{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn56.52/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn56.52","id":"suttacentral_sn56.52","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn56.52/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, suppose there was a lotus pond that was fifty leagues long, fifty leagues wide, and fifty leagues deep, full to the brim so a crow could drink from it. Then a person would pick up some water on the tip of a blade of grass. What do you think, mendicants? Which is more: the water on the tip of the blade of grass, or the water in the lotus pond?\u201d \u201cSir, the water in the lotus pond is certainly more. The water on the tip of a blade of grass is tiny. Compared to the water in the lotus pond, it doesn\u2019t count, there\u2019s no comparison, it\u2019s not worth a fraction.\u201d \u201cIn the same way, for a noble disciple \u2026 That\u2019s why you should practice meditation \u2026\u201d","title":"A Lotus Pond","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":128}