sn15.8:2.1 “But worthy Gotama, can you give a simile?”
BAGIAN 2
sn15.8:2.2 “I can,” said the Buddha.
sn15.8:2.3 “Consider the Ganges River from where it originates to where it meets the ocean. Between these places it’s not easy to calculate
sn15.8:2.4 how many grains of sand there are, how many hundreds or thousands or hundreds of thousands of grains of sand.
sn15.8:2.5 The eons that have passed are more than this.
sn15.8:2.6 It’s not easy to calculate
sn15.8:2.7 how many eons have passed, how many hundreds or thousands or hundreds of thousands of eons.
sn15.8:2.8 Why is that?
sn15.8:2.9 This transmigration has no known beginning.
sn15.8:2.10 No first point is found of sentient beings roaming and transmigrating, shrouded by ignorance and fettered by craving.
sn15.8:2.11 For such a long time you have undergone suffering, agony, and disaster, swelling the cemeteries.
sn15.8:2.12 This is quite enough for you to become disillusioned, dispassionate, and freed regarding all conditions.”