{"id":"sn56.59","title":"A Mountain (1st)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn56.59","title":"A Mountain (1st)","units":[{"id":"sn56.59:0","sourceIds":["sn56.59:0.1","sn56.59:0.2","sn56.59:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 56.59\n6. Abhisamayavagga\nPaṭhamapabbatūpamasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 56.59\n6. Comprehension\nA Mountain (1st)"}},{"id":"sn56.59:1","sourceIds":["sn56.59:1.1","sn56.59:1.2","sn56.59:1.3","sn56.59:1.4","sn56.59:1.5","sn56.59:1.6","sn56.59:1.7","sn56.59:1.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, puriso himavato pabbatarājassa satta sāsapamattiyo pāsāṇasakkharā upanikkhipeyya.\nTaṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,\nkatamaṁ nu kho bahutaraṁ—yā vā satta sāsapamattiyo pāsāṇasakkharā upanikkhittā, ayaṁ vā himavā pabbatarājā”ti?\n“Etadeva, bhante, bahutaraṁ, yadidaṁ—himavā pabbatarājā; appamattikā satta sāsapamattiyo pāsāṇasakkharā upanikkhittā.\nSaṅkhampi na upenti, upanidhampi na upenti, kalabhāgampi na upenti himavantaṁ pabbatarājānaṁ upanidhāya satta sāsapamattiyo pāsāṇasakkharā upanikkhittā”ti.\n“Evameva kho, bhikkhave, ariyasāvakassa …pe…\nyogo karaṇīyo”ti.\nNavamaṁ.","en":"“Mendicants, suppose a person was to place seven pebbles the size of mustard seeds on the Himalayas, the king of mountains.\nWhat do you think, mendicants?\nWhich is more: the seven pebbles the size of mustard seeds, or the Himalayas, the king of mountains?”\n“Sir, the Himalayas, the king of mountains, is certainly more. The seven pebbles the size of mustard seeds are tiny.\nCompared to the Himalayas, 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/sn56.59/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."}