{"id":"sn15.7","title":"Disciples","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn15.7","title":"Disciples","units":[{"id":"sn15.7:0","sourceIds":["sn15.7:0.1","sn15.7:0.2","sn15.7:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 15.7\n1. Paṭhamavagga\nSāvakasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 15.7\nChapter One\nDisciples"}},{"id":"sn15.7:1","sourceIds":["sn15.7:1.1","sn15.7:1.2","sn15.7:1.3","sn15.7:1.4","sn15.7:1.5","sn15.7:1.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.\nAtha kho sambahulā bhikkhū yena bhagavā …pe… ekamantaṁ nisinnā kho te bhikkhū bhagavantaṁ etadavocuṁ:\n“kīvabahukā nu kho, bhante, kappā abbhatītā atikkantā”ti?\n“Bahukā kho, bhikkhave, kappā abbhatītā atikkantā.\nTe na sukarā saṅkhātuṁ:\n‘ettakā kappā iti vā, ettakāni kappasatāni iti vā, ettakāni kappasahassāni iti vā, ettakāni kappasatasahassāni iti vā’”ti.","en":"At Sāvatthī.\nThen several mendicants went up to the Buddha … and asked him,\n“Sir, how many eons have passed?”\n“Mendicants, many eons have passed.\nIt’s not easy to calculate\nhow many eons have passed, how many hundreds or thousands or hundreds of thousands of eons.”"}},{"id":"sn15.7:2","sourceIds":["sn15.7:2.1","sn15.7:2.2","sn15.7:2.3","sn15.7:2.4","sn15.7:2.5","sn15.7:2.6","sn15.7:2.7","sn15.7:2.8","sn15.7:2.9","sn15.7:2.10","sn15.7:2.11","sn15.7:2.12"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sakkā pana, bhante, upamaṁ kātun”ti?\n“Sakkā, bhikkhave”ti bhagavā avoca.\n“Idhassu, bhikkhave, cattāro sāvakā vassasatāyukā vassasatajīvino.\nTe divase divase kappasatasahassaṁ kappasatasahassaṁ anussareyyuṁ.\nAnanussaritāva, bhikkhave, tehi kappā assu, atha kho te cattāro sāvakā vassasatāyukā vassasatajīvino vassasatassa accayena kālaṁ kareyyuṁ.\nEvaṁ bahukā kho, bhikkhave, kappā abbhatītā atikkantā.\nTe na sukarā saṅkhātuṁ:\n‘ettakā kappā iti vā, ettakāni kappasatāni iti vā, ettakāni kappasahassāni iti vā, ettakāni kappasatasahassāni iti vā’ti.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nAnamataggoyaṁ, bhikkhave, saṁsāro …pe…\nalaṁ vimuccitun”ti.\nSattamaṁ.","en":"“But sir, is it possible to give a simile?”\n“It’s possible,” said the Buddha.\n“Suppose there were four disciples with a lifespan of a hundred years.\nAnd each day they would each recollect a hundred thousand eons.\nThose four disciples would pass away after a hundred years and there would still be eons that they haven’t recollected.\nThat’s how many eons have passed.\nIt’s not easy to calculate\nhow many eons have passed, how many hundreds or thousands or hundreds of thousands of eons.\nWhy is that?\nThis transmigration has no known beginning. …\nThis is quite enough for you to become disillusioned, dispassionate, and freed regarding all conditions.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn15.7/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."}