Exploring the Path - Pāli Course

“I will teach you, Bhikkhus, about the hither shore and the further shore.

Therefore, listen attentively with alert mind. I will teach you.”

“Well, Bhante!” the Bhikkhus replied to the Bhagavā. The Bhagavā spoke thus:

“What, Bhikkhus, is the hither shore and what is the further shore?

Wrong view 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, Bhikkhus, is the hither shore, that is the further shore.”

“So few are there amongst human beings to go beyond the further shore,

…

Their mental defilements stand destroyed, resplendent in this world are they,

the Liberated Ones.”

^*Orimatīrasuttaṃ: orima + tīra — the lowest, this side + shore