Iti 69 · uttaka 69
This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant, so I have heard: “Monks, anyone–monk or nun–in whom passion is unabandoned, aversion is unabandoned, & delusion is unabandoned, is said not to have crossed the ocean with its waves, breakers, & whirlpools, its seizers & demons.1 Anyone–monk or nun–in whom passion is abandoned, aversion is abandoned, & delusion is abandoned, is said to have crossed the ocean with its waves, breakers, & whirlpools, its seizers & demons. Having crossed over, having reached the far shore, he/she stands on high ground, a brahman.”
One whose passion, aversion, & ignorance
have faded away,
has crossed over this ocean
with its seizers,
demons,
dangerous waves,
so hard to cross.
Free from acquisitions
–bonds surmounted,
death abandoned–
he has abandoned stress
with no further becoming.
Notes
1. See §109.
2. See Skill in Questions, Appendix Four.
Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. © 2014 / rev. 2017 Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu — released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 licence, for free distribution only. Source: dhammatalks.org (Metta Forest Monastery).
