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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.
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. A person 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.