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SN 13.10PTS SN 2.1381 min read

A Mountain (2nd)

Dutiyapabbatasutta

For someone who has seen the truth, the suffering eliminated is like the Himalayas; what remains is like seven bits of gravel.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 13.10Linked Discourses 13.10
  • 0.21. Abhisamayavagga1. Comprehension

0.3DutiyapabbatasuttaA Mountain (2nd)

1.1Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, himavā pabbatarājā parikkhayaṁ pariyādānaṁ gaccheyya, ṭhapetvā satta sāsapamattiyo pāsāṇasakkharā.“Mendicants, suppose the Himalayas, the king of mountains, was worn away and eroded except seven pebbles the size of mustard seeds.1

1.3Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,What do you think, mendicants?1.4katamaṁ nu kho bahutaraṁ, yaṁ vā himavato pabbatarājassa parikkhīṇaṁ pariyādiṇṇaṁ yā vā satta sāsapamattiyo pāsāṇasakkharā avasiṭṭhā”ti?Which is more: the portion of the Himalayas, the king of mountains, that has been worn away and eroded, or the seven pebbles the size of mustard seeds that are left?”

2.1“Etadeva, bhante, bahutaraṁ himavato pabbatarājassa yadidaṁ parikkhīṇaṁ pariyādiṇṇaṁ;“Sir, the portion of the Himalayas, the king of mountains, that has been worn away and eroded is certainly more.2.2appamattikā satta sāsapamattiyo pāsāṇasakkharā avasiṭṭhā.The seven pebbles the size of mustard seeds are tiny.2.3Neva satimaṁ kalaṁ upenti na sahassimaṁ kalaṁ upenti na satasahassimaṁ kalaṁ upenti himavato pabbatarājassa parikkhīṇaṁ pariyādiṇṇaṁ upanidhāya satta sāsapamattiyo pāsāṇasakkharā avasiṭṭhā”ti.Compared to the Himalayas, it’s not nearly a hundredth, a thousandth, or a hundred thousandth part.”

3.1“Evameva kho, bhikkhave, ariyasāvakassa diṭṭhisampannassa puggalassa abhisametāvino etadeva bahutaraṁ dukkhaṁ yadidaṁ parikkhīṇaṁ pariyādiṇṇaṁ;“In the same way, for a noble disciple accomplished in view, an individual with comprehension, the suffering that’s over and done with is more,3.2appamattakaṁ avasiṭṭhaṁ.what’s left is tiny.3.3Neva satimaṁ kalaṁ upeti na sahassimaṁ kalaṁ upeti na satasahassimaṁ kalaṁ upeti purimaṁ dukkhakkhandhaṁ parikkhīṇaṁ pariyādiṇṇaṁ upanidhāya yadidaṁ sattakkhattuṁparamatā.Compared to the mass of suffering in the past that’s over and done with, it’s not nearly a hundredth, a thousandth, or a hundred thousandth part, since there are at most seven more lives.3.4Evaṁ mahatthiyo kho, bhikkhave, dhammābhisamayo, evaṁ mahatthiyo dhammacakkhupaṭilābho”ti.That’s how very beneficial it is to comprehend the teaching and gain the vision of the teaching.”

3.5Dasamaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. Also at SN 56.60.

    ↩ sn13.10:1.2