Numbered Discourses 10.118 12. The Ceremony of Descent The Near Shore (AN10.118)

1.1

“Orimañca, bhikkhave, tīraṁ desessāmi pārimañca tīraṁ.

“Mendicants, I will teach you the near shore and the far shore.

1.2

Taṁ suṇātha, sādhukaṁ manasi karotha, bhāsissāmī”ti.

Listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.”

1.3

“Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.

“Yes, sir,” they replied.

1.4

Bhagavā etadavoca:

The Buddha said this:

2.1

“Katamañca, bhikkhave, orimaṁ tīraṁ, katamañca pārimaṁ tīraṁ?

“And what, mendicants, is the near shore? What is the far shore?

2.2

Micchādiṭṭhi orimaṁ tīraṁ, sammādiṭṭhi pārimaṁ tīraṁ …pe…

Wrong view is the near shore, and right view is the far shore. …

2.3

micchāvimutti orimaṁ tīraṁ, sammāvimutti pārimaṁ tīraṁ.

Wrong freedom is the near shore, and right freedom is the far shore.

2.4

Idaṁ kho, bhikkhave, orimaṁ tīraṁ, idaṁ pārimaṁ tīranti.

This is the near shore, and this is the far shore.

3.1

Appakā te manussesu,

Few are those among humans

3.2

ye janā pāragāmino;

who cross to the far shore.

3.3

Athāyaṁ itarā pajā,

The rest just run

3.4

tīramevānudhāvati.

around on the near shore.

4.1

Ye ca kho sammadakkhāte,

When the teaching is well explained,

4.2

dhamme dhammānuvattino;

the people who practice accordingly

4.3

Te janā pāramessanti,

will cross over

4.4

maccudheyyaṁ suduttaraṁ.

Death’s dominion so hard to pass.

5.1

Kaṇhaṁ dhammaṁ vippahāya,

Rid of dark qualities,

5.2

sukkaṁ bhāvetha paṇḍito;

an astute person would develop the bright.

5.3

Okā anokamāgamma,

Having left home for homelessness

5.4

viveke yattha dūramaṁ.

in seclusion, where joy is hard,

6.1

Tatrābhiratimiccheyya,

they’d long for satisfaction there.

6.2

hitvā kāme akiñcano;

Forsaking sensual pleasures, owning nothing,

6.3

Pariyodapeyya attānaṁ,

an astute person would cleanse themselves

6.4

cittaklesehi paṇḍito.

of mental corruptions.

7.1

Yesaṁ sambodhiyaṅgesu,

And those whose minds are rightly developed

7.2

sammā cittaṁ subhāvitaṁ;

in the awakening factors;

7.3

Ādānapaṭinissagge,

letting go of attachments,

7.4

anupādāya ye ratā;

they delight in not grasping.

7.5

Khīṇāsavā jutimanto,

With defilements ended, brilliant,

7.6

te loke parinibbutā”ti.

they are quenched in this world.”

7.7

Chaṭṭhaṁ.