Comparable to a Mountain II

1. At one time the Blessed One was living in the monastery offered by Anāthapiṇḍika in Jeta's grove in Sāvatthī.

2. “Bhikkhus, the Himalaya mountain diminishes and gets consumed exempting the seven pebbles of the size of mustard seeds. Bhikkhus, which is bigger in size, the exhausted consumed Himalaya mountains or the seven pebbles of the size of mustard seeds?”

3. “Venerable sir, the exhausted, consumed Himalaya mountains is indeed bigger than the seven pebbles of the size of mustard seeds it cannot be reckoned, it does not come up to one hundredth portion of the Himalaya mountains not even the one thousandth portion, and not even the one hundred thousandth portion, compared to the Himalaya mountains.”

4. “In the same manner, bhikkhus, the unpleasantness already scattered and exhausted by the noble disciple who has come to righteousness of view, has penetrated the Teaching is very much more and it is only a little that remains to be exhausted, not even the one hundred thousandth portion and certainly not more. The unpleasantness that remains to be exhausted is the unpleasantness of seven lives the maximum.

5. `Thus the realization of the Teaching is very beneficial and very fruitful.”