增支部第 5 集（Sujato 英译）第 23 阅读页 · AN5.23 · Corruptions

Numbered Discourses 5.23Numbered Discourses 5.233. With Five Factors3. With Five Factors

CorruptionsCorruptions“Mendicants, there are these five corruptions of native gold. When native gold is corrupted by these it’s not pliable, workable, or radiant, but is brittle and not completely ready for working.“Mendicants, there are these five corruptions of native gold. When native gold is corrupted by these it’s not pliable, workable, or radiant, but is brittle and not completely ready for working.What five?What five?

Iron, copper, tin, lead, and silver.Iron, copper, tin, lead, and silver.When native gold is corrupted by these five corruptions it’s not pliable, workable, or radiant, but is brittle and not completely ready for working.When native gold is corrupted by these five corruptions it’s not pliable, workable, or radiant, but is brittle and not completely ready for working.But when native gold is free of these five corruptions it becomes pliable, workable, and radiant, not brittle, and ready to be worked.But when native gold is free of these five corruptions it becomes pliable, workable, and radiant, not brittle, and ready to be worked.

Then the goldsmith can successfully create any kind of ornament they want, whether a ring, earrings, a necklace, or a golden garland.Then the goldsmith can successfully create any kind of ornament they want, whether a ring, earrings, a necklace, or a golden garland.In the same way, there are these five corruptions of the mind. When the mind is corrupted by these it’s not pliable, workable, or radiant. It’s brittle, and not rightly immersed in samādhi for the ending of defilements.In the same way, there are these five corruptions of the mind. When the mind is corrupted by these it’s not pliable, workable, or radiant. It’s brittle, and not rightly immersed in samādhi for the ending of defilements.What five?What five?

Sensual desire, ill will, dullness and drowsiness, restlessness and remorse, and doubt.Sensual desire, ill will, dullness and drowsiness, restlessness and remorse, and doubt.These are the five corruptions of the mind. When the mind is corrupted by these it’s not pliable, workable, or radiant. It’s brittle, and not rightly immersed in samādhi for the ending of defilements.These are the five corruptions of the mind. When the mind is corrupted by these it’s not pliable, workable, or radiant. It’s brittle, and not rightly immersed in samādhi for the ending of defilements.But when the mind is free of these five corruptions it’s pliable, workable, and radiant. It’s not brittle, and is rightly immersed in samādhi for the ending of defilements.But when the mind is free of these five corruptions it’s pliable, workable, and radiant. It’s not brittle, and is rightly immersed in samādhi for the ending of defilements.

You extend your mind to realize by insight each and every thing that can be realized by insight; and you are capable of realizing those things, since each and every one is within range.You extend your mind to realize by insight each and every thing that can be realized by insight; and you are capable of realizing those things, since each and every one is within range.If you wish: ‘May I wield the many kinds of psychic power—multiplying myself and becoming one again; materializing and dematerializing; going unobstructed through a wall, a rampart, or a mountain as if through space; diving in and out of the earth as if it were water; walking on water as if it were earth; flying cross-legged through the sky like a bird; touching and stroking with the hand the sun and moon, so mighty and powerful, controlling the body as far as the realm of divinity.’If you wish: ‘May I wield the many kinds of psychic power—multiplying myself and becoming one again; materializing and dematerializing; going unobstructed through a wall, a rampart, or a mountain as if through space; diving in and out of the earth as if it were water; walking on water as if it were earth; flying cross-legged through the sky like a bird; touching and stroking with the hand the sun and moon, so mighty and powerful, controlling the body as far as the realm of divinity.’

You’re capable of realizing it, since each and every one is within range.You’re capable of realizing it, since each and every one is within range.If you wish: ‘With clairaudience that is purified and superhuman, may I hear both kinds of sounds, human and heavenly, whether near or far.’If you wish: ‘With clairaudience that is purified and superhuman, may I hear both kinds of sounds, human and heavenly, whether near or far.’You’re capable of realizing it, since each and every one is within range.You’re capable of realizing it, since each and every one is within range.

