References – SN 56.51: A Fingernail 
“Are the Pāli terms for anger and ill-will similar? With anger, you don’t necessarily wish harm on someone else, it just arises, and it’s involved with sakkāyadiṭṭhi …” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Pāli] [Ill-will] [Aversion] [Self-identity view] // [Hindrances] [Stream entry] [Unwholesome Roots]
Follow-up: “Are there any suttas that say that a sotāpanna does not have anger and ill-will?” [Sutta] [Non-return]
Simile: SN 56.51: The amount of suffering that a sotāpanna relinquishes. [Suffering] [Similes]
Readings from The Island [2025], Session 53, Excerpt 8
Readings by Ajahn Pasanno:
The Island by Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, Chapter 17, pp. 296-299:
Suttas: SN 45.9; SN 56.51; SN 12.27; SN 12.49; SN 22.109.
Sutta: SN 56.51: A Fingernail.
Sutta: SN 12.27: With ignorance as condition…
Readings from The Island [2025], Session 59
“I’ve always found the simile of the great earth (SN 56.51) encouraging and aspirational. Is [the great mass of suffering] eroded over time or abruptly end when the view changes?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Similes] [Suffering] [Right View] [Stream entry] // [Saṃsāra]
Sutta: DN 2.102: King Ajātasattu’s crime prevents stream entry. [Killing]
Sutta: Iti 22: Puñña is another word for happiness. [Merit] [Happiness]