{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn56.38/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn56.38","id":"suttacentral_sn56.38","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn56.38/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, as long as the moon and the sun don\u2019t arise in the world, no great light or great radiance appears. Darkness prevails then, utter darkness. Day and night aren\u2019t found, nor months and fortnights, nor seasons and years. But when the moon and the sun arise in the world, a great light, a great radiance appears. Darkness no longer prevails. Day and night are found, and months and fortnights, and seasons and years. In the same way, as long as the Realized One doesn\u2019t arise in the world, no great light or great radiance appears. Darkness prevails then, utter darkness. There\u2019s no explanation of the four noble truths, no teaching, advocating, establishing, clarifying, analyzing, and revealing of them. But when the Realized One arises in the world, a great light, a great radiance appears. Darkness no longer prevails. Then there\u2019s the explanation of the four noble truths, the teaching, advocating, establishing, clarifying, analyzing, and revealing of them. What four? The noble truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path. That\u2019s why you should practice meditation \u2026\u201d","title":"The Simile of the Sun (2nd)","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":179}