sn36.4:1.1 “Mendicants, when an unlearned ordinary person says that
sn36.4:1.2 there’s an abyss under the ocean,
sn36.4:1.3 they’re speaking of something that doesn’t exist.
sn36.4:1.5 ‘Abyss’ is a term for painful physical feelings.
sn36.4:1.6 When an unlearned ordinary person experiences painful physical feelings they sorrow and wail and lament, beating their breast and falling into confusion.
sn36.4:1.7 They’re called an unlearned ordinary person who hasn’t stood up in the abyss and has found no footing.
sn36.4:1.8 When a learned noble disciple experiences painful physical feelings they don’t sorrow or wail or lament, beating their breast and falling into confusion.
sn36.4:1.9 They’re called a learned noble disciple who has stood up in the abyss and found a footing.