Pabbatūpamasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Nidānavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 16 · Section 332

[332] "Just so, bhikkhus, compared with the attainment of a noble disciple, a person accomplished in view (diṭṭhisampanna), the attainment of the ascetics, brahmins, and wanderers of other sects does not amount to a hundredth part, does not amount to a thousandth part, does not amount to a hundred-thousandth part. Of such great attainment, bhikkhus, is the person accomplished in view; of such great direct knowledge (abhiññā)." The Eleventh. The Chapter on Breakthrough (Abhisamayavagga), the Tenth. Its summary verse (uddāna): The fingernail-tip, the lotus pond, the confluent waters — two; two on the earth, two on the ocean, and three similes of the mountain. The Connected Discourses on Breakthrough (Abhisamayasaṃyutta), the First, is finished. ________________ ¹ In the M. and Yu. editions the word "kho" is absent. ² M. Yu.: "sambhejja-udake ca dve." THE CONNECTED DISCOURSES ON THE ELEMENTS (Dhātusaṃyutta) __________ The Chapter on Diversity (Nānattavagga), the First

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.