Aṅguttara Nikāya
Catukka Nipāta
XI: Valāhaka Vagga
The Book of the Fours
Chapter XI: Rain-Cloud
Sutta 104
Paṭhama Udakarahada Suttaṃ
Pools of Water (a)1
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Thus have I heard:
On a certain occasion the Exalted One was staying near Sāvatthī at Jeta Grove in Anāthapiṇḍika's Park.
Then the Exalted One addressed the monks, saying:
"Monks."
"Yes, lord," replied those monks to the Exalted ONe.
The Exalted One said this:
"Monks, there are these four pools of water.
What four?
The shallow which looks deep,
the deep which looks shallow,
the shallow which looks shallow,
and the deep which looks deep.2
These are the four pools of water.
1 Cf. Pugg. 46.
2 Cf. Dialogues, ii, p. 50, 'deep it is and it looks deep.'