{"id":"snp5.19","title":"Preserving the Way to the Far Shore","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"snp5.19","title":"Preserving the Way to the Far Shore","units":[{"id":"snp5.19:0","sourceIds":["snp5.19:0.1","snp5.19:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sutta Nipāta 5.19\nPārāyanānugītigāthā","en":"Anthology of Discourses 5.19\nPreserving the Way to the Far Shore"}},{"id":"snp5.19:1","sourceIds":["snp5.19:1.1","snp5.19:1.2","snp5.19:1.3","snp5.19:1.4","snp5.19:1.5","snp5.19:1.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Pārāyanamanugāyissaṁ,\n(iccāyasmā piṅgiyo)\nYathāddakkhi tathākkhāsi;\nVimalo bhūrimedhaso,\nNikkāmo nibbano nāgo;\nKissa hetu musā bhaṇe.","en":"“I shall keep reciting the Way to the Far Shore,”\nsaid Venerable Piṅgiya,\n“which was taught as it was seen\nby the immaculate one of vast intelligence.\nHe is desireless, unentangled, a spiritual giant:\nwhy would he speak falsely?"}},{"id":"snp5.19:2","sourceIds":["snp5.19:2.1","snp5.19:2.2","snp5.19:2.3","snp5.19:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pahīnamalamohassa,\nmānamakkhappahāyino;\nHandāhaṁ kittayissāmi,\ngiraṁ vaṇṇūpasañhitaṁ.","en":"Come, let me extol\nin sweet words of praise\nthe one who’s given up stains and delusions,\nconceit and contempt."}},{"id":"snp5.19:3","sourceIds":["snp5.19:3.1","snp5.19:3.2","snp5.19:3.3","snp5.19:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tamonudo buddho samantacakkhu,\nLokantagū sabbabhavātivatto;\nAnāsavo sabbadukkhappahīno,\nSaccavhayo brahme upāsito me.","en":"The Buddha, All-seer, dispeller of darkness,\nhas gone to world’s end, beyond all rebirths;\nhe is free of defilements, and has given up all suffering,\nthe rightly-named one, brahmin, is revered by me."}},{"id":"snp5.19:4","sourceIds":["snp5.19:4.1","snp5.19:4.2","snp5.19:4.3","snp5.19:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dijo yathā kubbanakaṁ pahāya,\nBahupphalaṁ kānanamāvaseyya;\nEvampahaṁ appadasse pahāya,\nMahodadhiṁ haṁsoriva ajjhapatto.","en":"Like a bird that flees a little copse,\nto roost in a forest abounding in fruit,\nI’ve left the near-sighted behind,\nlike a swan come to a great river."}},{"id":"snp5.19:5","sourceIds":["snp5.19:5.1","snp5.19:5.2","snp5.19:5.3","snp5.19:5.4","snp5.19:5.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ye me pubbe viyākaṁsu,\nHuraṁ gotamasāsanā;\nIccāsi iti bhavissati,\nSabbaṁ taṁ itihītihaṁ;\nSabbaṁ taṁ takkavaḍḍhanaṁ.","en":"Those who explained to me previously,\nbefore Gotama’s teaching,\nsaid ‘thus it was’ or ‘so it shall be’.\nAll that was just the testament of hearsay;\nall that just fostered speculation."}},{"id":"snp5.19:6","sourceIds":["snp5.19:6.1","snp5.19:6.2","snp5.19:6.3","snp5.19:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Eko tamanudāsino,\njutimā so pabhaṅkaro;\nGotamo bhūripaññāṇo,\ngotamo bhūrimedhaso.","en":"Alone, the dispeller of darkness\nis brilliant, a beacon:\nGotama, vast in wisdom,\nGotama, vast in intelligence."}},{"id":"snp5.19:7","sourceIds":["snp5.19:7.1","snp5.19:7.2","snp5.19:7.3","snp5.19:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo me dhammamadesesi,\nSandiṭṭhikamakālikaṁ;\nTaṇhakkhayamanītikaṁ,\nYassa natthi upamā kvaci”.","en":"He is the one who taught me Dhamma,\napparent in the present life, immediately effective,\nthe untroubled, the end of craving,\nto which there is no compare.”"}},{"id":"snp5.19:8","sourceIds":["snp5.19:8.1","snp5.19:8.2","snp5.19:8.3","snp5.19:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kiṁ nu tamhā vippavasasi,\nmuhuttamapi piṅgiya;\nGotamā bhūripaññāṇā,\ngotamā bhūrimedhasā.","en":"“Why would you dwell apart from him\neven for an hour, Piṅgiya?