{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn35.242/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn35.242","id":"suttacentral_sn35.242","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn35.242/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At one time the Buddha was staying near Kimibil\u0101 on the bank of the Ganges River. Seeing a large tree trunk being carried along by the current, he addressed the mendicants: \u201cMendicants, do you see that large tree trunk being carried along by the current of the Ganges River?\u201d \u201cYes, sir,\u201d they replied. \u2026 When this was said, Venerable Kimbila said to the Buddha: \u201cBut sir, what\u2019s the near shore and what\u2019s the far shore? What\u2019s sinking in the middle? What\u2019s getting stranded on high ground? What\u2019s getting taken by humans or non-humans? What\u2019s getting caught up in a whirlpool? And what\u2019s rotting away?\u201d \u2026 \u201cAnd what, Kimbila, is rotting away? It\u2019s when a mendicant has committed the kind of corrupt offense for which no rehabilitation is possible. This is called \u2018rotting away\u2019.\u201d","title":"The Simile of the Tree Trunk (2nd)","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":133}