{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn15.4/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn15.4","id":"suttacentral_sn15.4","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn15.4/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 mother\u2019s milk you\u2019ve drunk while roaming and transmigrating for such a very long time, or the water in the four oceans?\u201d \u201cAs we understand the Buddha\u2019s teaching, the mother\u2019s milk we\u2019ve drunk 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 mother\u2019s milk you\u2019ve drunk while roaming and transmigrating for such a very long time is 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":"Mother\u2019s Milk","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":141}