增支部第 2 集（Sujato 英译）第 6 阅读页 · AN2.32-41 · The Chapter on the Peaceful Mind · 2/2

Homage to him, the blessed one, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha!Homage to him, the blessed one, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha!Homage to him, the blessed one, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha!Homage to him, the blessed one, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha!He who has gone beyond the insistence on sensual desire and the insistence on views.He who has gone beyond the insistence on sensual desire and the insistence on views.

Excellent, worthy Kaccāna! Excellent!Excellent, worthy Kaccāna! Excellent!As if he were righting the overturned, or revealing the hidden, or pointing out the path to the lost, or lighting a lamp in the dark so people with clear eyes can see what’s there, the worthy Kaccāna has made the teaching clear in many ways.As if he were righting the overturned, or revealing the hidden, or pointing out the path to the lost, or lighting a lamp in the dark so people with clear eyes can see what’s there, the worthy Kaccāna has made the teaching clear in many ways.I go for refuge to the worthy Gotama, to the teaching, and to the mendicant Saṅgha.I go for refuge to the worthy Gotama, to the teaching, and to the mendicant Saṅgha.

From this day forth, may the worthy Kaccāna remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge for life.”From this day forth, may the worthy Kaccāna remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge for life.”

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At one time Venerable Mahākaccāna was staying near Madhurā in the Nut Grass Grove.At one time Venerable Mahākaccāna was staying near Madhurā in the Nut Grass Grove.Then the brahmin Kandarāyana went up to Mahākaccāna, and exchanged greetings with him … He sat down to one side and said to Mahākaccāna:Then the brahmin Kandarāyana went up to Mahākaccāna, and exchanged greetings with him … He sat down to one side and said to Mahākaccāna:“I have heard, worthy Kaccāna, that the ascetic Kaccāna doesn’t bow to old brahmins, the elderly and senior, who are advanced in years and have reached the final stage of life; nor does he rise in their presence or offer them a seat.“I have heard, worthy Kaccāna, that the ascetic Kaccāna doesn’t bow to old brahmins, the elderly and senior, who are advanced in years and have reached the final stage of life; nor does he rise in their presence or offer them a seat.

And this is indeed the case,And this is indeed the case,for the ascetic Kaccāna does not bow to old brahmins, elderly and senior, who are advanced in years and have reached the final stage of life; nor does he rise in their presence or offer them a seat.for the ascetic Kaccāna does not bow to old brahmins, elderly and senior, who are advanced in years and have reached the final stage of life; nor does he rise in their presence or offer them a seat.This is not appropriate, worthy Kaccāna.”This is not appropriate, worthy Kaccāna.”

“There is the stage of an elder and the stage of youth as explained by the Blessed One, who knows and sees, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha.“There is the stage of an elder and the stage of youth as explained by the Blessed One, who knows and sees, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha.If an elder, though eighty, ninety, or a hundred years old, still dwells in the midst of sensual pleasures, enjoying them, consumed by thoughts of them, burning with fever for them, and eagerly seeking more,If an elder, though eighty, ninety, or a hundred years old, still dwells in the midst of sensual pleasures, enjoying them, consumed by thoughts of them, burning with fever for them, and eagerly seeking more,

they are reckoned as a child, not a senior.they are reckoned as a child, not a senior.If a youth, young, with pristine black hair, blessed with youth, in the prime of life,If a youth, young, with pristine black hair, blessed with youth, in the prime of life,does not dwell in the midst of sensual pleasures, enjoying them, consumed by thoughts of them, burning with fever for them, and eagerly seeking more,does not dwell in the midst of sensual pleasures, enjoying them, consumed by thoughts of them, burning with fever for them, and eagerly seeking more,

they are reckoned as astute, a senior.”they are reckoned as astute, a senior.”When this was said, the brahmin Kandarāyana got up from his seat, placed his robe over one shoulder, and bowed with his head to the feet of the young mendicants, saying,When this was said, the brahmin Kandarāyana got up from his seat, placed his robe over one shoulder, and bowed with his head to the feet of the young mendicants, saying,“The good fellows are elders, at the stage of the elder;“The good fellows are elders, at the stage of the elder;

we are youths, at the stage of youth.we are youths, at the stage of youth.Excellent, worthy Kaccāna! … From this day forth, may the worthy Kaccāna remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge for life.”Excellent, worthy Kaccāna! … From this day forth, may the worthy Kaccāna remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge for life.”

