{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn56.51/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn56.51","id":"suttacentral_sn56.51","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn56.51/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"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 certainly 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, for an individual with comprehension, a noble disciple accomplished in view, the suffering that\u2019s over and done with is more, what\u2019s left is tiny. Compared to the mass of suffering in the past that\u2019s over and done with, it doesn\u2019t count, there\u2019s no comparison, it\u2019s not worth a fraction, since there are at most seven more lives. Such an individual truly understands about suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path. That\u2019s why you should practice meditation \u2026\u201d","title":"A Fingernail","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":151}