\nFrom Gotama, vast in wisdom,\nfrom Gotama, vast in intelligence?"}},{"id":"snp5.19:9","sourceIds":["snp5.19:9.1","snp5.19:9.2","snp5.19:9.3","snp5.19:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo te dhammamadesesi,\nSandiṭṭhikamakālikaṁ;\nTaṇhakkhayamanītikaṁ,\nYassa natthi upamā kvaci”.","en":"He is the one who taught you Dhamma,\napparent in the present life, immediately effective,\nthe untroubled, the end of craving,\nto which there is no compare.”"}},{"id":"snp5.19:10","sourceIds":["snp5.19:10.1","snp5.19:10.2","snp5.19:10.3","snp5.19:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Nāhaṁ tamhā vippavasāmi,\nMuhuttamapi brāhmaṇa;\nGotamā bhūripaññāṇā,\nGotamā bhūrimedhasā.","en":"“I never dwell apart from him,\nnot even for an hour, brahmin.\nFrom Gotama, vast in wisdom,\nfrom Gotama, vast in intelligence."}},{"id":"snp5.19:11","sourceIds":["snp5.19:11.1","snp5.19:11.2","snp5.19:11.3","snp5.19:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo me dhammamadesesi,\nSandiṭṭhikamakālikaṁ;\nTaṇhakkhayamanītikaṁ,\nYassa natthi upamā kvaci.","en":"He is the one who taught me Dhamma,\napparent in the present life, immediately effective,\nthe untroubled, the end of craving,\nto which there is no compare."}},{"id":"snp5.19:12","sourceIds":["snp5.19:12.1","snp5.19:12.2","snp5.19:12.3","snp5.19:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Passāmi naṁ manasā cakkhunāva,\nRattindivaṁ brāhmaṇa appamatto;\nNamassamāno vivasemi rattiṁ,\nTeneva maññāmi avippavāsaṁ.","en":"Being diligent, I see him\nin my mind’s eye day and night.\nI spend the night in homage to him,\nhence I think I dwell with him."}},{"id":"snp5.19:13","sourceIds":["snp5.19:13.1","snp5.19:13.2","snp5.19:13.3","snp5.19:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saddhā ca pīti ca mano sati ca,\nNāpentime gotamasāsanamhā;\nYaṁ yaṁ disaṁ vajati bhūripañño,\nSa tena teneva natohamasmi.","en":"My faith and joy and intent and mindfulness\nnever stray from Gotama’s teaching.\nI bow to whatever direction\nthe one of vast wisdom heads."}},{"id":"snp5.19:14","sourceIds":["snp5.19:14.1","snp5.19:14.2","snp5.19:14.3","snp5.19:14.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Jiṇṇassa me dubbalathāmakassa,\nTeneva kāyo na paleti tattha;\nSaṅkappayantāya vajāmi niccaṁ,\nMano hi me brāhmaṇa tena yutto.","en":"I’m old and feeble,\nso my body cannot go there,\nbut I always travel in my thoughts,\nfor my mind, brahmin, is bound to him."}},{"id":"snp5.19:15","sourceIds":["snp5.19:15.1","snp5.19:15.2","snp5.19:15.3","snp5.19:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Paṅke sayāno pariphandamāno,\nDīpā dīpaṁ upaplaviṁ;\nAthaddasāsiṁ sambuddhaṁ,\nOghatiṇṇamanāsavaṁ”.","en":"Lying floundering in the mud,\nI drifted from island to island.\nThen I saw the Buddha,\nthe undefiled one who has crossed the flood.”"}},{"id":"snp5.19:16","sourceIds":["snp5.19:16.1","snp5.19:16.2","snp5.19:16.3","snp5.19:16.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yathā ahū vakkali muttasaddho,\nBhadrāvudho āḷavigotamo ca;\nEvamevaṁ tvampi pamuñcassu saddhaṁ,\nGamissasi tvaṁ piṅgiya maccudheyyassa pāraṁ”.","en":"“Just as Vakkali was committed to faith—\nBhadrāvudha and Gotama of Āḷavī too—\nso too you should commit to faith.\nYou will go, Piṅgiya, beyond the domain of death.”"}},{"id":"snp5.19:17","sourceIds":["snp5.19:17.1","snp5.19:17.2","snp5.19:17.3","snp5.19:17.