增支部第 3 集（Sujato 英译）第 27 阅读页 · AN3.27 · You Should be Disgusted

Numbered Discourses 3.27Numbered Discourses 3.273. Individuals3. Individuals

You Should be DisgustedYou Should be Disgusted“These three individuals are found in the world.“These three individuals are found in the world.What three?What three?

There is an individual you should be disgusted by, and you shouldn’t associate with, accompany, or attend them.There is an individual you should be disgusted by, and you shouldn’t associate with, accompany, or attend them.There is an individual you should regard with equanimity, and you shouldn’t associate with, accompany, or attend them.There is an individual you should regard with equanimity, and you shouldn’t associate with, accompany, or attend them.There is an individual you should associate with, accompany, and attend.There is an individual you should associate with, accompany, and attend.

Who is the individual you should be disgusted by, and not associate with, accompany, or attend?Who is the individual you should be disgusted by, and not associate with, accompany, or attend?It’s an individual who is unethical, of bad qualities, filthy, with suspicious behavior, underhand, no true ascetic or spiritual practitioner—though claiming to be one—rotten inside, festering, and depraved.It’s an individual who is unethical, of bad qualities, filthy, with suspicious behavior, underhand, no true ascetic or spiritual practitioner—though claiming to be one—rotten inside, festering, and depraved.You should be disgusted by such an individual, and you shouldn’t associate with, accompany, or attend them.You should be disgusted by such an individual, and you shouldn’t associate with, accompany, or attend them.

Why is that?Why is that?Even if you don’t follow the example of such an individual, you still get a bad reputation:Even if you don’t follow the example of such an individual, you still get a bad reputation:‘That individual has bad friends, companions, and associates.’‘That individual has bad friends, companions, and associates.’

They’re like a snake that’s been living in a pile of dung. Even if it doesn’t bite, it’ll still rub off on you.They’re like a snake that’s been living in a pile of dung. Even if it doesn’t bite, it’ll still rub off on you.In the same way, even if you don’t follow the example of such an individual, you still get a bad reputation:In the same way, even if you don’t follow the example of such an individual, you still get a bad reputation:‘That individual has bad friends, companions, and associates.’‘That individual has bad friends, companions, and associates.’

That’s why you should be disgusted by such an individual, and you shouldn’t associate with, accompany, or attend them.That’s why you should be disgusted by such an individual, and you shouldn’t associate with, accompany, or attend them.Who is the individual you should regard with equanimity, and not associate with, accompany, or attend?Who is the individual you should regard with equanimity, and not associate with, accompany, or attend?It’s an individual who is irritable and bad-tempered.It’s an individual who is irritable and bad-tempered.

Even when lightly criticized they lose their temper, becoming annoyed, hostile, and hard-hearted, and they display annoyance, hate, and bitterness.Even when lightly criticized they lose their temper, becoming annoyed, hostile, and hard-hearted, and they display annoyance, hate, and bitterness.They’re like a festering sore, which, when you hit it with a stick or a stone, discharges even more.They’re like a festering sore, which, when you hit it with a stick or a stone, discharges even more.In the same way, someone is irritable and bad-tempered.In the same way, someone is irritable and bad-tempered.

They’re like a firebrand of pale-moon ebony, which, when you hit it with a stick or a stone, sizzles and crackles even more.They’re like a firebrand of pale-moon ebony, which, when you hit it with a stick or a stone, sizzles and crackles even more.In the same way, someone is irritable and bad-tempered.In the same way, someone is irritable and bad-tempered.They’re like a sewer, which, when you stir it with a stick or a stone, stinks even more.They’re like a sewer, which, when you stir it with a stick or a stone, stinks even more.

In the same way, an individual is irritable and bad-tempered.In the same way, an individual is irritable and bad-tempered.Even when lightly criticized they lose their temper, becoming annoyed, hostile, and hard-hearted, and they display annoyance, hate, and bitterness.Even when lightly criticized they lose their temper, becoming annoyed, hostile, and hard-hearted, and they display annoyance, hate, and bitterness.You should regard such an individual with equanimity, and you shouldn’t associate with, accompany, or attend them.You should regard such an individual with equanimity, and you shouldn’t associate with, accompany, or attend them.

Why is that?Why is that?Thinking, ‘They might abuse or insult me, or do me harm.’Thinking, ‘They might abuse or insult me, or do me harm.’That’s why you should regard such an individual with equanimity, and you shouldn’t associate with, accompany, or attend them.That’s why you should regard such an individual with equanimity, and you shouldn’t associate with, accompany, or attend them.

Who is the individual you should associate with, accompany, and attend?Who is the individual you should associate with, accompany, and attend?It’s an individual who is ethical, of good character.It’s an individual who is ethical, of good character.You should associate with, accompany, and attend such an individual.You should associate with, accompany, and attend such an individual.

Why is that?Why is that?Even if you don’t follow the example of such an individual, you still get a good reputation:Even if you don’t follow the example of such an individual, you still get a good reputation:‘That individual has good friends, companions, and associates.’‘That individual has good friends, companions, and associates.’

That’s why you should associate with, accompany, and attend such an individual.That’s why you should associate with, accompany, and attend such an individual.These are the three individuals found in the world.These are the three individuals found in the world.A man who associates with an inferior goes downhill,A man who associates with an inferior goes downhill,

but associating with an equal, you’ll never decline;but associating with an equal, you’ll never decline;following the best, you’ll quickly rise up,following the best, you’ll quickly rise up,so you should keep company with people better than you.”so you should keep company with people better than you.”