PAPĀTAVAGGA

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Lokacintāsutta

SN 56.41

Speculation About the World

The Buddha tells the curious tale of a man who sat by a lotus pond to speculate about the world, and saw an army enter a lotus stalk. He thought he was going mad. The Buddha said that no, the army was real. Nevertheless, you...

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Papātasutta

SN 56.42

A Cliff

The Buddha takes the mendicants to a steep precipice, and points out that those who do not understand the four noble truths fall into a still deeper precipice.

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Mahāpariḷāhasutta

SN 56.43

The Mighty Fever

The Buddha speaks of a hell called the great inferno, and points out that those who do not understand the four noble truths fall into a still fiercer inferno.

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Kūṭāgārasutta

SN 56.44

A Bungalow

Just as it’s impossible to climb the upper floor without building the lower floors first, it’s impossible to end suffering without penetrating the four noble truths.

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Vālasutta

SN 56.45

Splitting Hairs

Ānanda sees Licchavi youths shoot arrows through keyholes. But seeing the four noble truths is even harder.

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Andhakārasutta

SN 56.46

Darkness

Interstellar space is dark and empty; but not seeing the four noble truths is even worse.

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Paṭhamachiggaḷayugasutta

SN 56.47

A Yoke With a Hole (1st)

A blind turtle would put its head through a yoke with a hole in it floating in the ocean sooner than someone in the lower realms would be reborn as a human.

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Dutiyachiggaḷayugasutta

SN 56.48

A Yoke With a Hole (2nd)

A blind turtle would put its head through a yoke with a hole in it floating in the ocean sooner than someone in the lower realms would be reborn as a human.

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Paṭhamasinerupabbatarājasutta

SN 56.49

Sineru, King of Mountains (1st)

As seven bits of gravel are smaller than Mount Sineru, so is the suffering remaining to one who has seen the four noble truths.

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Dutiyasinerupabbatarājasutta

SN 56.50

Sineru, King of Mountains (2nd)

As seven bits of gravel are smaller than Mount Sineru, so is the suffering remaining to one who has seen the four noble truths.

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