Buddham Dhammam

Pathavīsutta

SN 15.2

The Earth

Transmigration is endless, like the great earth.

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Assusutta

SN 15.3

Tears

The tears you have shed in transmigration are greater than the waters in the oceans.

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Khīrasutta

SN 15.4

Mother’s Milk

The mother’s milk you have drunk in transmigration is greater than the waters in the oceans.

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Pabbatasutta

SN 15.5

A Mountain

A great mountain would erode before the end of the eon.

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Sāsapasutta

SN 15.6

A Mustard Seed

A city filled with mustard seeds might be emptied before the end of an eon.

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Sāvakasutta

SN 15.7

Disciples

Even recollecting 100,000 eons per day you’ll never remember the beginning of transmigration.

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Gaṅgāsutta

SN 15.8

The Ganges

There have been more eons than the sands in the Ganges river.

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Daṇḍasutta

SN 15.9

A Stick

Like a stick falling on this side or that, beings are reborn in different realms.

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Puggalasutta

SN 15.10

A Single Individual

The bones you’ve left behind in transmigration are greater than a mountain.

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