Saɱyutta Nikāya
4. Saḷāyatana Vagga
35. Saḷāyatana Saɱyutta
§ IV: Paññāsaka Catuttha
4. Āsīvisa Vagga
The Connected Discourses of the Buddha
IV. The Book of the Six Sense Bases
35: Connected Discourses on the Six Sense Bases
The Fourth Fifty
4. The Vipers
Sutta 201 [WP: #242]
Dutiya Dāru-k-Khandh'Opama Suttaɱ
The Simile of the Great Log 2
Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi
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[1][pts] On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Kimbilā on the bank of the river Ganges.
The Blessed One saw a great log being carried along by the current of the river Ganges, and he addressed the bhikkhus thus:
"Do you see, bhikkhus, [182] that great log being carried along by the current of the river Ganges?"
"Yes, venerable sir."... (as above) ... When this was said, the Venerable Kimbila asked the Blessed One:
"What, venerable sir, is the near shore ... what is inward rottenness?"
(Replies as above except the following:)
"And what, Kimbila, is inward rottenness?
Here, Kimbila, a bhikkhu commits a certain defiled offence, an offence of a kind that does not allow for rehabilitation. This is called inward rottenness."
