{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn36.4/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn36.4","id":"suttacentral_sn36.4","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn36.4/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, when an unlearned ordinary person says that there\u2019s an abyss under the ocean, they\u2019re speaking of something that doesn\u2019t exist. \u2018Abyss\u2019 is a term for painful physical feelings. When an unlearned ordinary person experiences painful physical feelings they sorrow and wail and lament, beating their breast and falling into confusion. They\u2019re called an unlearned ordinary person who hasn\u2019t stood up in the abyss and has found no footing. When a learned noble disciple experiences painful physical feelings they don\u2019t sorrow or wail or lament, beating their breast and falling into confusion. They\u2019re called a learned noble disciple who has stood up in the abyss and found a footing. If you can\u2019t abide those painful physical feelings that arise and sap your vitality; if you tremble at their touch, weeping and wailing, a weakling lacking strength\u2014 you won\u2019t stand up in the abyss and find a footing. If you can endure those painful physical feelings that arise and sap your vitality; if you don\u2019t tremble at their touch\u2014 you stand up in the abyss and find a footing.\u201d","title":"The Abyss","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":178}