增支部第 4 集（Sujato 英译）第 200 阅读页 · AN4.200 · Fondness

Numbered Discourses 4.200Numbered Discourses 4.20020. The Great Chapter20. The Great Chapter

FondnessFondness“Mendicants, these four things are born.“Mendicants, these four things are born.What four?What four?

Fondness is born of fondness,Fondness is born of fondness,hate is born of fondness,hate is born of fondness,fondness is born of hate, andfondness is born of hate, and

hate is born of hate.hate is born of hate.And how is fondness born of fondness?And how is fondness born of fondness?It’s when someone likes, loves, and cares for an individual.It’s when someone likes, loves, and cares for an individual.

Others treat them with liking, love, and care.Others treat them with liking, love, and care.They think:They think:‘These others like the individual I like.’‘These others like the individual I like.’

And so fondness for them springs up.And so fondness for them springs up.That’s how fondness is born of fondness.That’s how fondness is born of fondness.And how is hate born of fondness?And how is hate born of fondness?

It’s when someone likes, loves, and cares for an individual.It’s when someone likes, loves, and cares for an individual.Others treat them with disliking, loathing, and detestation.Others treat them with disliking, loathing, and detestation.They think:They think:

‘These others dislike the individual I like.’‘These others dislike the individual I like.’And so hate for them springs up.And so hate for them springs up.That’s how hate is born of fondness.That’s how hate is born of fondness.

And how is fondness born of hate?And how is fondness born of hate?It’s when someone dislikes, loathes, and detests an individual.It’s when someone dislikes, loathes, and detests an individual.Others treat them with disliking, loathing, and detestation.Others treat them with disliking, loathing, and detestation.

They think:They think:‘These others dislike the individual I dislike.’‘These others dislike the individual I dislike.’And so fondness for them springs up.And so fondness for them springs up.

That’s how fondness is born of hate.That’s how fondness is born of hate.And how is hate born of hate?And how is hate born of hate?It’s when someone dislikes, loathes, and detests an individual.It’s when someone dislikes, loathes, and detests an individual.

Others treat them with liking, love, and care.Others treat them with liking, love, and care.They think:They think:‘These others like the individual I dislike.’‘These others like the individual I dislike.’

And so hate for them springs up.And so hate for them springs up.That’s how hate is born of hate.That’s how hate is born of hate.These are the four things that are born.These are the four things that are born.

A time comes when a mendicant … enters and remains in the first absorption.A time comes when a mendicant … enters and remains in the first absorption.At that time they have no fondness born of fondness, hate born of fondness, fondness born of hate, or hate born of hate.At that time they have no fondness born of fondness, hate born of fondness, fondness born of hate, or hate born of hate.A time comes when a mendicant … enters and remains in the second absorption … third absorption … fourth absorption.A time comes when a mendicant … enters and remains in the second absorption … third absorption … fourth absorption.

At that time they have no fondness born of fondness, hate born of fondness, fondness born of hate, or hate born of hate.At that time they have no fondness born of fondness, hate born of fondness, fondness born of hate, or hate born of hate.A time comes when a mendicant 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.A time comes when a mendicant 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.At that time any fondness born of fondness, hate born of fondness, fondness born of hate, or hate born of hate is given up, cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated, and unable to arise in the future.At that time any fondness born of fondness, hate born of fondness, fondness born of hate, or hate born of hate is given up, cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated, and unable to arise in the future.

This is called a mendicant who doesn’t draw close or push back or fume or ignite or burn up.This is called a mendicant who doesn’t draw close or push back or fume or ignite or burn up.And how does a mendicant draw close?And how does a mendicant draw close?It’s when a mendicant regards form as self, self as having form, form in self, or self in form.It’s when a mendicant regards form as self, self as having form, form in self, or self in form.

