{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn56.61/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn56.61","id":"suttacentral_sn56.61","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn56.61/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, the sentient beings reborn as humans are few, while those not reborn as humans are many. Why is that? It\u2019s because they haven\u2019t seen the four noble truths. What four? The noble truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path. That\u2019s why you should practice meditation \u2026\u201d","title":"Not Human","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":122}