The Pond Pokkharaṃī Sutta (SN 13:2)

- suttas - - evening talks - short morning talks - lectures - guided meditations - talk collections - other themes - chants - - - - à¹à¸à¸¢ - Franā§ais - Espaā±ol - - Portuguāªs - РÑÑÑкий - - - УкÑаÑнÑÑка Submit Search - Home - Suttas - SN - SN 13:2 The Pond ## Browse Suttas Go to Saṃyutta Nikṅya index SN index ## The Pond Pokkharaṃī Sutta  (SN 13:2) Near Sṅvatthī. "Suppose, monks, that there were a pond fifty leagues wide, fifty leagues long, & fifty leagues deep, filled to overflowing with water so that a crow could drink from it, and a man would draw some water out of it with the tip of a blade of grass. What do you think? Which would be greater: the water drawn out with the tip of the blade of grass or the water in the pond?" "The water in the pond would be far greater, lord. The water drawn out with the tip of the blade of grass would be next to nothing. It wouldnât be a hundredth, a thousandth, a one hundred-thousandth—the water drawn out with the tip of the blade of grass—when compared with the water in the pond." "In the same way, monks, for a disciple of the noble ones who is consummate in view, an individual who has broken through (to stream-entry), the suffering & stress totally ended & extinguished is far greater. That which remains in the state of having at most seven remaining lifetimes is next to nothing: Itâs not a hundredth, a thousandth, a one hundred-thousandth, when compared with the previous mass of suffering. Thatâs how great the benefit is of breaking through to the Dhamma, monks. Thatâs how great the benefit is of obtaining the Dhamma eye." - --> - - - -