EN
“Mendicants, these four things are very far apart. What four? The firmament and the earth. …
PL
“Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, suvidūravidūrāni. Katamāni cattāri? Nabhañca, bhikkhave, pathavī ca; idaṁ paṭhamaṁ suvidūravidūre.
Very Far Apart
Suvidūrasutta
EN
The near and the far shore of the ocean. … Where the sun rises and where it sets. …
PL
Orimañca, bhikkhave, tīraṁ samuddassa pārimañca; idaṁ dutiyaṁ suvidūravidūre. Yato ca, bhikkhave, verocano abbhudeti yattha ca atthameti; idaṁ tatiyaṁ suvidūravidūre.
EN
The teaching of the virtuous and the teaching of the wicked. … These are the four things very far apart. The firmament is far from the earth;
PL
Satañca, bhikkhave, dhammo asatañca dhammo; idaṁ catutthaṁ suvidūravidūre. Imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri suvidūravidūrānīti. Nabhañca dūre pathavī ca dūre,
EN
they say the other shore of the ocean is far; and where the sun rises is far from where that beacon sets. But even further apart than that, they say,
PL
Pāraṁ samuddassa tadāhu dūre; Yato ca verocano abbhudeti, Pabhaṅkaro yattha ca atthameti; Tato have dūrataraṁ vadanti,
EN
is the teaching of the virtuous from the wicked. The company of the virtuous is reliable; as long as it remains, it stays the same. But the company of the wicked is fickle,
PL
Satañca dhammaṁ asatañca dhammaṁ. Abyāyiko hoti sataṁ samāgamo, Yāvāpi tiṭṭheyya tatheva hoti; Khippañhi veti asataṁ samāgamo,
EN
and so the teaching of the virtuous <j>is far from the wicked.”
PL
Tasmā sataṁ dhammo asabbhi ārakā”ti. Sattamaṁ.
Sutraya