The "Connected Discourses on Complete Comprehension" contains discourses that use vivid similes to illustrate the value of realizing the Dhamma.
Abhisamayasaṁyutta - Connected Discourses on Complete Comprehension
Abhisamaya vagga - The Chapter on Comprehension
The chapter of the Connected Discourses on Complete Comprehension, containing discourses 1–11.
The Buddha uses a simile of dust on the tip of the fingernail to illustrate the extent of suffering that is exhausted and overcome by a disciple of the Noble Ones who has attained right view.
PTS 2.133–2.135The Buddha uses a simile of the water in the pond to illustrate the extent of suffering that is exhausted and overcome by a disciple of the Noble Ones who has attained right view.
PTS 2.133–2.135The Buddha uses a simile of the water at the confluence of great rivers to illustrate the extent of suffering that is exhausted and overcome by a disciple of the Noble Ones who has attained right view.
PTS 2.133–2.135The Buddha uses a simile of the water at the confluence of great rivers to illustrate the extent of suffering that is exhausted and overcome by a disciple of the Noble Ones who has attained right view.
PTS 2.133–2.135The Buddha uses a simile of seven lumps of clay placed on the great earth to illustrate the extent of suffering that is exhausted and overcome by a disciple of the Noble Ones who has attained right view.
PTS 2.136The Buddha uses a simile of the earth that has been exhausted and depleted to illustrate the extent of suffering that is exhausted and overcome by a disciple of the Noble Ones who has attained right view.
PTS 2.136The Buddha uses a simile of two or three drops of water drawn out from the great ocean to illustrate the extent of suffering that is exhausted and overcome by a disciple of the Noble Ones who has attained right view.
PTS 2.136The Buddha uses a simile of the great ocean that has been exhausted and depleted to illustrate the extent of suffering that is exhausted and overcome by a disciple of the Noble Ones who has attained right view.
PTS 2.137The Buddha uses a simile of seven pebbles the size of mustard seeds placed on the king of mountains, the Himalayas, to illustrate the extent of suffering that is exhausted and overcome by a disciple of the Noble Ones who has attained right view.
PTS 2.137The Buddha uses a simile of the great Himalayan mountains that have been exhausted and depleted to illustrate the extent of suffering that is exhausted and overcome by a disciple of the Noble Ones who has attained right view.
PTS 2.138The Buddha uses a simile of seven small pebbles the size of mung beans placed on the great mountain Sineru to contrast the extent of suffering that is exhausted and overcome by a disciple of the Noble Ones who has attained right view.
PTS 2.139