Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.170 — 17. Jāṇussoṇivagga — Orimasutta

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Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.170
Numbered Discourses 10.170
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17. Jāṇussoṇivagga
17. With Jānussoṇi
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Orimasutta
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 …pe…
Listen and apply your mind well, I will speak. …
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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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Pāṇātipāto, bhikkhave, orimaṁ tīraṁ, pāṇātipātā veramaṇī pārimaṁ tīraṁ.
Killing living creatures is the near shore, mendicants, and not killing living creatures is the far shore.
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Adinnādānaṁ orimaṁ tīraṁ, adinnādānā veramaṇī pārimaṁ tīraṁ.
Stealing is the near shore, and not stealing is the far shore.
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Kāmesumicchācāro orimaṁ tīraṁ, kāmesumicchācārā veramaṇī pārimaṁ tīraṁ.
Sexual misconduct is the near shore, and refraining from sexual misconduct is the far shore.
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Musāvādo orimaṁ tīraṁ, musāvādā veramaṇī pārimaṁ tīraṁ.
Lying is the near shore, and not lying is the far shore.
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Pisuṇā vācā orimaṁ tīraṁ, pisuṇāya vācāya veramaṇī pārimaṁ tīraṁ.
Divisive speech is the near shore, and refraining from divisive speech is the far shore.
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Pharusā vācā orimaṁ tīraṁ, pharusāya vācāya veramaṇī pārimaṁ tīraṁ.
Harsh speech is the near shore, and refraining from harsh speech is the far shore.
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Samphappalāpo orimaṁ tīraṁ, samphappalāpā veramaṇī pārimaṁ tīraṁ.
Talking nonsense is the near shore, and refraining from talking nonsense is the far shore.
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Abhijjhā orimaṁ tīraṁ, anabhijjhā pārimaṁ tīraṁ.
Covetousness is the near shore, and contentment is the far shore.
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Byāpādo orimaṁ tīraṁ, abyāpādo pārimaṁ tīraṁ.
Ill will is the near shore, and good will is the far shore.
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Micchādiṭṭhi orimaṁ tīraṁ, sammādiṭṭhi pārimaṁ tīraṁ.
Wrong view is the near shore, and right view 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;
Having given up 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,
who, letting go of attachments,
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anupādāya ye ratā;
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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Catutthaṁ.

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