sn20.2:1.1 At Sāvatthī.
sn20.2:1.2 Then the Buddha, picking up a little bit of dirt on his fingernail, addressed the mendicants:
sn20.2:1.3 “What do you think, mendicants?
sn20.2:1.4 Which is more: the little bit of dirt on my fingernail, or this great earth?”
sn20.2:1.5 “Sir, the great earth is far more.
sn20.2:1.6 The little bit of dirt on your fingernail is tiny.
sn20.2:1.7 Compared to the great earth, it doesn’t count, there’s no comparison, it’s not worth a fraction.”
sn20.2:1.8 “In the same way the sentient beings reborn as humans are few,
sn20.2:1.9 while those not reborn as humans are many.
sn20.2:1.10 So you should train like this:
sn20.2:1.11 ‘We will stay diligent.’
sn20.2:1.12 That’s how you should train.”