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Esa bhiyyo pasīdāmi,\nSutvāna munino vaco;\nVivaṭṭacchado sambuddho,\nAkhilo paṭibhānavā.","en":"“My confidence grows\nas I hear the word of the sage,\nthe Buddha with veil cast off,\nso kind and eloquent."}},{"id":"snp5.19:18","sourceIds":["snp5.19:18.1","snp5.19:18.2","snp5.19:18.3","snp5.19:18.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Adhideve abhiññāya,\nSabbaṁ vedi varovaraṁ;\nPañhānantakaro satthā,\nKaṅkhīnaṁ paṭijānataṁ.","en":"Having directly known all about the gods,\nhe understands all top to bottom,\nthe Teacher who settles all questions\nfor those who admit their doubts."}},{"id":"snp5.19:19","sourceIds":["snp5.19:19.1","snp5.19:19.2","snp5.19:19.3","snp5.19:19.4","snp5.19:19.5","snp5.19:19.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Asaṁhīraṁ asaṅkuppaṁ,\nYassa natthi upamā kvaci;\nAddhā gamissāmi na mettha kaṅkhā,\nEvaṁ maṁ dhārehi adhimuttacittan”ti.\nPārāyanavaggo pañcamo.\nSuttuddānaṁ","en":"The unfaltering, the unshakable:\nthat to which there is no compare.\nFor sure I will go there, I have no doubt of that.\nRemember me as one whose mind is made up.”"}},{"id":"snp5.19:20","sourceIds":["snp5.19:20.1","snp5.19:20.2","snp5.19:20.3","snp5.19:20.4","snp5.19:20.5","snp5.19:20.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Urago dhaniyopi ca,\nKhaggavisāṇo kasi ca;\nCundo bhavo punadeva,\nVasalo ca karaṇīyañca;\nHemavato atha yakkho,\nVijayasuttaṁ munisuttavaranti."}},{"id":"snp5.19:21","sourceIds":["snp5.19:21.1","snp5.19:21.2","snp5.19:21.3","snp5.19:21.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Paṭhamakaṭṭhavaro varavaggo,\nDvādasasuttadharo suvibhatto;\nDesito cakkhumatā vimalena,\nSuyyati vaggavaro uragoti."}},{"id":"snp5.19:22","sourceIds":["snp5.19:22.1","snp5.19:22.2","snp5.19:22.3","snp5.19:22.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ratanāmagandho hirimaṅgalanāmo,\nSucilomakapilo ca brāhmaṇadhammo;\nNāvā kiṁsīlauṭṭhahano ca,\nRāhulo ca punapi vaṅgīso."}},{"id":"snp5.19:23","sourceIds":["snp5.19:23.1","snp5.19:23.2","snp5.19:23.3","snp5.19:23.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sammāparibbājanīyopi cettha,\nDhammikasuttavaro suvibhatto;\nCuddasasuttadharo dutiyamhi,\nCūḷakavaggavaroti tamāhu."}},{"id":"snp5.19:24","sourceIds":["snp5.19:24.1","snp5.19:24.2","snp5.19:24.3","snp5.19:24.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pabbajjapadhānasubhāsitanāmo,\nPūraḷāso punadeva māgho ca;\nSabhiyaṁ keṇiyameva sallanāmo,\nVāseṭṭhavaro kālikopi ca."}},{"id":"snp5.19:25","sourceIds":["snp5.19:25.1","snp5.19:25.2","snp5.19:25.3","snp5.19:25.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nālakasuttavaro suvibhatto,\nTaṁ anupassī tathā punadeva;\nDvādasasuttadharo tatiyamhi,\nSuyyati vaggavaro mahānāmo."}},{"id":"snp5.19:26","sourceIds":["snp5.19:26.1","snp5.19:26.2","snp5.19:26.3","snp5.19:26.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kāmaguhaṭṭhakaduṭṭhakanāmā,\nSuddhavaro paramaṭṭhakanāmo;\nJarā mettiyavaro suvibhatto,\nPasūramāgaṇḍiyā purābhedo."}},{"id":"snp5.19:27","sourceIds":["snp5.19:27.1","snp5.19:27.2","snp5.19:27.3","snp5.19:27.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kalahavivādo ubho viyuhā ca,\nTuvaṭakaattadaṇḍasāriputtā;\nSoḷasasuttadharo catutthamhi,\nAṭṭhakavaggavaroti tamāhu."}},{"id":"snp5.19:28","sourceIds":["snp5.19:28.1","snp5.19:28.2","snp5.19:28.3","snp5.19:28.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Magadhe janapade ramaṇīye,\nDesavare katapuññanivese;\nPāsāṇakacetiyavare suvibhatte,\nVasi bhagavā gaṇaseṭṭho."