They regard feeling as self, self as having feeling, feeling in self, or self in feeling.They regard feeling as self, self as having feeling, feeling in self, or self in feeling.They regard perception as self, self as having perception, perception in self, or self in perception.They regard perception as self, self as having perception, perception in self, or self in perception.They regard choices as self, self as having choices, choices in self, or self in choices.They regard choices as self, self as having choices, choices in self, or self in choices.

They regard consciousness as self, self as having consciousness, consciousness in self, or self in consciousness.They regard consciousness as self, self as having consciousness, consciousness in self, or self in consciousness.That’s how a mendicant draws close.That’s how a mendicant draws close.And how does a mendicant not draw close?And how does a mendicant not draw close?

It’s when a mendicant doesn’t regard form as self, self as having form, form in self, or self in form.It’s when a mendicant doesn’t regard form as self, self as having form, form in self, or self in form.They don’t regard feeling as self, self as having feeling, feeling in self, or self in feeling.They don’t regard feeling as self, self as having feeling, feeling in self, or self in feeling.They don’t regard perception as self, self as having perception, perception in self, or self in perception.They don’t regard perception as self, self as having perception, perception in self, or self in perception.

They don’t regard choices as self, self as having choices, choices in self, or self in choices.They don’t regard choices as self, self as having choices, choices in self, or self in choices.They don’t regard consciousness as self, self as having consciousness, consciousness in self, or self in consciousness.They don’t regard consciousness as self, self as having consciousness, consciousness in self, or self in consciousness.That’s how a mendicant doesn’t draw close.That’s how a mendicant doesn’t draw close.

And how does a mendicant push back?And how does a mendicant push back?It’s when someone abuses, annoys, or argues with a mendicant, and the mendicant abuses, annoys, or argues back at them.It’s when someone abuses, annoys, or argues with a mendicant, and the mendicant abuses, annoys, or argues back at them.That’s how a mendicant pushes back.That’s how a mendicant pushes back.

And how does a mendicant not push back?And how does a mendicant not push back?It’s when someone abuses, annoys, or argues with a mendicant, and the mendicant doesn’t abuse, annoy, or argue back at them.It’s when someone abuses, annoys, or argues with a mendicant, and the mendicant doesn’t abuse, annoy, or argue back at them.That’s how a mendicant doesn’t push back.That’s how a mendicant doesn’t push back.

And how does a mendicant fume?And how does a mendicant fume?When there is the concept ‘I am’, there are the concepts ‘I am such’, ‘I am thus’, ‘I am otherwise’; ‘I am fleeting’, ‘I am lasting’; ‘mine’, ‘such is mine’, ‘thus is mine’, ‘otherwise is mine’; ‘also mine’, ‘such is also mine’, ‘thus is also mine’, ‘otherwise is also mine’; ‘I will be’, ‘I will be such’, ‘I will be thus’, ‘I will be otherwise’.When there is the concept ‘I am’, there are the concepts ‘I am such’, ‘I am thus’, ‘I am otherwise’; ‘I am fleeting’, ‘I am lasting’; ‘mine’, ‘such is mine’, ‘thus is mine’, ‘otherwise is mine’; ‘also mine’, ‘such is also mine’, ‘thus is also mine’, ‘otherwise is also mine’; ‘I will be’, ‘I will be such’, ‘I will be thus’, ‘I will be otherwise’.

That’s how a mendicant fumes.That’s how a mendicant fumes.And how does a mendicant not fume?And how does a mendicant not fume?When there is no concept ‘I am’, there are no concepts ‘I am such’, ‘I am thus’, ‘I am otherwise’; ‘I am fleeting’, ‘I am lasting’; ‘mine’, ‘such is mine’, ‘thus is mine’, ‘otherwise is mine’; ‘also mine’, ‘such is also mine’, ‘thus is also mine’, ‘otherwise is also mine’; ‘I will be’, ‘I will be such’, ‘I will be thus’, ‘I will be otherwise’.When there is no concept ‘I am’, there are no concepts ‘I am such’, ‘I am thus’, ‘I am otherwise’; ‘I am fleeting’, ‘I am lasting’; ‘mine’, ‘such is mine’, ‘thus is mine’, ‘otherwise is mine’; ‘also mine’, ‘such is also mine’, ‘thus is also mine’, ‘otherwise is also mine’; ‘I will be’, ‘I will be such’, ‘I will be thus’, ‘I will be otherwise’.

