{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn15.3/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn15.3","id":"suttacentral_sn15.3","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn15.3/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. \u201cMendicants, this transmigration has no known beginning. No first point is found of sentient beings roaming and transmigrating, shrouded by ignorance and fettered by craving. What do you think? Which is more: the flow of tears you\u2019ve shed while roaming and transmigrating for such a very long time\u2014weeping and wailing from being coupled with the unloved and separated from the loved\u2014or the water in the four oceans?\u201d \u201cAs we understand the Buddha\u2019s teaching, the flow of tears we\u2019ve shed while roaming and transmigrating is more than the water in the four oceans.\u201d \u201cGood, good, mendicants! It\u2019s good that you understand my teaching like this. The flow of tears you\u2019ve shed while roaming and transmigrating is indeed more than the water in the four oceans. For a long time you\u2019ve undergone the death of a mother \u2026 father \u2026 brother \u2026 sister \u2026 son \u2026 daughter \u2026 loss of relatives \u2026 loss of wealth \u2026 or loss through illness. From being coupled with the unloved and separated from the loved, the flow of tears you\u2019ve shed while roaming and transmigrating is indeed more than the water in the four oceans. Why is that? This transmigration has no known beginning. \u2026 This is quite enough for you to become disillusioned, dispassionate, and freed regarding all conditions.\u201d","title":"Tears","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":216}