At Sāvatthi.

"Bhikkhus, suppose a person were to place seven pebbles the size of mustard seeds on the king of mountains, the Himalayas.

What do you think, bhikkhus, which is greater: the seven pebbles the size of mustard seeds that have been placed, or the king of mountains, the Himalayas?"

"Venerable sir, the king of mountains, the Himalayas, is indeed far greater. The seven pebbles the size of mustard seeds that have been placed are very little. Compared to the king of mountains, the Himalayas, the seven pebbles do not amount to a hundredth part, nor a thousandth part, nor even a hundred-thousandth part."

"Just so, bhikkhus, for the disciple of the noble ones who has attained right view, who has completely penetrated [the four noble truths], this much greater is the suffering that is exhausted and overcome; only a small amount remains. It does not come to a hundredth part, nor to a thousandth part, nor to a hundred-thousandth part of the former mass of suffering that is exhausted and overcome compared to this final state of having at most seven more existences. Thus great, bhikkhus, is the realization of the Dhamma; thus great is the attainment of the vision of the Dhamma."