{"id":"sn56.56","title":"The Earth (2nd)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn56.56","title":"The Earth (2nd)","units":[{"id":"sn56.56:0","sourceIds":["sn56.56:0.1","sn56.56:0.2","sn56.56:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 56.56\n6. Abhisamayavagga\nDutiyamahāpathavīsutta","en":"Linked Discourses 56.56\n6. Comprehension\nThe Earth (2nd)"}},{"id":"sn56.56:1","sourceIds":["sn56.56:1.1","sn56.56:1.2","sn56.56:1.3","sn56.56:1.4","sn56.56:1.5","sn56.56:1.6","sn56.56:1.7","sn56.56:1.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, mahāpathavī parikkhayaṁ pariyādānaṁ gaccheyya ṭhapetvā satta kolaṭṭhimattiyo guḷikā.\nTaṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,\nkatamaṁ nu kho bahutaraṁ—yaṁ vā mahāpathaviyā parikkhīṇaṁ pariyādinnaṁ, yā vā satta kolaṭṭhimattiyo guḷikā avasiṭṭhā”ti?\n“Etadeva, bhante, bahutaraṁ mahāpathaviyā yadidaṁ parikkhīṇaṁ pariyādinnaṁ; appamattikā satta kolaṭṭhimattiyo guḷikā avasiṭṭhā.\nSaṅkhampi na upenti, upanidhampi na upenti, kalabhāgampi na upenti mahāpathaviyā parikkhīṇaṁ pariyādinnaṁ upanidhāya satta kolaṭṭhimattiyo guḷikā avasiṭṭhā”ti.\n“Evameva kho, bhikkhave, ariyasāvakassa …pe…\nyogo karaṇīyo”ti.\nChaṭṭhaṁ.","en":"“Mendicants, suppose the great earth was worn away and eroded except seven clay balls the size of jujube seeds.\nWhat do you think, mendicants?\nWhich is more: the great earth that has been worn away and eroded, or the seven clay balls the size of jujube seeds that are left?”\n“Sir, the great earth that has been worn away and eroded is certainly more. The seven clay balls the size of jujube seeds are tiny.\nCompared to the great earth that has been worn away and eroded, they don’t count, there’s no comparison, they’re 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/sn56.56/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."}