5.
The Discourse on Candana
96.
Standing to one side, Candana the young god addressed the Blessed One in verse -
"How does one cross the flood, unwearied day and night;
Without a footing, without a support, who does not sink in the deep?"
"One always accomplished in morality, wise, well concentrated;
Putting forth strenuous energy, resolute, crosses the flood hard to cross.
"Abstaining from perception of sensuality, gone beyond the fetter of materiality;
With passionate delight eliminated, he does not sink in the deep."