增支部第 10 集（Sujato 英译）第 198 阅读页 · AN10.216 · Creepy Creatures

Numbered Discourses 10.216Numbered Discourses 10.21621. The Body Born of Deeds21. The Body Born of Deeds

Creepy CreaturesCreepy Creatures“Mendicants, I will teach you an exposition of the teaching on creepy creatures.“Mendicants, I will teach you an exposition of the teaching on creepy creatures.Listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.”Listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.”

“Yes, sir,” they replied.“Yes, sir,” they replied.The Buddha said this:The Buddha said this:“What is the exposition of the teaching on creepy creatures?“What is the exposition of the teaching on creepy creatures?

Sentient beings are the owners of their deeds and heir to their deeds. Deeds are their womb, their relative, and their refuge.Sentient beings are the owners of their deeds and heir to their deeds. Deeds are their womb, their relative, and their refuge.They shall be the heir of whatever deeds they do, whether good or bad.They shall be the heir of whatever deeds they do, whether good or bad.Take a certain someone who kills living creatures. They’re violent, bloody-handed, a hardened killer, merciless to all living beings.Take a certain someone who kills living creatures. They’re violent, bloody-handed, a hardened killer, merciless to all living beings.

They’re creepy in body, speech, and mind.They’re creepy in body, speech, and mind.Doing crooked deeds by way of body, speech, and mind, their destiny and rebirth are crooked.Doing crooked deeds by way of body, speech, and mind, their destiny and rebirth are crooked.Someone whose destiny and rebirth is crooked is reborn in one of two places, I say:Someone whose destiny and rebirth is crooked is reborn in one of two places, I say:

in an absolutely painful hell, or among the species of creepy animals.in an absolutely painful hell, or among the species of creepy animals.And what are the species of creepy animals?And what are the species of creepy animals?Snakes, scorpions, centipedes, mongooses, cats, mice, owls, or whatever other species of animal that creep away when they see humans.Snakes, scorpions, centipedes, mongooses, cats, mice, owls, or whatever other species of animal that creep away when they see humans.

This is how a being is born from a being.This is how a being is born from a being.For your deeds determine your rebirth,For your deeds determine your rebirth,and when you’re reborn contacts strike you.and when you’re reborn contacts strike you.

This is why I say that sentient beings are heirs to their deeds.This is why I say that sentient beings are heirs to their deeds.Take someone else who steals …Take someone else who steals …commits sexual misconduct …commits sexual misconduct …

lies …lies …backbites …backbites …speaks harshly …speaks harshly …

indulges in talking nonsense …indulges in talking nonsense …is covetous …is covetous …has cruel intentions …has cruel intentions …

has wrong view …has wrong view …They’re creepy in body, speech, and mind.They’re creepy in body, speech, and mind.Doing crooked deeds by way of body, speech, and mind, their destiny and rebirth are crooked.Doing crooked deeds by way of body, speech, and mind, their destiny and rebirth are crooked.

Someone whose destiny and rebirth is crooked is reborn in one of two places, I say:Someone whose destiny and rebirth is crooked is reborn in one of two places, I say:in an absolutely painful hell, or among the species of creepy animals.in an absolutely painful hell, or among the species of creepy animals.And what are the species of creepy animals?And what are the species of creepy animals?

Snakes, scorpions, centipedes, mongooses, cats, mice, owls, or whatever other species of animal that creep away when they see humans.Snakes, scorpions, centipedes, mongooses, cats, mice, owls, or whatever other species of animal that creep away when they see humans.This is how a being is born from a being.This is how a being is born from a being.For your deeds determine your rebirth,For your deeds determine your rebirth,

and when you’re reborn contacts strike you.and when you’re reborn contacts strike you.This is why I say that sentient beings are heirs to their deeds.This is why I say that sentient beings are heirs to their deeds.Sentient beings are the owners of their deeds and heir to their deeds. Deeds are their womb, their relative, and their refuge.Sentient beings are the owners of their deeds and heir to their deeds. Deeds are their womb, their relative, and their refuge.

They shall be the heir of whatever deeds they do, whether good or bad.They shall be the heir of whatever deeds they do, whether good or bad.Take a certain someone who gives up killing living creatures, renouncing the rod and the sword. They’re scrupulous and kind, living full of sympathy for all living beings.Take a certain someone who gives up killing living creatures, renouncing the rod and the sword. They’re scrupulous and kind, living full of sympathy for all living beings.They’re not creepy in body, speech, and mind.They’re not creepy in body, speech, and mind.

Doing virtuous deeds by way of body, speech, and mind, their destiny and rebirth is virtuous.Doing virtuous deeds by way of body, speech, and mind, their destiny and rebirth is virtuous.Someone whose destiny and rebirth is virtuous is reborn in one of two places, I say:Someone whose destiny and rebirth is virtuous is reborn in one of two places, I say:in a heaven of absolute happiness, or in an eminent well-to-do family of aristocrats, brahmins, or householders—rich, affluent, and wealthy, with lots of gold and silver, lots of property and assets, and lots of money and grain.in a heaven of absolute happiness, or in an eminent well-to-do family of aristocrats, brahmins, or householders—rich, affluent, and wealthy, with lots of gold and silver, lots of property and assets, and lots of money and grain.

This is how a being is born from a being.This is how a being is born from a being.For your deeds determine your rebirth,For your deeds determine your rebirth,and when you’re reborn contacts strike you.and when you’re reborn contacts strike you.

This is why I say that sentient beings are heirs to their deeds.This is why I say that sentient beings are heirs to their deeds.Take someone else who gives up stealing …Take someone else who gives up stealing …sexual misconduct …sexual misconduct …

lying …lying …backbiting …backbiting …harsh speech …harsh speech …

talking nonsense …talking nonsense …They’re content …They’re content …kind hearted …kind hearted …

they have right view …they have right view …They’re not creepy in body, speech, and mind.They’re not creepy in body, speech, and mind.Doing virtuous deeds by way of body, speech, and mind, their destiny and rebirth is virtuous.Doing virtuous deeds by way of body, speech, and mind, their destiny and rebirth is virtuous.

Someone whose destiny and rebirth is virtuous is reborn in one of two places, I say:Someone whose destiny and rebirth is virtuous is reborn in one of two places, I say:in a heaven of absolute happiness, or in an eminent well-to-do family of aristocrats, brahmins, or householders—rich, affluent, and wealthy, with lots of gold and silver, lots of property and assets, and lots of money and grain.in a heaven of absolute happiness, or in an eminent well-to-do family of aristocrats, brahmins, or householders—rich, affluent, and wealthy, with lots of gold and silver, lots of property and assets, and lots of money and grain.This is how a being is born from a being.This is how a being is born from a being.

For your deeds determine your rebirth,For your deeds determine your rebirth,and when you’re reborn contacts strike you.and when you’re reborn contacts strike you.This is why I say that sentient beings are heirs to their deeds.This is why I say that sentient beings are heirs to their deeds.

Sentient beings are the owners of their deeds and heir to their deeds. Deeds are their womb, their relative, and their refuge.Sentient beings are the owners of their deeds and heir to their deeds. Deeds are their womb, their relative, and their refuge.They shall be the heir of whatever deeds they do, whether good or bad.They shall be the heir of whatever deeds they do, whether good or bad.This is the exposition of the teaching on creepy creatures.”This is the exposition of the teaching on creepy creatures.”