Oghapañhā Sutta

Jambhukhādaka:

“Friend Sāriputta, I hear people say:

‘The floods, the floods.’ [1]

What are these floods?”

Ven. Sāriputta:

There are these four floods, friend:

The flood of the senses;

The flood of identity;

The flood of views;

The flood of lacking discernment.[2]

Jambhukhādaka:

“But is there a path, a practice to let go of these floods?”[3]

Ven. Sāriputta: “There is, friend.”

Jambhukhādaka: “What is it?”

Ven. Sāriputta:

“The eight-spoked path of the awakened ones is

for letting go of these floods, that is:

Wise perspective,

wise intention,

wise speech,

wise action,

wise livelihood,

wise practice,

wise awareness,

wise meditation.”

Jambhukhādaka:

“It is an auspicious path,

an auspicious practice for the letting go of the floods.

And it is suitable for living mindfully.”

[1] “‘Ogho, ogho’ti, āvuso sāriputta, vuccati. 

[2] Kāmogho, bhavogho, diṭṭhogho, avijjogho

[3] “Atthi panāvuso, maggo atthi paṭipadā, etesaṁ oghānaṁ pahānāyā”ti?