SN 36.4 Patala Sutta

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SN 36.4 Patala Sutta : The Bottomless Chasm
"Monks, when an uninstructed run-of-the-mill person makes the statement, 'There is a bottomless chasm in the ocean,' he is talking about something that doesn't exist, that can't be found. The word 'bottomless chasm' is actually a designation for painful bodily feeling.

"When an uninstructed run-of-the-mill person is touched by a painful bodily feeling, he sorrows, grieves, & laments, beats his breast, becomes distraught. This is called an uninstructed run-of-the-mill person who has not risen up out of the bottomless chasm, who has not gained a foothold.

"When a well-instructed disciple of the noble ones is touched by a painful bodily feeling, he does not sorrow, grieve, or lament, does not beat his breast or become distraught. This is called a well-instructed disciple of the noble ones who has risen up out of the bottomless chasm, whose foothold is gained." Whoever can't endure them once they've arisen — painful bodily feelings/sensations that could kill living beings — who trembles at their touch, who cries & wails, a weakling with no resilience: he hasn't risen up out of the bottomless chasm or even gained a foothold. *** Whoever endures them once they've arisen — painful bodily feelings/sensations that could kill living beings — <p style="text-align:center;">who doesn't tremble at their touch: <p style="text-align:center;">he's risen up <p style="text-align:center;">out of the bottomless chasm, <p style="text-align:center;">his foothold is gained. <p style="text-align:center;">***