In the Darukkhandha
Sutra, the Buddha once scooped up some soil with his fingernail and
asked his disciples which was greater, the soil on his fingernail
or that on the whole earth. His disciples answered that the soil on
his fingernail was so small that it was incomparable to that on the
earth. The Buddha then said that in the same sense only a few
beings were able to secure human form whereas far too many beings
retrogress into the hells, hungry ghosts and
animals.
hell beings like earth's
dusk.
ghosts like sand in the
river.
animal like skin
cells.
asura like snow.
human & heaven
beings like dirt in nails.
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