Friends:
Breakthrough to the Truths eliminates a Mountain of Suffering!
The Blessed Gotama Buddha once
explained:
Bhikkhus & friends, see this little dust, I have taken up upon the
nail of
my little-finger, what do you think is most: This tiny dust or
this great
planet Earth? The Bhikkhus then responded:
Venerable Sir, this great planet Earth is much more, incomparable
more...
The minute speck of dust is trifling, microscopic, negligible in
comparison.
The Blessed Gotama Buddha then pointed out:
Similarly and exactly so too, Bhikkhus & friends, is that
Suffering, which
remains for a Noble Disciple trifling, microscopic, negligible in
comparison.
For such Noble One, who is consummated in view, who has broken
through
to understanding the 4 Noble Truths, the accumulated mass of
Suffering,
that has been shattered & irreversibly eliminated is incomparable
more...
The Suffering that remains to be experienced for such a Noble
person,
is trifling, microscopic, & negligible in comparison, since there
remains only
a maximum of 7 more lives for such a Noble One, as he is one who
actually
understands all this as it really, truly, essentially and
assuredly indeed is:
This is Suffering;
Craving is the Cause of Suffering;
No Craving is the End of Suffering;
The Noble 8-fold Way Ends all Suffering,
Therefore, Bhikkhus & friends, exertion should be made Now to
understand:
All This is Suffering; This Greedy Craving is the sole Cause of
all Suffering;
No Craving is the End of Suffering; The Noble 8-fold Way Ends all
Suffering,
Therefore should effort to fathom these 4 Noble Truths be made
NOW!
Comment:
Seeing the Truths is thus equivalent to a saving release from
gigantic pain!
Source (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya. [V:459-60]
section 56: Saccasamyutta. Thread 51: The Fingernail ...
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