{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn13.3/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn13.3","id":"suttacentral_sn13.3","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn13.3/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. \u201cMendicants, there are places where the great rivers\u2014the Ganges, Yamun\u0101, Aciravat\u012b, Sarabh\u016b, and Mah\u012b\u2014join together and converge. Suppose a person was to draw two or three drops of water from such a place. What do you think, mendicants? Which is more: the two or three drops drawn out or the water in the confluence?\u201d \u201cSir, the water in the confluence is certainly more. The two or three drops drawn out are tiny. Compared to the water in the confluence, it\u2019s not nearly a hundredth, a thousandth, or a hundred thousandth part.\u201d \u201cIn the same way, for a noble disciple, the suffering that\u2019s over and done with is more \u2026\u201d","title":"Where the Waters Join Together","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":111}