增支部第 10 集（Sujato 英译）第 48 阅读页 · AN10.46 · With the Sakyans

Numbered Discourses 10.46Numbered Discourses 10.465. Abuse5. Abuse

With the SakyansWith the SakyansAt one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Sakyans, near Kapilavatthu in the Banyan Tree Monastery.At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Sakyans, near Kapilavatthu in the Banyan Tree Monastery.Then on the sabbath several Sakyan lay followers went up to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha said to them:Then on the sabbath several Sakyan lay followers went up to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha said to them:

“Sakyans, do you observe the sabbath with its eight factors?”“Sakyans, do you observe the sabbath with its eight factors?”“Sir, sometimes we do, sometimes we don’t.”“Sir, sometimes we do, sometimes we don’t.”“That’s your loss, Sakyans, it’s your misfortune. In this life with its fear of sorrow and death, you sometimes keep the sabbath and you sometimes don’t.“That’s your loss, Sakyans, it’s your misfortune. In this life with its fear of sorrow and death, you sometimes keep the sabbath and you sometimes don’t.

What do you think, Sakyans?What do you think, Sakyans?Take a man who earns half a dollar for an honest day’s work.Take a man who earns half a dollar for an honest day’s work.Is this enough to call him a deft and industrious man?”Is this enough to call him a deft and industrious man?”

“Yes, sir.”“Yes, sir.”“What do you think, Sakyans?“What do you think, Sakyans?Take a man who earns a dollar for an honest day’s work.Take a man who earns a dollar for an honest day’s work.

Is this enough to call him a deft and industrious man?”Is this enough to call him a deft and industrious man?”“Yes, sir.”“Yes, sir.”“What do you think, Sakyans?“What do you think, Sakyans?

Take a man who, for an honest day’s work, earns two dollars …Take a man who, for an honest day’s work, earns two dollars …three dollars …three dollars …four dollars …four dollars …

five dollars …five dollars …six dollars …six dollars …seven dollars …seven dollars …

eight dollars …eight dollars …nine dollars …nine dollars …ten dollars …ten dollars …

twenty dollars …twenty dollars …thirty dollars …thirty dollars …forty dollars …forty dollars …

fifty dollars …fifty dollars …a hundred dollars.a hundred dollars.Is this enough to call him a deft and industrious man?”Is this enough to call him a deft and industrious man?”

“Yes, sir.”“Yes, sir.”“What do you think, Sakyans?“What do you think, Sakyans?Suppose that man earned a hundred or a thousand dollars every day and saved it all up. If he lived for a hundred years, would he not accumulate a large mass of wealth?”Suppose that man earned a hundred or a thousand dollars every day and saved it all up. If he lived for a hundred years, would he not accumulate a large mass of wealth?”

“Yes, sir.”“Yes, sir.”“What do you think, Sakyans?“What do you think, Sakyans?Would that man, on account of that wealth, experience absolute happiness for a single day or night, or even half a day or night?”Would that man, on account of that wealth, experience absolute happiness for a single day or night, or even half a day or night?”

“No, sir.”“No, sir.”“Why is that?”“Why is that?”“Because sensual pleasures, sir, are impermanent, hollow, false, and deceptive.”“Because sensual pleasures, sir, are impermanent, hollow, false, and deceptive.”

“But take one of my disciples who lives diligent, keen, and resolute for ten years, practicing in line with my instructions. They can experience absolute happiness for a hundred years, ten thousand years, or a hundred thousand years.“But take one of my disciples who lives diligent, keen, and resolute for ten years, practicing in line with my instructions. They can experience absolute happiness for a hundred years, ten thousand years, or a hundred thousand years.And they could become a once-returner or a non-returner, or, as a sure bet, a stream-enterer.And they could become a once-returner or a non-returner, or, as a sure bet, a stream-enterer.Let alone ten years,Let alone ten years,

take one of my disciples who lives diligent, keen, and resolute for nine years …take one of my disciples who lives diligent, keen, and resolute for nine years …eight years …eight years …seven years …seven years …

six years …six years …five years …five years …four years …four years …

three years …three years …two years …two years …one year …one year …

ten months …ten months …nine months …nine months …eight months …eight months …

seven months …seven months …six months …six months …five months …five months …

four months …four months …three months …three months …two months …two months …

one month …one month …a fortnight …a fortnight …ten days …ten days …

nine days …nine days …eight days …eight days …seven days …seven days …

six days …six days …five days …five days …four days …four days …

three days …three days …two days …two days …Let alone two days, take one of my disciples who lives diligent, keen, and resolute for one day, practicing in line with my instructions. They can experience absolute happiness for a hundred years, ten thousand years, or a hundred thousand years. And they could become a once-returner or a non-returner, or, as a sure bet, a stream-enterer.Let alone two days, take one of my disciples who lives diligent, keen, and resolute for one day, practicing in line with my instructions. They can experience absolute happiness for a hundred years, ten thousand years, or a hundred thousand years. And they could become a once-returner or a non-returner, or, as a sure bet, a stream-enterer.

It’s your loss, Sakyans, it’s your misfortune. In this life with its fear of sorrow and death, you sometimes keep the sabbath and you sometimes don’t.”It’s your loss, Sakyans, it’s your misfortune. In this life with its fear of sorrow and death, you sometimes keep the sabbath and you sometimes don’t.”“Well, sir, from this day forth we will observe the sabbath with its eight factors.”“Well, sir, from this day forth we will observe the sabbath with its eight factors.”