Saṃyutta Nikāya
4. Saḷāyatana Vagga
35. Saḷāyatana Saṃyutta
§ IV: Paññāsaka Catuttha
3. Samudda Vagga
Sutta 187
Paṭhama Samudda Suttaṃ
The Ocean (1)
Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
Sourced from the edition at dhammatalks.org
Provenance, terms and conditons
[1][pts][bodh] "'The ocean, the ocean,' says the uninstructed run-of-the-mill person.
But that's not the ocean in the discipline of the noble ones.
It's a great mass of water, a great body of water.
"The eye is a person's ocean, and its current consists of forms.
Whoever resists that current consisting of forms is said to have crossed over the ocean of the eye with its waves, whirlpools, sharks, and demons.
Crossed over, gone beyond, one stands on high ground, a brahman.
"The ear is a person's ocean...
"The nose is a person's ocean...
"The tongue is a person's ocean...
"The body is a person's ocean...
"The intellect is a person's ocean, and its current consists of ideas.
Whoever resists that current consisting of ideas is said to have crossed over the ocean of the intellect with its waves, whirlpools, sharks, and demons.
Crossed over, gone beyond, one stands on firm ground, a brahman."
That is what the Blessed One said.
When the One Well-gone had said that, he — the Teacher — said further:
Whoever crosses over this ocean,
with its danger of sharks, demons, waves,
so very hard to cross
is called:
an attainer of wisdom
who has lived the holy life,
one who's attained the end of the cosmos,
one gone beyond.
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