo pāsāṇasakkharā upanikkhipeyya.\nTaṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,\nkatamaṁ nu kho bahutaraṁ, yā vā satta muggamattiyo pāsāṇasakkharā upanikkhittā yo vā sineru pabbatarājā”ti?","en":"At Sāvatthī.\n“Mendicants, suppose a person was to place on Sineru, the king of mountains, seven pebbles the size of mung beans.\nWhat do you think, mendicants?\nWhich is more: the seven pebbles the size of mung beans, or Sineru, the king of mountains?”"}},{"id":"sn13.11:2","sourceIds":["sn13.11:2.1","sn13.11:2.2","sn13.11:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Etadeva, bhante, bahutaraṁ yadidaṁ sineru pabbatarājā;\nappamattikā satta muggamattiyo pāsāṇasakkharā upanikkhittā.\nNeva satimaṁ kalaṁ upenti na sahassimaṁ kalaṁ upenti na satasahassimaṁ kalaṁ upenti sineruṁ pabbatarājānaṁ upanidhāya satta muggamattiyo pāsāṇasakkharā upanikkhittā”ti.","en":"“Sir, Sineru, the king of mountains, is certainly more.\nThe seven pebbles the size of mung beans are tiny.\nCompared to Sineru, it’s not nearly a hundredth, a thousandth, or a hundred thousandth part.”"}},{"id":"sn13.11:3","sourceIds":["sn13.11:3.1","sn13.11:3.2","sn13.11:3.3","sn13.11:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Evameva kho, bhikkhave, ariyasāvakassa diṭṭhisampannassa puggalassa adhigamaṁ upanidhāya aññatitthiyasamaṇabrāhmaṇaparibbājakānaṁ adhigamo neva satimaṁ kalaṁ upeti na sahassimaṁ kalaṁ upeti na satasahassimaṁ kalaṁ upeti.\nEvaṁ mahādhigamo, bhikkhave, diṭṭhisampanno puggalo, evaṁ mahābhiñño”ti.\nEkādasamaṁ.\nAbhisamayasaṁyuttaṁ samattaṁ.","en":"“In the same way, compared with the achievements of a noble disciple accomplished in view, the achievements of the ascetics, brahmins, and wanderers of other religions is not nearly a hundredth, a thousandth, or a hundred thousandth part.\nSo great is the achievement of the individual accomplished in view, so great is their direct knowledge.”\nThe Linked Discourses on comprehension are complete."}},{"id":"sn13.11:4","sourceIds":["sn13.11:4.0","sn13.11:4.1","sn13.11:4.2","sn13.11:4.3","sn13.11:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassuddānaṁ\nNakhasikhā pokkharaṇī,\nsambhejjaudake ca dve;\nDve pathavī dve samuddā,\ntayo ca pabbatūpamāti."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn13.11/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."}