Samyuktagama (Sanskrit fragments) 263.8

263.8

「如是，比丘精勤修習隨順成就，不自知見今日爾所漏盡，明日爾所漏盡，然彼比丘知有漏盡。所以者何？以修習故。何所修習？謂修習念處、正勤、如意足、根、力、覺、道。譬如大舶，在於海邊，經夏六月，風飄日暴，藤綴漸斷。

“Thus, a monk who diligently trains himself and follows through with it won’t know and see for himself that the contaminants will end today or tomorrow. Still, that monk will know that he has ended the contaminants. Why is that? Because he trains himself. What does he train in? He trains in the abodes of mindfulness, right effort, spiritual abilities, faculties, powers, factors of awakening, and the path.

“He’s like a large ship that travels along the coast of the ocean for six months during summer. Its rope lashings slowly break as it’s blown around violently each day.