Saṃyutta Nikāya - The Connected Discourses
Connected Discourses on the Breakthrough: SN13:5 The Earth (1)
1 Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati. "Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, puriso mahāpathaviyā satta kolaṭṭhimattiyo guḷikā upanikkhipeyya. Taṃ kiṃ maññatha, bhikkhave, katamaṃ nu kho bahutaraṃ, yā vā satta kolaṭṭhimattiyo guḷikā upanikkhittā yā vā mahāpathavī"ti?
2 "Etadeva, bhante, bahutaraṃ, yadidaṃ mahāpathavī; appamattikā satta kolaṭṭhimattiyo guḷikā upanikkhittā. Neva satimaṃ kalaṃ upenti na sahassimaṃ kalaṃ upenti na satasahassimaṃ kalaṃ upenti mahāpathaviṃ upanidhāya satta kolaṭṭhimattiyo guḷikā upanikkhittā"ti. "Evameva kho, bhikkhave … pe … dhammacakkhupaṭilābho"ti.
Pañcamaṃ.