That’s how a mendicant doesn’t fume.That’s how a mendicant doesn’t fume.And how is a mendicant ignited?And how is a mendicant ignited?When there is the concept ‘I am because of this’, there are the concepts ‘I am such because of this’, ‘I am thus because of this’, ‘I am otherwise because of this’; ‘I am fleeting because of this’, ‘I am lasting because of this’; ‘mine because of this’, ‘such is mine because of this’, ‘thus is mine because of this’, ‘otherwise is mine because of this’; ‘also mine because of this’, ‘such is also mine because of this’, ‘thus is also mine because of this’, ‘otherwise is also mine because of this’; ‘I will be because of this’, ‘I will be such because of this’, ‘I will be thus because of this’, ‘I will be otherwise because of this’.When there is the concept ‘I am because of this’, there are the concepts ‘I am such because of this’, ‘I am thus because of this’, ‘I am otherwise because of this’; ‘I am fleeting because of this’, ‘I am lasting because of this’; ‘mine because of this’, ‘such is mine because of this’, ‘thus is mine because of this’, ‘otherwise is mine because of this’; ‘also mine because of this’, ‘such is also mine because of this’, ‘thus is also mine because of this’, ‘otherwise is also mine because of this’; ‘I will be because of this’, ‘I will be such because of this’, ‘I will be thus because of this’, ‘I will be otherwise because of this’.

That’s how a mendicant is ignited.That’s how a mendicant is ignited.And how is a mendicant not ignited?And how is a mendicant not ignited?When there is no concept ‘I am because of this’, there are no concepts ‘I am such because of this’, ‘I am thus because of this’, ‘I am otherwise because of this’; ‘I am fleeting because of this’, ‘I am lasting because of this’; ‘mine because of this’, ‘such is mine because of this’, ‘thus is mine because of this’, ‘otherwise is mine because of this’; ‘also mine because of this’, ‘such is also mine because of this’, ‘thus is also mine because of this’, ‘otherwise is also mine because of this’; ‘I will be because of this’, ‘I will be such because of this’, ‘I will be thus because of this’, ‘I will be otherwise because of this’.When there is no concept ‘I am because of this’, there are no concepts ‘I am such because of this’, ‘I am thus because of this’, ‘I am otherwise because of this’; ‘I am fleeting because of this’, ‘I am lasting because of this’; ‘mine because of this’, ‘such is mine because of this’, ‘thus is mine because of this’, ‘otherwise is mine because of this’; ‘also mine because of this’, ‘such is also mine because of this’, ‘thus is also mine because of this’, ‘otherwise is also mine because of this’; ‘I will be because of this’, ‘I will be such because of this’, ‘I will be thus because of this’, ‘I will be otherwise because of this’.

That’s how a mendicant is not ignited.That’s how a mendicant is not ignited.And how does a mendicant burn up?And how does a mendicant burn up?It’s when a mendicant hasn’t given up the conceit ‘I am’, cut it off at the root, made it like a palm stump, obliterated it, so it’s unable to arise in the future.It’s when a mendicant hasn’t given up the conceit ‘I am’, cut it off at the root, made it like a palm stump, obliterated it, so it’s unable to arise in the future.

That’s how a mendicant is burned up.That’s how a mendicant is burned up.And how does a mendicant not burn up?And how does a mendicant not burn up?It’s when a mendicant has given up the conceit ‘I am’, cut it off at the root, made it like a palm stump, obliterated it, so it’s unable to arise in the future.It’s when a mendicant has given up the conceit ‘I am’, cut it off at the root, made it like a palm stump, obliterated it, so it’s unable to arise in the future.

That’s how a mendicant is not burned up.”That’s how a mendicant is not burned up.”