}},{"id":"snp5.19:29","sourceIds":["snp5.19:29.1","snp5.19:29.2","snp5.19:29.3","snp5.19:29.4","snp5.19:29.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ubhayavāsamāgatiyamhi,\nDvādasayojaniyā parisāya;\nSoḷasabrāhmaṇānaṁ kira puṭṭho,\nPucchāya soḷasapañhakammiyā;\nNippakāsayi dhammamadāsi."}},{"id":"snp5.19:30","sourceIds":["snp5.19:30.1","snp5.19:30.2","snp5.19:30.3","snp5.19:30.4","snp5.19:30.5","snp5.19:30.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atthapakāsakabyañjanapuṇṇaṁ,\nDhammamadesesi parakhemajaniyaṁ;\nLokahitāya jino dvipadaggo,\nSuttavaraṁ bahudhammavicitraṁ;\nSabbakilesapamocanahetuṁ,\nDesayi suttavaraṁ dvipadaggo."}},{"id":"snp5.19:31","sourceIds":["snp5.19:31.1","snp5.19:31.2","snp5.19:31.3","snp5.19:31.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Byañjanamatthapadaṁ samayuttaṁ,\nAkkharasaññitaopamagāḷhaṁ;\nLokavicāraṇañāṇapabhaggaṁ,\nDesayi suttavaraṁ dvipadaggo."}},{"id":"snp5.19:32","sourceIds":["snp5.19:32.1","snp5.19:32.2","snp5.19:32.3","snp5.19:32.4","snp5.19:32.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Rāgamale amalaṁ vimalaggaṁ,\nDosamale amalaṁ vimalaggaṁ;\nMohamale amalaṁ vimalaggaṁ,\nLokavicāraṇañāṇapabhaggaṁ;\nDesayi suttavaraṁ dvipadaggo."}},{"id":"snp5.19:33","sourceIds":["snp5.19:33.1","snp5.19:33.2","snp5.19:33.3","snp5.19:33.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Klesamale amalaṁ vimalaggaṁ,\nDuccaritamale amalaṁ vimalaggaṁ;\nLokavicāraṇañāṇapabhaggaṁ,\nDesayi suttavaraṁ dvipadaggo."}},{"id":"snp5.19:34","sourceIds":["snp5.19:34.1","snp5.19:34.2","snp5.19:34.3","snp5.19:34.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Āsavabandhanayogākilesaṁ,\nNīvaraṇāni ca tīṇi malāni;\nTassa kilesapamocanahetuṁ,\nDesayi suttavaraṁ dvipadaggo."}},{"id":"snp5.19:35","sourceIds":["snp5.19:35.1","snp5.19:35.2","snp5.19:35.3","snp5.19:35.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nimmalasabbakilesapanūdaṁ,\nRāgavirāgamanejamasokaṁ;\nSantapaṇītasududdasadhammaṁ,\nDesayi suttavaraṁ dvipadaggo."}},{"id":"snp5.19:36","sourceIds":["snp5.19:36.1","snp5.19:36.2","snp5.19:36.3","snp5.19:36.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Rāgañca dosakamabhañjitasantaṁ,\nYonicatuggatipañcaviññāṇaṁ;\nTaṇhāratacchadanatāṇalatāpamokkhaṁ,\nDesayi suttavaraṁ dvipadaggo."}},{"id":"snp5.19:37","sourceIds":["snp5.19:37.1","snp5.19:37.2","snp5.19:37.3","snp5.19:37.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Gambhīraduddasasaṇhanipuṇaṁ,\nPaṇḍitavedaniyaṁ nipuṇatthaṁ;\nLokavicāraṇañāṇapabhaggaṁ,\nDesayi suttavaraṁ dvipadaggo."}},{"id":"snp5.19:38","sourceIds":["snp5.19:38.1","snp5.19:38.2","snp5.19:38.3","snp5.19:38.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Navaṅgakusumamālagīveyyaṁ,\nIndriyajhānavimokkhavibhattaṁ;\nAṭṭhaṅgamaggadharaṁ varayānaṁ,\nDesayi suttavaraṁ dvipadaggo."}},{"id":"snp5.19:39","sourceIds":["snp5.19:39.1","snp5.19:39.2","snp5.19:39.3","snp5.19:39.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Somupamaṁ vimalaṁ parisuddhaṁ,\nAṇṇavamūpamaratanasucittaṁ;\nPupphasamaṁ ravimūpamatejaṁ,\nDesayi suttavaraṁ dvipadaggo."}},{"id":"snp5.19:40","sourceIds":["snp5.19:40.1","snp5.19:40.2","snp5.19:40.3","snp5.19:40.4","snp5.19:40.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Khemasivaṁ sukhasītalasantaṁ,\nMaccutatāṇaparaṁ paramatthaṁ;\nTassa sunibbutadassanahetuṁ,\nDesayi suttavaraṁ dvipadaggoti.\nSuttanipātapāḷi samattā.","en":"The Anthology of Discourses is completed."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/snp5.19/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."}