If you wish: ‘May I understand the minds of other beings and individuals, having encompassed them with my mind.If you wish: ‘May I understand the minds of other beings and individuals, having encompassed them with my mind.May I understand mind with greed as “mind with greed”,May I understand mind with greed as “mind with greed”,and mind without greed as “mind without greed”;and mind without greed as “mind without greed”;

mind with hate as “mind with hate”,mind with hate as “mind with hate”,and mind without hate as “mind without hate”;and mind without hate as “mind without hate”;mind with delusion as “mind with delusion”,mind with delusion as “mind with delusion”,

and mind without delusion as “mind without delusion”;and mind without delusion as “mind without delusion”;constricted mind as “constricted mind”,constricted mind as “constricted mind”,and scattered mind as “scattered mind”;and scattered mind as “scattered mind”;

expansive mind as “expansive mind”,expansive mind as “expansive mind”,and unexpansive mind as “unexpansive mind”;and unexpansive mind as “unexpansive mind”;mind that is not supreme as “mind that is not supreme”,mind that is not supreme as “mind that is not supreme”,

and mind that is supreme as “mind that is supreme”;and mind that is supreme as “mind that is supreme”;mind immersed in samādhi as “mind immersed in samādhi”,mind immersed in samādhi as “mind immersed in samādhi”,and mind not immersed in samādhi as “mind not immersed in samādhi”;and mind not immersed in samādhi as “mind not immersed in samādhi”;

freed mind as “freed mind”,freed mind as “freed mind”,and unfreed mind as “unfreed mind”.’and unfreed mind as “unfreed mind”.’You’re capable of realizing it, since each and every one is within range.You’re capable of realizing it, since each and every one is within range.

If you wish: ‘May I recollect many kinds of past lives. That is: one, two, three, four, five, ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, a hundred, a thousand, a hundred thousand rebirths; many eons of the world contracting, many eons of the world expanding, many eons of the world contracting and expanding. May I remember: “There, I was named this, my clan was that, I looked like this, and that was my food. This was how I felt pleasure and pain, and that was how my life ended. When I passed away from that place I was reborn somewhere else. There, too, I was named this, my clan was that, I looked like this, and that was my food. This was how I felt pleasure and pain, and that was how my life ended. When I passed away from that place I was reborn here.” May I recollect my many past lives, with features and details.’If you wish: ‘May I recollect many kinds of past lives. That is: one, two, three, four, five, ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, a hundred, a thousand, a hundred thousand rebirths; many eons of the world contracting, many eons of the world expanding, many eons of the world contracting and expanding. May I remember: “There, I was named this, my clan was that, I looked like this, and that was my food. This was how I felt pleasure and pain, and that was how my life ended. When I passed away from that place I was reborn somewhere else. There, too, I was named this, my clan was that, I looked like this, and that was my food. This was how I felt pleasure and pain, and that was how my life ended. When I passed away from that place I was reborn here.” May I recollect my many past lives, with features and details.’

You’re capable of realizing it, since each and every one is within range.You’re capable of realizing it, since each and every one is within range.If you wish: ‘With clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman, may I see sentient beings passing away and being reborn—inferior and superior, beautiful and ugly, in a good place or a bad place—and understand how sentient beings pass on according to their deeds: “These dear beings did bad things by way of body, speech, and mind. They denounced the noble ones; they had wrong view; and they chose to act out of that wrong view. When their body broke up, after death, they were reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell. These dear beings, however, did good things by way of body, speech, and mind. They never denounced the noble ones; they had right view; and they chose to act out of that right view. When their body broke up, after death, they were reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.” And so, with clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman, may I see sentient beings passing away and being reborn—inferior and superior, beautiful and ugly, in a good place or a bad place. And may I understand how sentient beings pass on according to their deeds.’If you wish: ‘With clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman, may I see sentient beings passing away and being reborn—inferior and superior, beautiful and ugly, in a good place or a bad place—and understand how sentient beings pass on according to their deeds: “These dear beings did bad things by way of body, speech, and mind. They denounced the noble ones; they had wrong view; and they chose to act out of that wrong view. When their body broke up, after death, they were reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell. These dear beings, however, did good things by way of body, speech, and mind. They never denounced the noble ones; they had right view; and they chose to act out of that right view. When their body broke up, after death, they were reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.” And so, with clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman, may I see sentient beings passing away and being reborn—inferior and superior, beautiful and ugly, in a good place or a bad place. And may I understand how sentient beings pass on according to their deeds.’

You’re capable of realizing it, since each and every one is within range.You’re capable of realizing it, since each and every one is within range.If you wish: ‘May I realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom, and live having realized it with my own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.’If you wish: ‘May I realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom, and live having realized it with my own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.’You’re capable of realizing it, since each and every one is within range.”You’re capable of realizing it, since each and every one is within range.”