{"id":"snp5.18","title":"Homage to the Way to the Far Shore","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"snp5.18","title":"Homage to the Way to the Far Shore","units":[{"id":"snp5.18:0","sourceIds":["snp5.18:0.1","snp5.18:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sutta Nipāta 5.18\nPārāyanatthutigāthā","en":"Anthology of Discourses 5.18\nHomage to the Way to the Far Shore"}},{"id":"snp5.18:1","sourceIds":["snp5.18:1.1","snp5.18:1.2","snp5.18:1.3","snp5.18:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idamavoca bhagavā magadhesu viharanto pāsāṇake cetiye,\nparicārakasoḷasānaṁ brāhmaṇānaṁ ajjhiṭṭho puṭṭho puṭṭho pañhaṁ byākāsi.\nEkamekassa cepi pañhassa atthamaññāya dhammamaññāya dhammānudhammaṁ paṭipajjeyya, gaccheyyeva jarāmaraṇassa pāraṁ.\nPāraṅgamanīyā ime dhammāti, tasmā imassa dhammapariyāyassa pārāyananteva adhivacanaṁ.","en":"This was said by the Buddha while staying in the land of the Magadhans at the Pāsāṇaka Shrine.\nWhen requested by the sixteen brahmin devotees, he answered their questions one by one.\nIf you understand the meaning and the teaching of each of these questions, and practice in line with the teaching, you may go right to the far shore of old age and death.\nThese teachings are said to lead to the far shore, which is why the name of this exposition of the teaching is “The Way to the Far Shore”."}},{"id":"snp5.18:2","sourceIds":["snp5.18:2.1","snp5.18:2.2","snp5.18:2.3","snp5.18:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ajito tissametteyyo,\npuṇṇako atha mettagū;\nDhotako upasīvo ca,\nnando ca atha hemako.","en":"Ajita, Tissametteyya,\nPuṇṇaka and Mettagū,\nDhotaka and Upasiva,\nNanda and then Hemaka,"}},{"id":"snp5.18:3","sourceIds":["snp5.18:3.1","snp5.18:3.2","snp5.18:3.3","snp5.18:3.4","snp5.18:3.5","snp5.18:3.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Todeyya-kappā dubhayo,\njatukaṇṇī ca paṇḍito;\nBhadrāvudho udayo ca,\nposālo cāpi brāhmaṇo;\nMogharājā ca medhāvī,\npiṅgiyo ca mahāisi.","en":"both Todeyya and Kappa,\nand Jatukaṇṇī the astute,\nBhadrāvudha and Udaya,\nand the brahmin Posāla,\nMogharāja the intelligent,\nand Piṅgiya the great seer:"}},{"id":"snp5.18:4","sourceIds":["snp5.18:4.1","snp5.18:4.2","snp5.18:4.3","snp5.18:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ete buddhaṁ upāgacchuṁ,\nsampannacaraṇaṁ isiṁ;\nPucchantā nipuṇe pañhe,\nbuddhaseṭṭhaṁ upāgamuṁ.","en":"they approached the Buddha,\nthe seer of consummate conduct.\nAsking their subtle questions,\nthey came to the most excellent Buddha."}},{"id":"snp5.18:5","sourceIds":["snp5.18:5.1","snp5.18:5.2","snp5.18:5.3","snp5.18:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tesaṁ buddho pabyākāsi,\npañhe puṭṭho yathātathaṁ;\nPañhānaṁ veyyākaraṇena,\ntosesi brāhmaṇe muni.","en":"The Buddha answered their questions\nin accordance with truth.\nThe sage satisfied the brahmins\nwith his answers to their questions."}},{"id":"snp5.18:6","sourceIds":["snp5.18:6.1","snp5.18:6.2","snp5.18:6.3","snp5.18:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Te tositā cakkhumatā,\nbuddhenādiccabandhunā;\nBrahmacariyamacariṁsu,\nvarapaññassa santike.","en":"Those who were satisfied by the Clear-eyed One,\nthe Buddha, Kinsman of the Sun,\nled the spiritual life in his presence,\nthe one of such outstanding wisdom."}},{"id":"snp5.18:7","sourceIds":["snp5.18:7.1","snp5.18:7.2","snp5.18:7.3","snp5.18:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekamekassa pañhassa,\nyathā buddhena desitaṁ;\nTathā yo paṭipajjeyya,\ngacche pāraṁ apārato.","en":"If you practice in accordance\nwith each of these questions\nas taught by the Buddha,\nyou’ll go from the near shore to the far."}},{"id":"snp5.18:8","sourceIds":["snp5.18:8.1","snp5.18:8.2","snp5.18:8.3","snp5.18:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Apārā pāraṁ gaccheyya,\nbhāvento maggamuttamaṁ;\nMaggo so pāraṁ gamanāya,\ntasmā pārāyanaṁ iti.","en":"Developing the supreme path,\nyou’ll go from the near shore to the far.\nThis path is for going to the far shore;\nthat’s why it’s called “The Way to the Far Shore”."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/snp5.18/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."}