{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn20.2/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn20.2","id":"suttacentral_sn20.2","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn20.2/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. Then the Buddha, picking up a little bit of dirt on his fingernail, addressed the mendicants: \u201cWhat do you think, mendicants? Which is more: the little bit of dirt on my fingernail, or this great earth?\u201d \u201cSir, the great earth is far more. The little bit of dirt on your fingernail is tiny. Compared to the great earth, it doesn\u2019t count, there\u2019s no comparison, it\u2019s not worth a fraction.\u201d \u201cIn the same way the sentient beings reborn as humans are few, while those not reborn as humans are many. So you should train like this: \u2018We will stay diligent.\u2019 That\u2019s how you should train.\u201d","title":"A Fingernail","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":106}