At one time, the Buddha lived in the Garden of Solitude in the Gion Grove of the Acropolis. One day, the Buddha said to his monks, "Disciples, if there is a man, he dips his finger in the sea and dips two or three drops of water. Disciples, what do you think now? Is it that the man has more drops of water dipped in and dipped in his fingers, or is there more water in the sea? ”

The monks replied: "Shizun, there is no need to think about this, it must be that there is more water in the sea, and this man has less two or three drops of water dipped and stained on his fingers." The water in the sea is a hundred, thousand, 100,000, innumerable times the two or three drops of water that this man's fingers dipped and dipped in. The two or three drops of water that the man had dipped and dipped in his fingers were negligible compared to the water in the sea. ”

The Buddha said: "In the same way, disciples, who have a correct view, have realized the first fruits (explanation of the first fruits, see chapter 70) and above, they have destroyed and eliminated a lot of troubles and pains, they have destroyed as much as the water in the sea, and their remaining troubles and pains are very small, and their remaining troubles and pains are as small as the two or three drops of water that the man dipped in and dipped in his fingers. The disciples, that is to say, the holy disciples who have attained the first fruits, their residual troubles and pains are not comparable to the one-hundredth, thousandths, and one-hundredths of their extinction of their worries and sufferings, and their residual troubles and pains are negligible compared to the troubles and pains they have destroyed. These holy disciples who have already achieved the first fruits of life, they can go back and forth between the world and the heavenly realm at most seven times, and they can be forever liberated from the cycle of life and death, that is to say, the holy disciples who have realized the first fruits, they can get rid of all troubles and pains at most seven more times in the cycle of life and death, they can be freed from this world forever, and they can be forever liberated from the cycle of life and death. Disciples, with correct insights, can obtain such great meritorious benefits by attaining the first fruits of enlightenment, and if they understand the Dhamma as mentioned here, they can obtain such great meritorious benefits. ”

After the Buddha's teachings, the monks who listened to the teachings all paid homage to the Buddha again, praising the immeasurable merits of the Buddha's teachings, and they all practiced according to the Buddha's teachings.

Pali original scripture

SN.13.7. Samuddasuttaṃ

　　 80. Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati …pe… “seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, puriso mahāsamuddato dve vā tīṇi vā udakaphusitāni uddhareyya. Taṃ kiṃ maññatha, bhikkhave katamaṃ nu kho bahutaraṃ, yāni vā dve vā tīṇi vā udakaphusitāni ubbhatāni yaṃ vā mahāsamudde udakan”ti?

　　 “Etadeva bhante, bahutaraṃ, yadidaṃ mahāsamudde udakaṃ; appamattakāni dve vā tīṇi vā udakaphusitāni ubbhatāni. Neva satimaṃ kalaṃ upenti na sahassimaṃ kalaṃ upenti na satasahassimaṃ kalaṃ upenti mahāsamudde udakaṃ upanidhāya dve vā tīṇi vā udakaphusitāni ubbhatānī”ti. “Evameva kho, bhikkhave …pe… dhammacakkhupaṭilābho”ti. Sattamaṃ.