The Ocean (1st)Paṭhamasamuddasutta

“Mendicants, an unlearned ordinary person speaks of the ocean.“‘Samuddo, samuddo’ti, bhikkhave, assutavā puthujjano bhāsati. But that’s not the ocean in the training of the Noble One.Neso, bhikkhave, ariyassa vinaye samuddo. That’s just a large body of water, a large sea of water.Mahā eso, bhikkhave, udakarāsi mahāudakaṇṇavo. For a person, the eye is an ocean,Cakkhu, bhikkhave, purisassa samuddo; and its currents are made of sights.tassa rūpamayo vego.

Someone who can prevail over those currents is said to have crossed over the ocean of the eye, with its waves and whirlpools, its saltwater crocodiles and monsters.Yo taṁ rūpamayaṁ vegaṁ sahati, ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, atari cakkhusamuddaṁ saūmiṁ sāvaṭṭaṁ sagāhaṁ sarakkhasaṁ; Crossed over, gone to the far shore, the brahmin stands on solid ground.tiṇṇo pāraṅgato thale tiṭṭhati brāhmaṇo …pe…

For a person, the ear … nose … tongue … body …jivhā, bhikkhave, purisassa samuddo; mind is an ocean,mano, bhikkhave, purisassa samuddo; and its currents are made of ideas.tassa dhammamayo vego. Someone who can prevail over those currents is said to have crossed over the ocean of the mind, with its waves and whirlpools, its saltwater crocodiles and monsters.Yo taṁ dhammamayaṁ vegaṁ sahati, ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, atari manosamuddaṁ saūmiṁ sāvaṭṭaṁ sagāhaṁ sarakkhasaṁ; Crossed over, gone to the far shore, the brahmin stands on solid ground.”tiṇṇo pāraṅgato thale tiṭṭhati brāhmaṇo”ti.

That is what the Buddha said.Idamavoca …pe… Then the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say:satthā:

“A knowledge master who’s crossed <j>the ocean so hard to cross,“Yo imaṁ samuddaṁ sagāhaṁ sarakkhasaṁ, with its saltwater crocodiles and monsters, <j>its waves, whirlpools, and dangers;Saūmiṁ sāvaṭṭaṁ sabhayaṁ duttaraṁ accatari; they’ve completed the spiritual journey and gone to the end of the world,Sa vedagū vusitabrahmacariyo, they’re called ‘one who has gone beyond’.”Lokantagū pāragatoti vuccatī”ti.