0.3PāraṅgamasuttaGoing to the Far Shore
1.1“Sattime, bhikkhave, bojjhaṅgā bhāvitā bahulīkatā apārā pāraṁ gamanāya saṁvattanti.“Mendicants, when these seven awakening factors are developed and cultivated they lead to going from the near shore to the far shore.1.2Katame satta?What seven?1.3Satisambojjhaṅgo …pe… upekkhāsambojjhaṅgo—The awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion, and equanimity.1.4ime kho, bhikkhave, satta bojjhaṅgā bhāvitā bahulīkatā apārā pāraṁ gamanāya saṁvattantīti.These seven awakening factors, when developed and cultivated, lead to going from the near shore to the far shore.
2.1PTS 5.82Appakā te manussesu,Few are those among humans12.2ye janā pāragāmino;who cross to the far shore.2.3Athāyaṁ itarā pajā,The rest just run2.4tīramevānudhāvati.around on the near shore.
3.1Ye ca kho sammadakkhāte,When the teaching is well explained,3.2dhamme dhammānuvattino;the people who practice accordingly3.3Te janā pāramessanti,will cross over3.4maccudheyyaṁ suduttaraṁ.Death’s dominion so hard to pass.
4.1Kaṇhaṁ dhammaṁ vippahāya,Rid of dark qualities,4.2sukkaṁ bhāvetha paṇḍito;an astute person would develop the bright.4.3Okā anokamāgamma,Having left home for homelessness4.4viveke yattha dūramaṁ.in seclusion, where joy is hard,
5.1Tatrābhiratimiccheyya,they’d long for satisfaction there.5.2hitvā kāme akiñcano;Forsaking sensual pleasures, owning nothing,5.3Pariyodapeyya attānaṁ,an astute person would cleanse themselves5.4cittaklesehi paṇḍito.of mental corruptions.
6.1Yesaṁ sambodhiyaṅgesu,And those whose minds are rightly developed6.2sammā cittaṁ subhāvitaṁ;in the awakening factors;6.3Ādānappaṭinissagge,who, letting go of attachments,6.4anupādāya ye ratā;delight in not grasping—6.5Khīṇāsavā jutimanto,with defilements ended, brilliant,6.6te loke parinibbutā”ti.they are quenched in this world.”
6.7Sattamaṁ.