0 At Savatthi

1 Suppose, O bhikkhus, a man were to place down seven pebbles the size of mung beans near Sineru, the king of mountains. “So what do you think, O bhikkhus, which is more? The seven pebbles the size of mung beans that is placed down or Sineru, the king of mountains?”

2 “This, O Bhante, is clearly more, namely Sineru, the king of mountains. The seven pebbles the size of mung beans that is placed down is insignificant. In comparison with Sineru, they king of mountains, the seven pebbles the size of mung beans that is placed down do not even approach a hundredth part, nor a thousandth part, nor a hundred-thousandth part.”

3 “It is just so, O bhikkhus, for the attainment of the noble disciple, for the one accomplished in view. In comparison to the attainments of the samanas, brahmanas and wanderers of other standpoints, they do not even approach a hundredth part, nor a thousandth part, nor a hundred-thousandth part. So great, O bhikkhus, is the attainment of the one accomplished in view, so great is his supreme knowledge.”

0 sāvatthiyaṃ

1 seyyathāpi bhikkhave, puriso sinerussa pabbatarājassa satta muggamattiyo pāsāṇasakkharā upanikkhipeyya. taṃ kimmaññatha bhikkhave, katamaṃ nu kho bahutaraṃ yā vā satta muggamattiyo pāsāṇasakkharā upanikkhittā, yo vā sineru pabbatarājā'ti?

2 etadeva bhante, bahutaraṃ yadidaṃ sineru pabbatarājā. appamattikā satta muggamattiyo pāsāṇasakkharā upanikkhittā. neva satimaṃ kalaṃ upenti, na sahassimaṃ kalaṃ upenti, na satasahassimaṃ kalaṃ upenti, sineruṃ pabbatarājānaṃ upanidhāya satta muggamattiyo pāsāṇasakkharā upanikkhittā'ti.

3 evameva kho bhikkhave ariyasāvakassa diṭṭhisampannassa puggalassa adhigamaṃ upanidhāya aññatitthiyasamaṇabrāhmaṇaparibbājakānaṃ adhigamo. neva satimaṃ kalaṃ upeti, na sahassimaṃ kalaṃ upeti, na satasahassimaṃ kalaṃ upeti. evaṃ mahādhigamo bhikkhave, diṭṭhisampanno puggalo evaṃ mahābhiñño'ti.