The Barrel Ghaṭa Sutta (SN 21:3)

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('â', One of aroused persistence, one of aroused persistence,â it is said, lord. To what extent is a person one of aroused persistence?â When this was said, the Blessed One said, ),

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('â', There is the case, Moggallṅna, where a monk, (thinking,) "Gladly would I let the flesh & blood in my body dry up, leaving just the skin, tendons, & bones, but if I have not attained what can be reached through manly firmness, manly persistence, manly striving, there will be no relaxing my persistence": That is how one is a person of aroused persistence.â That is the Dhamma talk I had with the Blessed One, my friend." "Friend, like a few small pieces of gravel placed next to the Himalayas, the king of mountains, are we when placed next to Ven. Mahṅ Moggallṅna, for Ven. Mahṅ Moggallṅna is of such great power, great might, that if he wished he could live for an eon."2 "Friend, like a few small grains of salt placed next to a large salt barrel are we when placed next to Ven. Sṅriputta, for in many ways has Ven. Sṅriputta been lauded, praised, & extolled by the Blessed One: ),

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('â', As for Sṅriputta: Any monk who has gone beyond, at best can only equal him in discernment, virtue, & calm.â"3 In this way did each of these two great beings [nṅga] approve of what was well-stated and well-expressed by the other. Notes 1. This is what Ven. Mahṅ Moggallṅna said to Ven. Sṅriputta when both were still wanderers, and Ven. Sṅriputta had just attained the deathless after hearing Ven. Assajiâs verses. See Mv I.23.5. 2. One of the powers that can be gained through developing the bases of power. See DN 16 and SN 51:14. 3. In MN 143, this verse is spoken by Anṅthapiṃṇika after having died and become a deva. The Buddha then reports it—apparently with his approval—to the monks. See also: MN 70; SN 52:9; Ud 4:4 - --> - - - -