增支部第 10 集（Sujato 英译）第 86 阅读页 · AN10.84 · Declaration

Numbered Discourses 10.84Numbered Discourses 10.849. Senior Mendicants9. Senior Mendicants

DeclarationDeclarationThere Venerable Mahāmoggallāna addressed the mendicants:There Venerable Mahāmoggallāna addressed the mendicants:“Reverends, mendicants!”“Reverends, mendicants!”

“Reverend,” they replied.“Reverend,” they replied.Venerable Mahāmoggallāna said this:Venerable Mahāmoggallāna said this:“Take a mendicant who declares enlightenment:“Take a mendicant who declares enlightenment:

‘I understand: “Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is nothing further for this place.”’‘I understand: “Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is nothing further for this place.”’They’re pursued, pressed, and grilled by the Realized One, or by one of his disciples who is a meditator skilled in attainments, in the minds of others, and in encompassing another’s mind.They’re pursued, pressed, and grilled by the Realized One, or by one of his disciples who is a meditator skilled in attainments, in the minds of others, and in encompassing another’s mind.Grilled in this way they get stuck or lose their way. They fall to ruin and disaster.Grilled in this way they get stuck or lose their way. They fall to ruin and disaster.

The Realized One or one of his disciples encompasses their mind and investigates:The Realized One or one of his disciples encompasses their mind and investigates:‘Why does this venerable declare enlightenment, saying:‘Why does this venerable declare enlightenment, saying:“I understand: ‘Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is nothing further for this place’”?’“I understand: ‘Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is nothing further for this place’”?’

They understand:They understand:‘This venerable gets irritable,‘This venerable gets irritable,and often lives with a heart full of anger.and often lives with a heart full of anger.

But being full of anger means decline in the teaching and training proclaimed by the Realized One.But being full of anger means decline in the teaching and training proclaimed by the Realized One.This venerable is acrimonious …This venerable is acrimonious …prone to disdain …prone to disdain …

contemptuous …contemptuous …jealous …jealous …stingy …stingy …

devious …devious …deceitful …deceitful …This venerable has corrupt wishes,This venerable has corrupt wishes,

and often lives with a heart full of desire.and often lives with a heart full of desire.But being full of desire means decline in the teaching and training proclaimed by the Realized One.But being full of desire means decline in the teaching and training proclaimed by the Realized One.When there is still more to be done, this venerable stopped half-way after achieving some trifling distinction.When there is still more to be done, this venerable stopped half-way after achieving some trifling distinction.

But stopping half-way means decline in the teaching and training proclaimed by the Realized One.’But stopping half-way means decline in the teaching and training proclaimed by the Realized One.’It is quite impossible for a mendicant to achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training without giving up these ten qualities.It is quite impossible for a mendicant to achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training without giving up these ten qualities.It is quite possible for a mendicant to achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training after giving up these ten qualities.”It is quite possible for a mendicant to achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training after giving up these ten qualities.”