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Saṃyutta Nikāya - The Connected Discourses

Connected Discourses on the Six Sense Bases: SN35:242 The Simile of the Great Log (2)

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1 Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā kimilāyaṃ viharati gangāya nadiyā tīre. Addasā kho bhagavā mahantaṃ dārukkhandhaṃ gangāya nadiyā sotena vuyhamānaṃ. Disvāna bhikkhū āmantesi:  "passatha no tumhe, bhikkhave, amuṃ mahantaṃ dārukkhandhaṃ gangāya nadiyā sotena vuyhamānan"ti? "Evaṃ, bhante" … pe … evaṃ vutte, āyasmā kimilo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:  "kiṃ nu kho, bhante, orimaṃ tīraṃ … pe … "katamo ca, kimila, antopūtibhāvo. Idha, kimila, bhikkhu aññataraṃ sankiliṭṭhaṃ āpattiṃ āpanno hoti yathārūpāya āpattiyā na vuṭṭhānaṃ paññāyati. Ayaṃ vuccati, kimila, antopūtibhāvo"ti.

Pañcamaṃ.