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Saṁyutta Nikāya 13.1 Linked Discourses 13.1
1. Abhisamayavagga 1. Comprehension
Nakhasikhāsutta A Fingernail
Evaṁ me sutaṁ—So I have heard. Although this chapter does not mention dependent origination, it is thematically linked. It depicts the realization of stream-entry as insight into Dhamma (SN 12.27:5.1), so that future rebirths are minimized (SN 12.41:2.1). The similes are also found in the Linked Discourses on the Truths (SN 56).
ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.
Atha kho bhagavā parittaṁ nakhasikhāyaṁ paṁsuṁ āropetvā bhikkhū āmantesi: Then the Buddha, picking up a little bit of dirt on his fingernail, addressed the mendicants: The simile is used in the same application at SN 56.51; for the rareness of opportune rebirth at SN 20.2, SN 56.61, and SN 56.62; and for the absence of even a tiny bit of form that is permanent at SN 22.97.
“Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave, “What do you think, mendicants?
katamaṁ nu kho bahutaraṁ, yo vāyaṁ mayā paritto nakhasikhāyaṁ paṁsu āropito, ayaṁ vā mahāpathavī”ti? Which is more: the little bit of dirt on my fingernail, or this great earth?”
“Etadeva, bhante, bahutaraṁ, yadidaṁ mahāpathavī. “Sir, the great earth is far more.
Appamattako bhagavatā paritto nakhasikhāyaṁ paṁsu āropito. The little bit of dirt on your fingernail is tiny.
Neva satimaṁ kalaṁ upeti na sahassimaṁ kalaṁ upeti na satasahassimaṁ kalaṁ upeti mahāpathaviṁ upanidhāya bhagavatā paritto nakhasikhāyaṁ paṁsu āropito”ti. Compared to the great earth, it’s not nearly a hundredth, a thousandth, or a hundred thousandth part.”
“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, The diṭṭhisampanna is the stream-enterer. They are “accomplished in view” because they have directly seen the four noble truths and need no longer rely on faith in another.
appamattakaṁ avasiṭṭhaṁ. what’s left is tiny.
Neva 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. For a stream-enterer, countless future lives of suffering have ceased, and only seven rebirths at most remain.
Evaṁ mahatthiyo kho, bhikkhave, dhammābhisamayo; That’s how very beneficial it is to comprehend the teaching The root sense of abhisamaya is “gathering”, as a group of brahmins for a congress (Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3.1.1), or as breaths to a dying man (4.4.1), or as winnings to the victor of the game (Chāndogya Upaniṣad 4.1.4). In Buddhism, it acquires the technical sense of the “comprehension” of the Dhamma at least at stream-entry. The English word “gather” has a similar meaning: to reach a conclusion by intuitively putting two and two together.
evaṁ mahatthiyo dhammacakkhupaṭilābho”ti. and gain the vision of the teaching.”
Paṭhamaṁ.