{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn13.8/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn13.8","id":"suttacentral_sn13.8","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn13.8/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. \u201cMendicants, suppose the water in the ocean dried up and evaporated except two or three drops. What do you think, mendicants? Which is more: the water in the ocean that has dried up and evaporated, or the two or three drops left?\u201d \u201cSir, the water in the ocean that has dried up and evaporated is certainly more. The two or three drops left are tiny. Compared to the water in the ocean that has dried up and evaporated, 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":"The Ocean (2nd)","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":110}