增支部第 10 集（Sujato 英译）第 11 阅读页 · AN10.11 · Lodgings

Numbered Discourses 10.11Numbered Discourses 10.112. A Protector2. A Protector

LodgingsLodgings“Mendicants, a mendicant with five factors, using and frequenting lodgings with five factors, will soon realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. And they will live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.“Mendicants, a mendicant with five factors, using and frequenting lodgings with five factors, will soon realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. And they will live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.And how does a mendicant have five factors?And how does a mendicant have five factors?

It’s when a noble disciple has faith in the Realized One’s awakening:It’s when a noble disciple has faith in the Realized One’s awakening:‘That Blessed One is perfected, a fully awakened Buddha, accomplished in knowledge and conduct, holy, knower of the world, supreme guide for those fit for training, teacher of gods and humans, awakened, blessed.’‘That Blessed One is perfected, a fully awakened Buddha, accomplished in knowledge and conduct, holy, knower of the world, supreme guide for those fit for training, teacher of gods and humans, awakened, blessed.’They are rarely ill or unwell. Their stomach digests well, being neither too hot nor too cold, but just right, and fit for meditation.They are rarely ill or unwell. Their stomach digests well, being neither too hot nor too cold, but just right, and fit for meditation.

They’re not devious or deceitful. They reveal themselves honestly to the Teacher or sensible spiritual companions.They’re not devious or deceitful. They reveal themselves honestly to the Teacher or sensible spiritual companions.They live with energy roused up for giving up unskillful qualities and embracing skillful qualities. They’re strong, staunchly vigorous, not slacking off when it comes to developing skillful qualities.They live with energy roused up for giving up unskillful qualities and embracing skillful qualities. They’re strong, staunchly vigorous, not slacking off when it comes to developing skillful qualities.They’re wise. They have the wisdom of arising and passing away which is noble, penetrative, and leads to the complete ending of suffering.They’re wise. They have the wisdom of arising and passing away which is noble, penetrative, and leads to the complete ending of suffering.

That’s how a mendicant has five factors.That’s how a mendicant has five factors.And how does a lodging have five factors?And how does a lodging have five factors?It’s when a lodging is neither too far nor too near, but convenient for coming and going.It’s when a lodging is neither too far nor too near, but convenient for coming and going.

It’s not bothered by people by day, and at night it’s quiet and still.It’s not bothered by people by day, and at night it’s quiet and still.There’s little disturbance from flies, mosquitoes, wind, sun, and reptiles.There’s little disturbance from flies, mosquitoes, wind, sun, and reptiles.While staying in that lodging the necessities of life—robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick—are easy to come by.While staying in that lodging the necessities of life—robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick—are easy to come by.

And in that lodging there are several senior mendicants who are very learned, inheritors of the heritage, who have memorized the teachings, the monastic law, and the outlines.And in that lodging there are several senior mendicants who are very learned, inheritors of the heritage, who have memorized the teachings, the monastic law, and the outlines.From time to time they go up to those mendicants and ask them questions:From time to time they go up to those mendicants and ask them questions:‘Why, sir, does it say this? What does that mean?’‘Why, sir, does it say this? What does that mean?’

Those venerables reveal what is hidden, clarify what is unclear, and dispel doubt regarding the many doubtful matters.Those venerables reveal what is hidden, clarify what is unclear, and dispel doubt regarding the many doubtful matters.That’s how a lodging has five factors.That’s how a lodging has five factors.A mendicant with five factors, using and frequenting lodgings with five factors, will soon realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. And they will live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.”A mendicant with five factors, using and frequenting lodgings with five factors, will soon realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. And they will live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.”