{"id":"snp2.8","title":"The Boat","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"snp2.8","title":"The Boat","units":[{"id":"snp2.8:0","sourceIds":["snp2.8:0.1","snp2.8:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sutta Nipāta 2.8\nDhamma (nāvā) sutta","en":"Anthology of Discourses 2.8\nThe Boat"}},{"id":"snp2.8:1","sourceIds":["snp2.8:1.1","snp2.8:1.2","snp2.8:1.3","snp2.8:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yasmā hi dhammaṁ puriso vijaññā,\nIndaṁva naṁ devatā pūjayeyya;\nSo pūjito tasmi pasannacitto,\nBahussuto pātukaroti dhammaṁ.","en":"If you would learn the teaching from someone,\nhonor them as the gods honor Indra.\nThen they will have confidence in you,\nand being learned, they reveal the teaching."}},{"id":"snp2.8:2","sourceIds":["snp2.8:2.1","snp2.8:2.2","snp2.8:2.3","snp2.8:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tadaṭṭhikatvāna nisamma dhīro,\nDhammānudhammaṁ paṭipajjamāno;\nViññū vibhāvī nipuṇo ca hoti,\nYo tādisaṁ bhajati appamatto.","en":"Heeding well, an attentive one,\npracticing in line with that teaching\ngrows intelligent, discerning, and subtle\nthrough diligently sticking close to such a person."}},{"id":"snp2.8:3","sourceIds":["snp2.8:3.1","snp2.8:3.2","snp2.8:3.3","snp2.8:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Khuddañca bālaṁ upasevamāno,\nAnāgatatthañca usūyakañca;\nIdheva dhammaṁ avibhāvayitvā,\nAvitiṇṇakaṅkho maraṇaṁ upeti.","en":"But associating with a petty fool\nwho falls short of the goal, jealous,\nthen unable to discern the teaching in this life,\none proceeds to death still plagued by doubts."}},{"id":"snp2.8:4","sourceIds":["snp2.8:4.1","snp2.8:4.2","snp2.8:4.3","snp2.8:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yathā naro āpagamotaritvā,\nMahodakaṁ salilaṁ sīghasotaṁ;\nSo vuyhamāno anusotagāmī,\nKiṁ so pare sakkhati tārayetuṁ.","en":"It’s like a man who has plunged into a river,\na rushing torrent in spate.\nAs they are swept away downstream,\nhow could they help others across?"}},{"id":"snp2.8:5","sourceIds":["snp2.8:5.1","snp2.8:5.2","snp2.8:5.3","snp2.8:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatheva dhammaṁ avibhāvayitvā,\nBahussutānaṁ anisāmayatthaṁ;\nSayaṁ ajānaṁ avitiṇṇakaṅkho,\nKiṁ so pare sakkhati nijjhapetuṁ.","en":"Just so, one unable to discern the teaching,\nwho hasn’t studied the meaning under the learned,\nnot knowing it oneself, still plagued by doubts,\nhow could they help others to contemplate?"}},{"id":"snp2.8:6","sourceIds":["snp2.8:6.1","snp2.8:6.2","snp2.8:6.3","snp2.8:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yathāpi nāvaṁ daḷhamāruhitvā,\nPhiyena rittena samaṅgibhūto;\nSo tāraye tattha bahūpi aññe,\nTatrūpayaññū kusalo mutīmā.","en":"But one who has embarked on a strong boat\nequipped with rudder and oar,\nwould bring many others across there\nwith skill, care, and thoughtfulness."}},{"id":"snp2.8:7","sourceIds":["snp2.8:7.1","snp2.8:7.2","snp2.8:7.3","snp2.8:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evampi yo vedagu bhāvitatto,\nBahussuto hoti avedhadhammo;\nSo kho pare nijjhapaye pajānaṁ,\nSotāvadhānūpanisūpapanne.","en":"So too one who understands—a knowledge master,\nevolved, learned, and unflappable—\ncan help others to contemplate,\nso long as they are prepared to listen carefully."}},{"id":"snp2.8:8","sourceIds":["snp2.8:8.1","snp2.8:8.2","snp2.8:8.3","snp2.8:8.4","snp2.8:8.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmā have sappurisaṁ bhajetha,\nMedhāvinañceva bahussutañca;\nAññāya atthaṁ paṭipajjamāno,\nViññātadhammo sa sukhaṁ labhethāti.\nNāvāsuttaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ.","en":"That’s why you should spend time with a true person,\nintelligent and learned.\nHaving understood the meaning, putting it into practice,\none who understands the teaching would find happiness."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/snp2.8/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}