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 you take two or three drops of water from the sea and save it, and the rest of the great sea water will dry up and dry up, what do you think now, disciples?" Is it more two or three drops of water that have been preserved, or is there more water in the sea that has all dried up and dried up? ”

The monks replied, "Of course, the sea is completely dry and there is more dry water, and even fewer two or three drops of water have been preserved. The water in the sea that has all dried up and dried up is a hundred, thousand, 100,000, countless times more than the two or three drops of water that have been preserved. The two or three drops of water that have been preserved are negligible compared to the water that has been completely dried up and dried up 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 sufferings, and their exhausted troubles and sufferings are as much as the water in the sea that has dried up and dried up, and they have very little left of their troubles and sufferings, and their remaining troubles and sufferings are as small as the two or three drops of water that have been preserved. 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.13.8. Dutiyasamuddasuttaṃ

　　 81. Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati …pe… “seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, mahāsamuddo parikkhayaṃ pariyādānaṃ gaccheyya, ṭhapetvā dve vā tīṇi vā udakaphusitāni. Taṃ kiṃ maññatha, bhikkhave, katamaṃ nu kho bahutaraṃ, yaṃ vā mahāsamudde udakaṃ parikkhīṇaṃ pariyādinnaṃ yāni vā dve vā tīṇi vā udakaphusitāni avasiṭṭhānī”ti?

　　 “Etadeva, bhante, bahutaraṃ mahāsamudde udakaṃ, yadidaṃ parikkhīṇaṃ pariyādiṇṇaṃ; appamattakāni dve vā tīṇi vā udakaphusitāni avasiṭṭhāni. Neva satimaṃ kalaṃ upenti na sahassimaṃ kalaṃ upenti na satasahassimaṃ kalaṃ upenti mahāsamudde udakaṃ parikkhīṇaṃ pariyādiṇṇaṃ upanidhāya dve vā tīṇi vā udakaphusitāni avasiṭṭhānī”ti. “Evameva kho bhikkhave …pe… dhammacakkhupaṭilābho”ti. Aṭṭhamaṃ.