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 a man placed seven jujube-sized clods of earth on the ground, what would you think of the disciples? Is there more dust in the seven date-sized clods, or more dust in the earth? ”

The monks replied: "Shi Venerable, of course, the earth contains more dust, seven date-sized blocks contain less dust, the earth contains a hundred, thousand, one hundred thousand, countless times more than the dust contained in seven jujube-sized clods, and the dust contained in seven jujube-sized clods is negligible compared to the dust contained in the earth." ”

The Buddha said: "In the same way, disciples, who have a correct view, and 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 they have destroyed as much as the dust contained in the earth, and they have very little left of them as much as the dust contained in the earth, and their remaining troubles and sufferings are as small as the dust contained in the lumps the size of seven dates. 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.13.5. Pathavīsuttaṃ

　　 78. Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati …pe… “seyyathāpi bhikkhave, puriso mahāpathaviyā satta kolaṭṭhimattiyo guḷikā upanikkhipeyya. Taṃ kiṃ maññatha, bhikkhave, katamaṃ nu kho bahutaraṃ, yā vā satta kolaṭṭhimattiyo guḷikā upanikkhittā ayaṃ vā mahāpathavī”ti?

　　 “Etadeva, bhante, bahutaraṃ, yadidaṃ mahāpathavī; appamattikā satta kolaṭṭhimattiyo guḷikā upanikkhittā. Neva satimaṃ kalaṃ upenti na sahassimaṃ kalaṃ upenti na satasahassimaṃ kalaṃ upenti mahāpathaviṃ upanidhāya satta kolaṭṭhimattiyo guḷikā upanikkhittā”ti. “Evameva kho, bhikkhave …pe… dhammacakkhupaṭilābho”ti. Pañcamaṃ.