The Hole Chiggaḍa Sutta (SN 56:48)

- 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 56:48 The Hole ## Browse Suttas Go to Saṃyutta Nikṅya index SN index ## The Hole Chiggaḍa Sutta  (SN 56:48) "Monks, suppose that this great earth were totally covered with water, and a man were to toss a yoke with a single hole there. A wind from the east would push it west; a wind from the west would push it east. A wind from the north would push it south; a wind from the south would push it north. And suppose a blind sea turtle were there. It would come to the surface once every one hundred years. Now what do you think? Would that blind sea turtle, coming to the surface once every one hundred years, stick his neck into the yoke with a single hole?" "It would be a sheer coincidence, lord, that the blind sea turtle, coming to the surface once every one hundred years, would stick his neck into the yoke with a single hole." "Itâs likewise a sheer coincidence that one obtains the human state. Itâs likewise a sheer coincidence that a Tathṅgata, worthy & rightly self-awakened, arises in the world. Itâs likewise a sheer coincidence that a Dhamma & Vinaya expounded by a Tathṅgata appears in the world. Now, this human state has been obtained. A Tathṅgata, worthy & rightly self-awakened, has arisen in the world. A Dhamma & Vinaya expounded by a Tathṅgata appears in the world. "Therefore your duty is the contemplation, ),

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('â', This is stress ⦠This is the origination of stress ⦠This is the cessation of stress.â Your duty is the contemplation, ),

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('â', This is the path of practice leading to the cessation of stress.â" - --> - - - -