相応部 13.4
Dutiyasambhejjaudaka sutta: Where the Waters Join Together (2nd)
Dutiyasambhejjaudakasutta
Abhisamayavagga
For someone who has seen the truth, the suffering eliminated is like the water at the confluence of great rivers; what remains is like a few drops.
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At Sāvatthī.
“Mendicants, there are places where the great rivers—the Ganges, Yamunā, Aciravatī, Sarabhū, and Mahī—join together and converge. Suppose that water dried up and evaporated except two or three drops.
What do you think, mendicants? Which is more: the water in the confluence that has dried up and evaporated, or the two or three drops left?”
“Sir, the water in the confluence that has dried up and evaporated is certainly more. The two or three drops left are tiny. Compared to the water in the confluence that has dried up and evaporated, it’s not nearly a hundredth, a thousandth, or a hundred thousandth part.”
“In the same way, for a noble disciple, the suffering that’s over and done with is more …”
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Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0
生きとし生けるものが幸せでありますように