Exploring the Path - Pāli Course

Then the Brāhmin Saṅgāravo approached the Bhagavā. Having approached the Bhagavā he greeted him courteously. After the exchange of friendly and polite greetings and the exchange of a reminiscent tale he sat down at one side. Having sat down at one side the Brāhmin Saṅgāravo addressed the Bhagavā thus:

“What now then, friend Gotama, is the hither shore, what is the further shore?”

“Wrong view, Brāhmin, is the hither shore; right view is the further shore.

Wrong thought is the hither shore; right thought is the further shore.

Wrong speech is the hither shore; right speech is the further shore.

Wrong action is the hither shore; right action is the further shore.

Wrong livelihood is the hither shore; right livelihood is the further shore.

Wrong effort is the hither shore; right effort is the further shore.

Wrong awareness is the hither shore; right awareness is the further shore.

Wrong concentration is the hither shore; right concentration is the further shore.

Wrong knowledge is the hither shore; right knowledge is the further shore.

Wrong liberation is the hither shore; right liberation is the further shore.

This, Brahmin, is the hither shore, what is the further shore.”

“So few are there amongst mankind who go beyond to the further shore.
The majority of them keep running up and down the hither shore.
But those who live in line with the truly and well expounded Dhamma,
These people will reach the other shore and surpass the realm of death
which is so hard to cross.
Let the Wise One cultivate the states of brightness, giving up the states of darkness!
Giving up home for homelessness, dwelling in solitude from desires far away,
In this way one should seek the bliss of those who have abandoned desires and have nothing left to hold.
Let thus the Wise One’s purify—cleansing themselves from the defilements of the mind,
Rightly cultivating the mind—growing in the factors of enlightenment,
Enjoying the state of being cleansed of attachments, free from clinging
Their mental defilements stand destroyed, resplendent in this world are they,
the Liberated Ones.”

^*Saṅgāravasuttaṃ: Saṅgārava — name of a Brahmin