sn35.242:1.1 At one time the Buddha was staying near Kimibilā on the bank of the Ganges River.
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sn35.242:1.2 Seeing a large tree trunk being carried along by the current,
sn35.242:1.3 he addressed the mendicants:
sn35.242:1.4 “Mendicants, do you see that large tree trunk being carried along by the current of the Ganges River?”
sn35.242:1.5 “Yes, sir,” they replied. …
sn35.242:1.6 When this was said, Venerable Kimbila said to the Buddha:
sn35.242:1.7 “But sir, what’s the near shore and what’s the far shore? What’s sinking in the middle? What’s getting stranded on high ground? What’s getting taken by humans or non-humans? What’s getting caught up in a whirlpool? And what’s rotting away?” …
sn35.242:1.8 “And what, Kimbila, is rotting away?
sn35.242:1.9 It’s when a mendicant has committed the kind of corrupt offense for which no rehabilitation is possible.
sn35.242:1.10 This is called ‘rotting away’.”