{"id":"iti109","title":"A River","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"iti109","title":"A River","units":[{"id":"iti109:0","sourceIds":["iti109:0.1","iti109:0.2","iti109:0.3","iti109:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Itivuttaka 109\nCatukkanipāta\nBrāhmaṇadhammayāgavagga\nNadīsotasutta","en":"So It Was Said 109\nThe Book of the Fours\nThe Chapter on the Brahmin’s Offering of the Teaching\nA River"}},{"id":"iti109:1","sourceIds":["iti109:1.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:","en":"This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard."}},{"id":"iti109:2","sourceIds":["iti109:2.1","iti109:2.2","iti109:2.3","iti109:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, puriso nadiyā sotena ovuyheyya piyarūpasātarūpena.\nTamenaṁ cakkhumā puriso tīre ṭhito disvā evaṁ vadeyya:\n‘kiñcāpi kho tvaṁ, ambho purisa, nadiyā sotena ovuyhasi piyarūpasātarūpena, atthi cettha heṭṭhā rahado saūmi sāvaṭṭo sagaho sarakkhaso yaṁ tvaṁ, ambho purisa, rahadaṁ pāpuṇitvā maraṇaṁ vā nigacchasi maraṇamattaṁ vā dukkhan’ti.\nAtha kho so, bhikkhave, puriso tassa purisassa saddaṁ sutvā hatthehi ca pādehi ca paṭisotaṁ vāyameyya.","en":"“Suppose a person was being carried along by a river current that seemed nice and pleasant.\nIf a person with clear eyes saw them, they’d say:\n‘My man, even though the river current carrying you along seems nice and pleasant, downstream there is a lake with waves and whirlpools, saltwater crocodiles and monsters. When you reach there it will result in death or deadly pain.’\nThen, when they heard what was said, they’d paddle against the stream using their hands and feet."}},{"id":"iti109:3","sourceIds":["iti109:3.1","iti109:3.2","iti109:3.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Upamā kho me ayaṁ, bhikkhave, katā atthassa viññāpanāya.\nAyañcettha attho:\n‘nadiyā soto’ti kho, bhikkhave, taṇhāyetaṁ adhivacanaṁ.","en":"I’ve made up this simile to make a point.\nAnd this is the point.\n‘River current’ is a term for craving."}},{"id":"iti109:4","sourceIds":["iti109:4.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Piyarūpaṁ sātarūpan’ti kho, bhikkhave, channetaṁ ajjhattikānaṁ āyatanānaṁ adhivacanaṁ.","en":"‘Seeming nice and pleasant’ is a term for the six interior sense fields."}},{"id":"iti109:5","sourceIds":["iti109:5.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Heṭṭhā rahado’ti kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ orambhāgiyānaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ adhivacanaṁ.","en":"‘A downstream lake’ is a term for the five lower fetters."}},{"id":"iti109:6","sourceIds":["iti109:6.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Ūmibhayan’ti kho, bhikkhave, kodhupāyāsassetaṁ adhivacanaṁ.","en":"‘Danger of waves’ is a term for anger and distress."}},{"id":"iti109:7","sourceIds":["iti109:7.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Āvaṭṭan’ti kho, bhikkhave, pañcannetaṁ kāmaguṇānaṁ adhivacanaṁ.","en":"‘Whirlpool’ is a term for the five kinds of sensual stimulation."}},{"id":"iti109:8","sourceIds":["iti109:8.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Gaharakkhaso’ti kho, bhikkhave, mātugāmassetaṁ adhivacanaṁ.","en":"‘Saltwater crocodiles and monsters’ is a term for ladies."}},{"id":"iti109:9","sourceIds":["iti109:9.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Paṭisoto’ti kho, bhikkhave, nekkhammassetaṁ adhivacanaṁ.","en":"‘Against the stream’ is a term for renunciation."}},{"id":"iti109:10","sourceIds":["iti109:10.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Hatthehi ca pādehi ca vāyāmo’ti kho, bhikkhave, vīriyārambhassetaṁ adhivacanaṁ.","en":"‘Paddling with hands and feet’ is a term for rousing energy."}},{"id":"iti109:11","sourceIds":["iti109:11.1","iti109:11.2","iti109:11.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Cakkhumā puriso tīre ṭhito’ti kho, bhikkhave, tathāgatassetaṁ adhivacanaṁ arahato sammāsambuddhassā”ti.\nEtamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.\nTatthetaṁ iti vuccati:","en":"‘A person with clear eyes’ is a term for the Realized One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha.”\nThe Buddha spoke this matter.\nOn this it is said:"}},{"id":"iti109:12","sourceIds":["iti109:12.1","iti109:12.2","iti109:12.3","iti109:12.4","iti109:12.5","iti109:12.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sahāpi dukkhena jaheyya kāme,\nYogakkhemaṁ āyatiṁ patthayāno;\nSammappajāno suvimuttacitto,\nVimuttiyā phassaye tattha tattha;\nSa vedagū vūsitabrahmacariyo,\nLokantagū pāragatoti vuccatī”ti.","en":"“In pain they’d give up sensual pleasures,\naspiring to the future sanctuary from the yoke.\nWith deep understanding and heart well freed,\nthey’d experience universal liberation.\nThat knowledge master who has completed the spiritual journey,\nand gone to the end of the world, is called ‘one who has gone beyond’.”"}},{"id":"iti109:13","sourceIds":["iti109:13.1","iti109:13.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.\nDasamaṁ.","en":"This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/iti109/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}