What do you think, monks: Which is greater, the tears you have shed while transmigrating & wandering this long, long time (samsara) — crying & weeping from being joined with what is displeasing, being separated from what is pleasing — or the water in the four great oceans?"
"As we understand the Dhamma taught to us by the Blessed One, this is the greater: the tears we have shed while transmigrating & wandering this long, long time (samsara) — crying & weeping from being joined with what is displeasing, being separated from what is pleasing — not the water in the four great oceans."
"Excellent, monks. Excellent. It is excellent that you thus understand the Dhamma taught by me.
"This is the greater: the tears you have shed while transmigrating & wandering this long, long time (samsara) — crying & weeping from being joined with what is displeasing, being separated from what is pleasing — not the water in the four great oceans.
Assu Sutta: Tears
translated from the Pali by
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn15/sn15.003.than.html
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