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The Near Shore

Orimatīrasutta

The wrong path is the near shore where most people dwell; the right path is the far shore, where few have crossed over.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.118Numbered Discourses 10.118
  • 0.212. Paccorohaṇivagga12. The Ceremony of Descent

0.3OrimatīrasuttaThe Near Shore

1.1“Orimañca, bhikkhave, tīraṁ desessāmi pārimañca tīraṁ.“Mendicants, I will teach you the near shore and the far shore.1.2Taṁ 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.1.4Bhagavā 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?2.2Micchādiṭṭhi orimaṁ tīraṁ, sammādiṭṭhi pārimaṁ tīraṁ …pe…Wrong view is the near shore, and right view is the far shore. …2.3micchāvimutti orimaṁ tīraṁ, sammāvimutti pārimaṁ tīraṁ.Wrong freedom is the near shore, and right freedom is the far shore.2.4Idaṁ kho, bhikkhave, orimaṁ tīraṁ, idaṁ pārimaṁ tīranti.This is the near shore, and this is the far shore.

3.1Appakā te manussesu,Few are those among humans3.2ye janā pāragāmino;who cross to the far shore.3.3Athāyaṁ itarā pajā,The rest just run3.4tīramevānudhāvati.around on the near shore.

4.1Ye ca kho sammadakkhāte,When the teaching is well explained,4.2dhamme dhammānuvattino;the people who practice accordingly4.3Te janā pāramessanti,will cross over4.4maccudheyyaṁ suduttaraṁ.Death’s dominion so hard to pass.

5.1Kaṇhaṁ dhammaṁ vippahāya,Rid of dark qualities,5.2sukkaṁ bhāvetha paṇḍito;an astute person would develop the bright.5.3Okā anokamāgamma,Having left home for homelessness5.4viveke yattha dūramaṁ.in seclusion, where joy is hard,

6.1Tatrābhiratimiccheyya,they’d long for satisfaction there.6.2hitvā kāme akiñcano;Forsaking sensual pleasures, owning nothing,6.3Pariyodapeyya attānaṁ,an astute person would cleanse themselves6.4cittaklesehi paṇḍito.of mental corruptions.

7.1Yesaṁ sambodhiyaṅgesu,And those whose minds are rightly developed7.2sammā cittaṁ subhāvitaṁ;in the awakening factors;7.3Ādānapaṭinissagge,letting go of attachments,7.4anupādāya ye ratā;they delight in not grasping.7.5Khīṇāsavā jutimanto,With defilements ended, brilliant,7.6te loke parinibbutā”ti.they are quenched in this world.”

7.7Chaṭṭhaṁ.