增支部第 3 集（Sujato 英译）第 75 阅读页 · AN3.74 · Jains

Numbered Discourses 3.74Numbered Discourses 3.748. Ānanda8. Ānanda

JainsJainsAt one time Venerable Ānanda was staying near Vesālī, at the Great Wood, in the hall with the peaked roof.At one time Venerable Ānanda was staying near Vesālī, at the Great Wood, in the hall with the peaked roof.Then the Licchavis Abhaya and Paṇḍitakumāra went up to Venerable Ānanda, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:Then the Licchavis Abhaya and Paṇḍitakumāra went up to Venerable Ānanda, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:

“Sir, the Jain ascetic of the Ñātika clan claims to be all-knowing and all-seeing, to know and see everything without exception, thus:“Sir, the Jain ascetic of the Ñātika clan claims to be all-knowing and all-seeing, to know and see everything without exception, thus:‘Knowledge and vision are constantly and continually present to me, while walking, standing, sleeping, and waking.’‘Knowledge and vision are constantly and continually present to me, while walking, standing, sleeping, and waking.’He advocates the elimination of past deeds by fervent mortification, and breaking the bridge by not doing any new deeds.He advocates the elimination of past deeds by fervent mortification, and breaking the bridge by not doing any new deeds.

So with the ending of deeds, suffering ends; with the ending of suffering, feeling ends; and with the ending of feeling, all suffering will have been worn away.So with the ending of deeds, suffering ends; with the ending of suffering, feeling ends; and with the ending of feeling, all suffering will have been worn away.This is how to go beyond suffering by means of this purification by wearing away in the present life.This is how to go beyond suffering by means of this purification by wearing away in the present life.What, sir, does the Buddha say about this?”What, sir, does the Buddha say about this?”

“Abhaya, these three kinds of purification by wearing away have been rightly explained by the Blessed One, who knows and sees, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha. They are in order to purify sentient beings, to get past sorrow and crying, to make an end of pain and sadness, to discover the system, and to realize extinguishment.“Abhaya, these three kinds of purification by wearing away have been rightly explained by the Blessed One, who knows and sees, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha. They are in order to purify sentient beings, to get past sorrow and crying, to make an end of pain and sadness, to discover the system, and to realize extinguishment.What three?What three?It’s when, Abhaya, a mendicant is ethical, restrained in the monastic code, conducting themselves well and resorting for alms in suitable places. Seeing danger in the slightest fault, they keep the rules they’ve undertaken.It’s when, Abhaya, a mendicant is ethical, restrained in the monastic code, conducting themselves well and resorting for alms in suitable places. Seeing danger in the slightest fault, they keep the rules they’ve undertaken.

They don’t perform any new deeds, and old deeds are eliminated by experiencing their results little by little.They don’t perform any new deeds, and old deeds are eliminated by experiencing their results little by little.This wearing away is apparent in the present life, immediately effective, inviting inspection, relevant, so that sensible people can know it for themselves.This wearing away is apparent in the present life, immediately effective, inviting inspection, relevant, so that sensible people can know it for themselves.Then a mendicant accomplished in ethics, quite secluded from sensual pleasures, secluded from unskillful qualities, enters and remains in the first absorption … second absorption … third absorption … fourth absorption.Then a mendicant accomplished in ethics, quite secluded from sensual pleasures, secluded from unskillful qualities, enters and remains in the first absorption … second absorption … third absorption … fourth absorption.

They don’t perform any new deeds, and old deeds are eliminated by experiencing their results little by little.They don’t perform any new deeds, and old deeds are eliminated by experiencing their results little by little.This wearing away is apparent in the present life, immediately effective, inviting inspection, relevant, so that sensible people can know it for themselves.This wearing away is apparent in the present life, immediately effective, inviting inspection, relevant, so that sensible people can know it for themselves.Then a mendicant accomplished in immersion realizes the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. And they live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.Then a mendicant accomplished in immersion realizes the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. And they live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.

They don’t perform any new deeds, and old deeds are eliminated by experiencing their results little by little.They don’t perform any new deeds, and old deeds are eliminated by experiencing their results little by little.This wearing away is apparent in the present life, immediately effective, inviting inspection, relevant, so that sensible people can know it for themselves.This wearing away is apparent in the present life, immediately effective, inviting inspection, relevant, so that sensible people can know it for themselves.These are the three kinds of purification by wearing away that have been rightly explained by the Buddha … in order to realize extinguishment.”These are the three kinds of purification by wearing away that have been rightly explained by the Buddha … in order to realize extinguishment.”

When he said this, Paṇḍitakumāra said to Abhaya,When he said this, Paṇḍitakumāra said to Abhaya,“Dear Abhaya, is there anything in what Ānanda has said so well that you would disagree with?”“Dear Abhaya, is there anything in what Ānanda has said so well that you would disagree with?”“How could I not agree with what was said so well by Ānanda?“How could I not agree with what was said so well by Ānanda?

If anyone didn’t agree with him, their head would explode!”If anyone didn’t agree with him, their head would explode!”