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B0102030202abhisamayasaṃyuttaṃ (enlightenment sutra)

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which is more, the seven pebble-sized stones that were placed, or Mount Sineru, the king of mountains?” “This, venerable sir, is more, namely Mount Sineru, the king of mountains; the seven pebble-sized stones that were placed are trifling. They do not amount to a hundredth part, nor a thousandth part, nor a hundred-thousandth part, when compared to Mount Sineru, the king of mountains, the seven pebble-sized stones that were placed.” “Even so, monks, when compared to the attainment of a noble disciple, a person endowed with right view, the attainment of other sectarians, ascetics, brahmins, and wanderers does not amount to a hundredth part, nor a thousandth part, nor a hundred-thousandth part. So great is the attainment, monks, of a person endowed with right view, so great is his super-knowledge.” The Eleventh. The Abhisamaya Saṃyutta is finished. Its Summary: Fingernail, Pond, and two in Confluence of Water; Two Earths, two Oceans, and three Mountain similes.

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