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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 35.242 Linked Discourses 35.242
19. ÄsÄ«visavagga 19. The Simile of the Vipers
DutiyadÄrukkhandhopamasutta The Simile of the Tree Trunk (2nd)
Ekaį¹ samayaį¹ bhagavÄ kimilÄyaį¹ viharati gaį¹
gÄya nadiyÄ tÄ«re. At one time the Buddha was staying near KimibilÄ on the bank of the Ganges River.
AddasÄ kho bhagavÄ mahantaį¹ dÄrukkhandhaį¹ gaį¹
gÄya nadiyÄ sotena vuyhamÄnaį¹. Seeing a large tree trunk being carried along by the current,
DisvÄna bhikkhÅ« Ämantesi: he addressed the mendicants:
āpassatha no tumhe, bhikkhave, amuį¹ mahantaį¹ dÄrukkhandhaį¹ gaį¹
gÄya nadiyÄ sotena vuyhamÄnanāti? āMendicants, do you see that large tree trunk being carried along by the current of the Ganges River?ā
āEvaį¹, bhanteā ā¦peā¦ āYes, sir,ā they replied. ā¦
evaį¹ vutte, ÄyasmÄ kimilo bhagavantaį¹ etadavoca: When this was said, Venerable Kimbila said to the Buddha:
ākiį¹ nu kho, bhante, orimaį¹ tÄ«raį¹ ā¦peā¦ āBut sir, whatās the near shore and whatās the far shore? Whatās sinking in the middle? Whatās getting stranded on high ground? Whatās getting taken by humans or non-humans? Whatās getting caught up in a whirlpool? And whatās rotting away?ā ā¦
ākatamo ca, kimila, antopÅ«tibhÄvo. āAnd what, Kimbila, is rotting away?
Idha, kimila, bhikkhu aƱƱataraį¹ saį¹
kiliį¹į¹haį¹ Äpattiį¹ Äpanno hoti yathÄrÅ«pÄya ÄpattiyÄ na vuį¹į¹hÄnaį¹ paƱƱÄyati. Itās when a mendicant has committed the kind of corrupt offense for which no rehabilitation is possible. This refers to the pÄrÄjika offensesāsexual intercourse, murder, stealing, and lying about spiritual attainmentsāwhich entail immediate and permanent expulsion from the Saį¹
gha.
Ayaį¹ vuccati, kimila, antopÅ«tibhÄvoāti. This is called ārotting awayā.ā
PaƱcamaį¹.