Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.118 — 12. Paccorohaṇivagga — Orimatīrasutta

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Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.118
Numbered Discourses 10.118
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12. Paccorohaṇivagga
12. The Ceremony of Descent
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Orimatīrasutta
The Near Shore
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“Orimañca, bhikkhave, tīraṁ desessāmi pārimañca tīraṁ.
“Mendicants, I will teach you the near shore and the far shore.
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Taṁ suṇātha, sādhukaṁ manasi karotha, bhāsissāmī”ti.
Listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.”
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“Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.
“Yes, sir,” they replied.
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Bhagavā etadavoca:
The Buddha said this:
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“Katamañca, bhikkhave, orimaṁ tīraṁ, katamañca pārimaṁ tīraṁ?
“And what, mendicants, is the near shore? What is the far shore?
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Micchādiṭṭhi orimaṁ tīraṁ, sammādiṭṭhi pārimaṁ tīraṁ …pe…
Wrong view is the near shore, and right view is the far shore. …
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micchāvimutti orimaṁ tīraṁ, sammāvimutti pārimaṁ tīraṁ.
Wrong freedom is the near shore, and right freedom is the far shore.
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Idaṁ kho, bhikkhave, orimaṁ tīraṁ, idaṁ pārimaṁ tīranti.
This is the near shore, and this is the far shore.
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Appakā te manussesu,
Few are those among humans
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ye janā pāragāmino;
who cross to the far shore.
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Athāyaṁ itarā pajā,
The rest just run
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tīramevānudhāvati.
around on the near shore.
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Ye ca kho sammadakkhāte,
When the teaching is well explained,
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dhamme dhammānuvattino;
the people who practice accordingly
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Te janā pāramessanti,
will cross over
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maccudheyyaṁ suduttaraṁ.
Death’s dominion so hard to pass.
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Kaṇhaṁ dhammaṁ vippahāya,
Rid of dark qualities,
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sukkaṁ bhāvetha paṇḍito;
an astute person would develop the bright.
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Okā anokamāgamma,
Having left home for homelessness
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viveke yattha dūramaṁ.
in seclusion, where joy is hard,
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Tatrābhiratimiccheyya,
they’d long for satisfaction there.
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hitvā kāme akiñcano;
Forsaking sensual pleasures, owning nothing,
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Pariyodapeyya attānaṁ,
an astute person would cleanse themselves
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cittaklesehi paṇḍito.
of mental corruptions.
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Yesaṁ sambodhiyaṅgesu,
And those whose minds are rightly developed
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sammā cittaṁ subhāvitaṁ;
in the awakening factors;
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Ādānapaṭinissagge,
letting go of attachments,
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anupādāya ye ratā;
they delight in not grasping.
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Khīṇāsavā jutimanto,
With defilements ended, brilliant,
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te loke parinibbutā”ti.
they are quenched in this world.”
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Chaṭṭhaṁ.

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