{"id":"sn13.8","title":"The Ocean (2nd)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn13.8","title":"The Ocean (2nd)","units":[{"id":"sn13.8:0","sourceIds":["sn13.8:0.1","sn13.8:0.2","sn13.8:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 13.8\n1. Abhisamayavagga\nDutiyasamuddasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 13.8\n1. Comprehension\nThe Ocean (2nd)"}},{"id":"sn13.8:1","sourceIds":["sn13.8:1.1","sn13.8:1.2","sn13.8:1.3","sn13.8:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.\n“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, mahāsamuddo parikkhayaṁ pariyādānaṁ gaccheyya, ṭhapetvā dve vā tīṇi vā udakaphusitāni.\nTaṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,\nkatamaṁ nu kho bahutaraṁ, yaṁ vā mahāsamudde udakaṁ parikkhīṇaṁ pariyādiṇṇaṁ yāni vā dve vā tīṇi vā udakaphusitāni avasiṭṭhānī”ti?","en":"At Sāvatthī.\n“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?”"}},{"id":"sn13.8:2","sourceIds":["sn13.8:2.1","sn13.8:2.2","sn13.8:2.3","sn13.8:2.4","sn13.8:2.5","sn13.8:2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Etadeva, bhante, bahutaraṁ mahāsamudde udakaṁ, yadidaṁ parikkhīṇaṁ pariyādiṇṇaṁ;\nappamattakāni dve vā tīṇi vā udakaphusitāni avasiṭṭhāni.\nNeva satimaṁ kalaṁ upenti na sahassimaṁ kalaṁ upenti na satasahassimaṁ kalaṁ upenti mahāsamudde udakaṁ parikkhīṇaṁ pariyādiṇṇaṁ upanidhāya dve vā tīṇi vā udakaphusitāni avasiṭṭhānī”ti.\n“Evameva kho, bhikkhave …pe…\ndhammacakkhupaṭilābho”ti.\nAṭṭhamaṁ.","en":"“Sir, the water in the ocean that has dried up and evaporated is certainly more.\nThe two or three drops left are tiny.\nCompared to the water in the ocean that has dried up and evaporated, it’s not nearly a hundredth, a thousandth, or a hundred thousandth part.”\n“In the same way, for a noble disciple, the suffering that’s over and done with is more …”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn13.8/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."}