5.
The Discourse on Earth
78.
He was dwelling at Sāvatthī, etc.
"Just as, monks, a man might place down seven clay balls the size of jujube stones on the great earth.
What do you think, monks, which is more, the seven clay balls the size of jujube stones placed down, or this great earth?"
"This indeed, venerable sir, is more, that is to say, the great earth; the seven clay balls the size of jujube stones placed down are insignificant. They do not amount to a hundredth fraction, they do not amount to a thousandth fraction, they do not amount to a hundred-thousandth fraction - the seven clay balls the size of jujube stones placed down compared with the great earth." "So too, monks, etc. the attainment of the eye of the teaching." The fifth.