A sutta of the Suttanipāta’s Cūḷa Vagga, also known as the Dhamma Sutta, in which the Buddha explains that Sāriputta’s habit of bowing toward his distant teacher’s home is fitting since even the devas revere him, comparing the wise to a ship that ferries others across.

A sutta title that is an alternate reference pointing to the Vāsijaṭa Sutta, under which its actual content is found.

A sutta comparing a sea-going vessel left stranded and destroyed by sun and rain to the fetters that wither away in a monk who cultivates the Noble Eightfold Path.

A discourse about a novice who, returning from his almsround, sat in silence instead of helping with robe-making, which was reported to the Buddha, who discovered the novice’s attainments and told the monks to leave him undisturbed, since he could win the four absorptions without effort.