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“At a time when bandits are strong, kings are weak.“At a time when bandits are strong, kings are weak.Then the king is not at ease when going out or coming back or when touring the provinces.Then the king is not at ease when going out or coming back or when touring the provinces.The brahmins and householders, likewise, are not at ease when going out or coming back, or when inspecting their external business activities.The brahmins and householders, likewise, are not at ease when going out or coming back, or when inspecting their external business activities.

In the same way, at a time when bad mendicants are strong, good-hearted mendicants are weak.In the same way, at a time when bad mendicants are strong, good-hearted mendicants are weak.Then the good-hearted mendicants continually adhere to silence in the midst of the Saṅgha, or they stay in the borderlands.Then the good-hearted mendicants continually adhere to silence in the midst of the Saṅgha, or they stay in the borderlands.This is for the detriment and unhappiness of the people, against the people, for the harm, detriment, and suffering of gods and humans.This is for the detriment and unhappiness of the people, against the people, for the harm, detriment, and suffering of gods and humans.

At a time when kings are strong, bandits are weak.At a time when kings are strong, bandits are weak.Then the king is at ease when going out or coming back or when inspecting the provinces.Then the king is at ease when going out or coming back or when inspecting the provinces.The brahmins and householders, likewise, are at ease when going out or coming back, or when inspecting their external business activities.The brahmins and householders, likewise, are at ease when going out or coming back, or when inspecting their external business activities.

In the same way, at a time when good-hearted mendicants are strong, bad mendicants are weak.In the same way, at a time when good-hearted mendicants are strong, bad mendicants are weak.Then the bad mendicants continually adhere to silence in the midst of the Saṅgha, or they leave for some place or other.Then the bad mendicants continually adhere to silence in the midst of the Saṅgha, or they leave for some place or other.This is for the welfare and happiness of the people, for the people, for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of gods and humans.”This is for the welfare and happiness of the people, for the people, for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of gods and humans.”

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“Mendicants, I don’t praise wrong practice for these two, for laypeople and renunciates.“Mendicants, I don’t praise wrong practice for these two, for laypeople and renunciates.Because of wrong practice, neither laypeople nor renunciates succeed in completing the system of the skillful teaching.Because of wrong practice, neither laypeople nor renunciates succeed in completing the system of the skillful teaching.I praise right practice for these two, for laypeople and renunciates.I praise right practice for these two, for laypeople and renunciates.

Because of right practice, both laypeople and renunciates succeed in completing the system of the skillful teaching.”Because of right practice, both laypeople and renunciates succeed in completing the system of the skillful teaching.”

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“Mendicants, by memorizing the discourses incorrectly, taking only a semblance of the phrasing, some mendicants shut out the meaning and the teaching. They act for the detriment and unhappiness of the people, against the people, for the harm, detriment, and suffering of gods and humans.“Mendicants, by memorizing the discourses incorrectly, taking only a semblance of the phrasing, some mendicants shut out the meaning and the teaching. They act for the detriment and unhappiness of the people, against the people, for the harm, detriment, and suffering of gods and humans.They brim with much wickedness and make the true teaching disappear.They brim with much wickedness and make the true teaching disappear.But by memorizing the discourses well, not taking only a semblance of the phrasing, some mendicants conform to the meaning and the teaching. They act for the welfare and happiness of the people, for the people, for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of gods and humans.But by memorizing the discourses well, not taking only a semblance of the phrasing, some mendicants conform to the meaning and the teaching. They act for the welfare and happiness of the people, for the people, for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of gods and humans.

They brim with much merit and make the true teaching continue.”They brim with much merit and make the true teaching continue.”