iti.69 Itivuttaka

Attachment (2)

This was said by the Lord…

“Bhikkhus, any bhikkhu or bhikkhunī in whom attachment is not abandoned, hate is not abandoned, and delusion is not abandoned, is said to be one who has not crossed the ocean with its waves, breakers, and eddies, with its sharks and demons. But any bhikkhu or bhikkhunī in whom attachment is abandoned, hate is abandoned, and delusion is abandoned, is said to be one who has crossed the ocean with its waves, breakers, and eddies, its sharks and demons—one of whom it is said: ‘Crossed over, gone beyond, the brahmin stands on dry ground.’”

One who has destroyed attachment
Along with hate and ignorance
Has crossed this ocean
With its sharks and demons,
Its fearful waves so hard to cross.

He has surmounted every tie,
Left Death behind,
Become free from clinging,
Forsaken suffering and renewal of being.
Vanished, he cannot be defined, I say—
He has bewildered the King of Death.

- Translator: John D. Ireland

- Editor: Bhikkhu Sujato

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Greed (2nd)

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
“Whoever has not given up greed, hate, and delusion
is said to have not crossed over the ocean with its waves and whirlpools, its saltwater crocodiles and monsters.
Whoever has given up greed, hate, and delusion
is said to have crossed over the ocean with its waves and whirlpools, its saltwater crocodiles and monsters. Crossed over and gone beyond, that brahmin stands on the shore.”
The Buddha spoke this matter.
On this it is said:
“Those in whom greed, hate, and ignorance
have faded away,
have crossed the ocean so hard to cross,
with its saltwater crocodiles and monsters, its waves and dangers.
They’ve escaped their chains, given up death, and have no attachments.
They’ve given up suffering, so there are no more future lives.
They’ve come to an end, and cannot be measured;
and they’ve confounded the King of Death, I say.”
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.