Dutiya Samudda Suttaṁ

Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.

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[1][pts][than] Evaṁ me sutaṁ:|| ||

Ekaṁ samayaṁ Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati Jetavane Anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.|| ||

Tatra kho Bhagavā bhikkhu āmantesi:|| ||

"Bhikkhavo" ti.|| ||

"Bhadante" ti te bhikkh Bhagavato paccassosuṁ|| ||

Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||

"Seyyathā pi bhikkhave,||
mahā-samuddo parikkhayaṁ pariyādānaṁ gaccheyya,||
ṭhapetvā dve vā tīṇi vā udakaphusitāni.|| ||

Taṁ kim maññatha bhikkhave,||
katamaṁ nu kho bahutaraṁ,||
yaṁ vā mahā-samudde udakaṁ parikkhīṇaṁ pariyādinnaṁ,||
yāni vā dve vā tīṇi vā udakaphusitāni avasiṭṭhānī" ti?|| ||

"Etad eva bhante,||
bahutaraṁ mahā-samudde udakaṁ yad idaṁ parikkhīṇaṁ pariyādinnaṁ appamattāni dve vā tiṇi vā udakaphusitāni avasiṭṭhāni.|| ||

N'eva satimaṁ kalaṁ upenti,||
na sahassimaṁ kalaṁ upenti,||
na sata-sahassimaṁ kalaṁ upenti,||
mahā-samudde udakaṁ parikkhīṇaṁ pariyādinnaṁ upanidhāya dve vā tīṇi vā udakaphusitāni avasiṭṭhānī" ti.|| ||

"Evam eva kho bhikkhave,||
ariya-sāvakassa diṭṭhi-sampannassa puggalassa abhisametāvino etad eva bahutaraṁ dukkhaṁ||
yad idaṁ parikkhīṇaṁ pariyādinnaṁ,||
appa-mattakaṁ avasiṭṭhaṁ.|| ||

N'eva satimaṁ kalaṁ upeti,||
na sahassimaṁ kalaṁ upeti,||
na sata-sahassimaṁ kalaṁ upeti,||
purimaṁ dukkha-k-khandhaṁ parikkhīṇaṁ pariyādinnaṁ upanidhāya||
yad idaṁ satta-k-khattūṁ paramatā.|| ||

Evaṁ mahatthiyo kho bhikkhave dhammābhisamayo,||
evaṁ mahatthiyo Dhamma-cakkhu paṭilābho" ti.|| ||