The Near ShoreOrimatīrasutta

“Mendicants, I will teach you the near shore and the far shore.“Orimañca, bhikkhave, tīraṁ desessāmi pārimañca tīraṁ. Listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.”Taṁ suṇātha, sādhukaṁ manasi karotha, bhāsissāmī”ti.

“Yes, sir,” they replied.“Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ. The Buddha said this:Bhagavā etadavoca:

“And what, mendicants, is the near shore? What is the far shore?“Katamañca, bhikkhave, orimaṁ tīraṁ, katamañca pārimaṁ tīraṁ? Wrong view is the near shore, and right view is the far shore. …Micchādiṭṭhi orimaṁ tīraṁ, sammādiṭṭhi pārimaṁ tīraṁ …pe… Wrong freedom is the near shore, and right freedom is the far shore.micchāvimutti orimaṁ tīraṁ, sammāvimutti pārimaṁ tīraṁ. This is the near shore, and this is the far shore.Idaṁ kho, bhikkhave, orimaṁ tīraṁ, idaṁ pārimaṁ tīranti.

Few are those among humansAppakā te manussesu, who cross to the far shore.ye janā pāragāmino; The rest just runAthāyaṁ itarā pajā, around on the near shore.tīramevānudhāvati.

When the teaching is well explained,Ye ca kho sammadakkhāte, the people who practice accordinglydhamme dhammānuvattino; will cross overTe janā pāramessanti, Death’s dominion so hard to pass.maccudheyyaṁ suduttaraṁ.

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

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

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