{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn13.1/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn13.1","id":"suttacentral_sn13.1","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn13.1/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near S\u0101vatth\u012b in Jeta\u2019s Grove, An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika\u2019s monastery. Then the Buddha, picking up a little bit of dirt on his fingernail, addressed the mendicants: \u201cWhat do you think, mendicants? Which is more: the little bit of dirt on my fingernail, or this great earth?\u201d \u201cSir, the great earth is far more. The little bit of dirt on your fingernail is tiny. Compared to the great earth, it\u2019s not nearly a hundredth, a thousandth, or a hundred thousandth part.\u201d \u201cIn the same way, for a noble disciple accomplished in view, an individual with comprehension, the suffering that\u2019s over and done with is more, what\u2019s left is tiny. Compared to the mass of suffering in the past that\u2019s over and done with, it\u2019s not nearly a hundredth, a thousandth, or a hundred thousandth part, since there are at most seven more lives. That\u2019s how very beneficial it is to comprehend the teaching and gain the vision of the teaching.\u201d","title":"A Fingernail","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":167}