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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 15.6 Linked Discourses 15.6
1. Paį¹hamavagga Chapter One
SÄsapasutta A Mustard Seed
SÄvatthiyaį¹ viharati. At SÄvatthÄ«.
Atha kho aƱƱataro bhikkhu yena bhagavÄ ā¦peā¦ ekamantaį¹ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaį¹ etadavoca: Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha ā¦ and asked him,
ākÄ«vadÄ«gho nu kho, bhante, kappoāti? āSir, how long is an eon?ā
āDÄ«gho kho, bhikkhu, kappo. āMendicant, an eon is long.
So na sukaro saį¹
khÄtuį¹ ettakÄni vassÄni iti vÄ ā¦peā¦ ettakÄni vassasatasahassÄni iti vÄāti. Itās not easy to calculate how many years, how many hundreds or thousands or hundreds of thousands of years it lasts.ā
āSakkÄ pana, bhante, upamaį¹ kÄtunāti? āBut sir, is it possible to give a simile?ā
āSakkÄ, bhikkhÅ«āti bhagavÄ avoca. āItās possible,ā said the Buddha.
āSeyyathÄpi, bhikkhu, Äyasaį¹ nagaraį¹ yojanaį¹ ÄyÄmena yojanaį¹ vitthÄrena yojanaį¹ ubbedhena, puį¹į¹aį¹ sÄsapÄnaį¹ guįø·ikÄbaddhaį¹. āSuppose there was an iron city, a league long, a league wide, and a league high, full of mustard seeds pressed into balls.
Tato puriso vassasatassa vassasatassa accayena ekamekaį¹ sÄsapaį¹ uddhareyya. And as each century passed someone would remove a single mustard seed.
Khippataraį¹ kho so, bhikkhu, mahÄsÄsaparÄsi iminÄ upakkamena parikkhayaį¹ pariyÄdÄnaį¹ gaccheyya, na tveva kappo. By this means the huge heap of mustard seeds would be used up before the eon comes to an end.
Evaį¹ dÄ«gho kho, bhikkhu, kappo. Thatās how long an eon is.
Evaį¹ dÄ«ghÄnaį¹ kho, bhikkhu, kappÄnaį¹ neko kappo saį¹sito, nekaį¹ kappasataį¹ saį¹sitaį¹, nekaį¹ kappasahassaį¹ saį¹sitaį¹, nekaį¹ kappasatasahassaį¹ saį¹sitaį¹. And weāve transmigrated through many such eons, many hundreds, many thousands, many hundreds of thousands.
Taį¹ kissa hetu? Why is that?
Anamataggoyaį¹, bhikkhu, saį¹sÄro ā¦peā¦ Transmigration has no known beginning. ā¦
alaį¹ vimuccitunāti. This is quite enough for you to become disillusioned, dispassionate, and freed regarding all conditions.ā
Chaį¹į¹haį¹.