sn56.50:1.1 “Mendicants, suppose Sineru, the king of mountains, was worn away and eroded except seven pebbles the size of mustard seeds.
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sn56.50:1.2 What do you think, mendicants?
sn56.50:1.3 Which is more: the portion of Sineru, the king of mountains, that has been worn away and eroded? Or the seven pebbles the size of mustard seeds that are left?”
sn56.50:1.4 “Sir, the portion of Sineru, the king of mountains, that has been worn away and eroded is certainly more.
sn56.50:1.5 The seven pebbles the size of mustard seeds are tiny.
sn56.50:1.6 Compared to Sineru, they don’t count, there’s no comparison, they’re not worth a fraction.”
sn56.50:1.7 “In the same way, for an individual with comprehension, a noble disciple accomplished in view, the suffering that’s over and done with is more, what’s left is tiny.
sn56.50:1.8 Compared to the mass of suffering in the past that’s over and done with, it doesn’t count, there’s no comparison, it’s not worth a fraction, since there are at most seven more lives.
sn56.50:1.9 Such an individual truly understands about suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.