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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 56.36 Linked Discourses 56.36
4. SÄ«sapÄvanavagga 4. In a Rosewood Forest
PÄį¹asutta Living Creatures
āSeyyathÄpi, bhikkhave, puriso yaį¹ imasmiį¹ jambudÄ«pe tiį¹akaį¹į¹hasÄkhÄpalÄsaį¹ tacchetvÄ ekajjhaį¹ saį¹hareyya; āSuppose a person was to strip all the grass, sticks, branches, and leaves in the Black Plum Tree Land, gather them together into one pile,
ekajjhaį¹ saį¹haritvÄ sÅ«laį¹ kareyya. and make them into stakes.
SÅ«laį¹ karitvÄ ye mahÄsamudde mahantakÄ pÄį¹Ä te mahantakesu sÅ«lesu Ävuneyya, ye mahÄsamudde majjhimakÄ pÄį¹Ä te majjhimakesu sÅ«lesu Ävuneyya, ye mahÄsamudde sukhumakÄ pÄį¹Ä te sukhumakesu sÅ«lesu Ävuneyya. Then theyād impale the large creatures in the ocean on large stakes; the medium-sized creatures on medium-sized stakes; and the small creatures on small stakes.
ApariyÄdinnÄ ca, bhikkhave, mahÄsamudde oįø·ÄrikÄ pÄį¹Ä assu. They wouldnāt run out of sizable creatures in the ocean before
Atha imasmiį¹ jambudÄ«pe tiį¹akaį¹į¹hasÄkhÄpalÄsaį¹ parikkhayaį¹ pariyÄdÄnaį¹ gaccheyya. using up all the grass, sticks, branches, and leaves in the Black Plum Tree Land.
Ito bahutarÄ kho, bhikkhave, mahÄsamudde sukhumakÄ pÄį¹Ä, ye na sukarÄ sÅ«lesu Ävunituį¹. There are far more small creatures in the ocean than this, so it wouldnāt be feasible to impale them on stakes. Even though the Buddha never, so far as we know, visited the ocean, he recognized the vast extent of oceanic life (SN 56.65).
Taį¹ kissa hetu? Why is that?
SukhumattÄ, bhikkhave, attabhÄvassa. Because of the small size of those life-forms.
Evaį¹ mahÄ kho, bhikkhave, apÄyo. Thatās how big the plane of loss is.
Evaį¹ mahantasmÄ kho, bhikkhave, apÄyasmÄ parimutto diį¹į¹hisampanno puggalo āidaį¹ dukkhanāti yathÄbhÅ«taį¹ pajÄnÄti ā¦peā¦ āayaį¹ dukkhanirodhagÄminÄ« paį¹ipadÄāti yathÄbhÅ«taį¹ pajÄnÄti. An individual accomplished in view, exempt from that vast plane of loss, truly understands: āThis is sufferingā ā¦ āThis is the origin of sufferingā ā¦ āThis is the cessation of sufferingā ā¦ āThis is the practice that leads to the cessation of sufferingā.
TasmÄtiha, bhikkhave, āidaį¹ dukkhanāti yogo karaį¹Ä«yo ā¦peā¦ āayaį¹ dukkhanirodhagÄminÄ« paį¹ipadÄāti yogo karaį¹Ä«yoāti. Thatās why you should practice meditation ā¦ā
Chaį¹į¹haį¹.