The Tip of the Fingernail Nakhasikhṅ Sutta (SN 20:2)

- 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 20:2 The Tip of the Fingernail ## Browse Suttas Go to Saṃyutta Nikṅya index SN index ## The Tip of the Fingernail Nakhasikhṅ Sutta  (SN 20:2) Staying near Sṅvatthī. Then the Blessed One, picking up a little bit of dust with the tip of his fingernail, said to the monks, "What do you think, monks? Which is greater: the little bit of dust I have picked up with the tip of my fingernail, or the great earth?" "The great earth is far greater, lord. The little bit of dust the Blessed One has picked up with the tip of his fingernail is next to nothing. It doesnât even count. Itâs no comparison. Itâs not even a fraction, this little bit of dust the Blessed One has picked up with the tip of his fingernail, when compared with the great earth. "In the same way, monks, few are the beings reborn among human beings. Far more are those reborn elsewhere. Thus you should train yourselves: ),

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('â', We will live heedfully.â Thatâs how you should train yourselves." See also: SN 56:102–113; Dhp 174 - --> - - - -