{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn13.2/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn13.2","id":"suttacentral_sn13.2","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn13.2/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. \u201cMendicants, suppose there was a lotus pond that was fifty leagues long, fifty leagues wide, and fifty leagues deep, full to the brim so a crow could drink from it. Then a person would pick up some water on the tip of a blade of grass. What do you think, mendicants? Which is more: the water on the tip of the blade of grass, or the water in the lotus pond?\u201d \u201cSir, the water in the lotus pond is certainly more. The water on the tip of a blade of grass is tiny. Compared to the water in the lotus pond, it\u2019s not nearly a hundredth, a thousandth, or a hundred thousandth part.\u201d \u201cIn the same way, for an individual with comprehension, a noble disciple accomplished in view, 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 Lotus Pond","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":194}