Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.117 — 12. Paccorohaṇivagga — Saṅgāravasutta

Early Buddhist texts (SuttaCentral): Sutta · Bhikkhu Sujato · sutta · 40 sections

an10.117:0.1
Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.117
Numbered Discourses 10.117
an10.117:0.2
12. Paccorohaṇivagga
12. The Ceremony of Descent
an10.117:0.3
Saṅgāravasutta
With Saṅgārava
an10.117:1.1
Atha kho saṅgāravo brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṁ sammodi.
Then Saṅgārava the brahmin went up to the Buddha, and exchanged greetings with him.
an10.117:1.2
Sammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho saṅgāravo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to the Buddha:
an10.117:1.3
“kiṁ nu kho, bho gotama, orimaṁ tīraṁ, kiṁ pārimaṁ tīran”ti?
“Worthy Gotama, what is the near shore? And what is the far shore?”
an10.117:1.4
“Micchādiṭṭhi kho, brāhmaṇa, orimaṁ tīraṁ, sammādiṭṭhi pārimaṁ tīraṁ;
“Wrong view is the near shore, brahmin, and right view is the far shore.
an10.117:1.5
micchāsaṅkappo orimaṁ tīraṁ, sammāsaṅkappo pārimaṁ tīraṁ;
Wrong purpose is the near shore, and right purpose is the far shore.
an10.117:1.6
micchāvācā orimaṁ tīraṁ, sammāvācā pārimaṁ tīraṁ;
Wrong speech is the near shore, and right speech is the far shore.
an10.117:1.7
micchākammanto orimaṁ tīraṁ, sammākammanto pārimaṁ tīraṁ;
Wrong action is the near shore, and right action is the far shore.
an10.117:1.8
micchāājīvo orimaṁ tīraṁ, sammāājīvo pārimaṁ tīraṁ;
Wrong livelihood is the near shore, and right livelihood is the far shore.
an10.117:1.9
micchāvāyāmo orimaṁ tīraṁ, sammāvāyāmo pārimaṁ tīraṁ;
Wrong effort is the near shore, and right effort is the far shore.
an10.117:1.10
micchāsati orimaṁ tīraṁ, sammāsati pārimaṁ tīraṁ;
Wrong mindfulness is the near shore, and right mindfulness is the far shore.
an10.117:1.11
micchāsamādhi orimaṁ tīraṁ, sammāsamādhi pārimaṁ tīraṁ;
Wrong immersion is the near shore, and right immersion is the far shore.
an10.117:1.12
micchāñāṇaṁ orimaṁ tīraṁ, sammāñāṇaṁ pārimaṁ tīraṁ;
Wrong knowledge is the near shore, and right knowledge is the far shore.
an10.117:1.13
micchāvimutti orimaṁ tīraṁ, sammāvimutti pārimaṁ tīranti.
Wrong freedom is the near shore, and right freedom is the far shore.
an10.117:1.14
Idaṁ kho, brāhmaṇa, orimaṁ tīraṁ, idaṁ pārimaṁ tīranti.
This is the near shore, and this is the far shore.
an10.117:2.1
Appakā te manussesu,
Few are those among humans
an10.117:2.2
ye janā pāragāmino;
who cross to the far shore.
an10.117:2.3
Athāyaṁ itarā pajā,
The rest just run around
an10.117:2.4
tīramevānudhāvati.
on the near shore.
an10.117:3.1
Ye ca kho sammadakkhāte,
When the teaching is well explained,
an10.117:3.2
dhamme dhammānuvattino;
the people who practice accordingly
an10.117:3.3
Te janā pāramessanti,
will cross over
an10.117:3.4
maccudheyyaṁ suduttaraṁ.
Death’s dominion so hard to pass.
an10.117:4.1
Kaṇhaṁ dhammaṁ vippahāya,
Rid of dark qualities,
an10.117:4.2
Sukkaṁ bhāvetha paṇḍito;
an astute person would develop the bright.
an10.117:4.3
Okā anokamāgamma,
Having left home for homelessness
an10.117:4.4
Viveke yattha dūramaṁ.
in seclusion, where joy is hard,
an10.117:5.1
Tatrābhiratimiccheyya,
they’d long for satisfaction there.
an10.117:5.2
hitvā kāme akiñcano;
Forsaking sensual pleasures, owning nothing,
an10.117:5.3
Pariyodapeyya attānaṁ,
an astute person would cleanse themselves
an10.117:5.4
cittaklesehi paṇḍito.
of mental corruptions.
an10.117:6.1
Yesaṁ sambodhiyaṅgesu,
And those whose minds are rightly developed
an10.117:6.2
sammā cittaṁ subhāvitaṁ;
in the awakening factors;
an10.117:6.3
Ādānapaṭinissagge,
who, letting go of attachments,
an10.117:6.4
anupādāya ye ratā;
delight in not grasping—
an10.117:6.5
Khīṇāsavā jutimanto,
with defilements ended, brilliant,
an10.117:6.6
te loke parinibbutā”ti.
they are quenched in this world.”
an10.117:6.7
Pañcamaṁ.

SuttaCentral (suttacentral.net), from the bilara-data and sc-data repositories. Licence: Public Domain (root); CC0 1.0 (translation). Source.