增支部第 5 集（Sujato 英译）第 79 阅读页 · AN5.78 · Future Perils (2nd)

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Future Perils (2nd)Future Perils (2nd)“Mendicants, seeing these five future perils is quite enough for a mendicant to meditate diligently, keenly, and resolutely for attaining the unattained, achieving the unachieved, and realizing the unrealized.“Mendicants, seeing these five future perils is quite enough for a mendicant to meditate diligently, keenly, and resolutely for attaining the unattained, achieving the unachieved, and realizing the unrealized.What five?What five?

A mendicant reflects:A mendicant reflects:‘Currently I’m a youth, young, with pristine black hair, blessed with youth, in the prime of life.‘Currently I’m a youth, young, with pristine black hair, blessed with youth, in the prime of life.But there will come a time when this body is struck with old age.But there will come a time when this body is struck with old age.

When you’re old, overcome by old age, it’s not easy to focus on the instructions of the Buddhas, and it’s not easy to frequent remote lodgings in the wilderness and the forest.When you’re old, overcome by old age, it’s not easy to focus on the instructions of the Buddhas, and it’s not easy to frequent remote lodgings in the wilderness and the forest.Before that unlikable, undesirable, and disagreeable thing happens,Before that unlikable, undesirable, and disagreeable thing happens,I’d better preempt it by rousing up energy for attaining the unattained, achieving the unachieved, and realizing the unrealized. That way, when it happens, I’ll live comfortably even though I’m old.’I’d better preempt it by rousing up energy for attaining the unattained, achieving the unachieved, and realizing the unrealized. That way, when it happens, I’ll live comfortably even though I’m old.’

This is the first future peril …This is the first future peril …Furthermore, a mendicant reflects:Furthermore, a mendicant reflects:‘Currently, I’m rarely ill or unwell. My stomach digests well, being neither too hot nor too cold, but just right, and fit for meditation.‘Currently, I’m rarely ill or unwell. My stomach digests well, being neither too hot nor too cold, but just right, and fit for meditation.

But there will come a time when this body is struck with sickness.But there will come a time when this body is struck with sickness.When you’re sick, overcome by sickness, it’s not easy to focus on the instructions of the Buddhas, and it’s not easy to frequent remote lodgings in the wilderness and the forest.When you’re sick, overcome by sickness, it’s not easy to focus on the instructions of the Buddhas, and it’s not easy to frequent remote lodgings in the wilderness and the forest.Before that unlikable, undesirable, and disagreeable thing happens,Before that unlikable, undesirable, and disagreeable thing happens,

I’d better preempt it by rousing up energy for attaining the unattained, achieving the unachieved, and realizing the unrealized. That way, when it happens, I’ll live comfortably even though I’m sick.’I’d better preempt it by rousing up energy for attaining the unattained, achieving the unachieved, and realizing the unrealized. That way, when it happens, I’ll live comfortably even though I’m sick.’This is the second future peril …This is the second future peril …Furthermore, a mendicant reflects:Furthermore, a mendicant reflects:

‘Currently, there’s plenty of food, a good harvest, so it’s easy to get almsfood, and easy to keep going by collecting alms.‘Currently, there’s plenty of food, a good harvest, so it’s easy to get almsfood, and easy to keep going by collecting alms.But there will come a time of famine, a bad harvest, when it’s hard to get almsfood, and not easy to keep going by collecting alms.But there will come a time of famine, a bad harvest, when it’s hard to get almsfood, and not easy to keep going by collecting alms.In a time of famine, people move to where there’s plenty of food,In a time of famine, people move to where there’s plenty of food,

where they live crowded and cramped together.where they live crowded and cramped together.When you live crowded and cramped together, it’s not easy to focus on the instructions of the Buddhas, and it’s not easy to frequent remote lodgings in the wilderness and the forest.When you live crowded and cramped together, it’s not easy to focus on the instructions of the Buddhas, and it’s not easy to frequent remote lodgings in the wilderness and the forest.Before that unlikable, undesirable, and disagreeable thing happens,Before that unlikable, undesirable, and disagreeable thing happens,

I’d better preempt it by rousing up energy for attaining the unattained, achieving the unachieved, and realizing the unrealized. That way, when it happens, I’ll live comfortably even though there’s a famine.’I’d better preempt it by rousing up energy for attaining the unattained, achieving the unachieved, and realizing the unrealized. That way, when it happens, I’ll live comfortably even though there’s a famine.’This is the third future peril …This is the third future peril …Furthermore, a mendicant reflects:Furthermore, a mendicant reflects:

‘Currently, people live in harmony, appreciating each other, without dispute, blending like milk and water, and regarding each other with kindly eyes.‘Currently, people live in harmony, appreciating each other, without dispute, blending like milk and water, and regarding each other with kindly eyes.But there will come a time of peril due to turmoil in the wilds, so the countryfolk mount their vehicles and flee everywhere.But there will come a time of peril due to turmoil in the wilds, so the countryfolk mount their vehicles and flee everywhere.In a time of peril, people move to where there’s sanctuary,In a time of peril, people move to where there’s sanctuary,

where they live crowded and cramped together.where they live crowded and cramped together.When you live crowded and cramped together, it’s not easy to focus on the instructions of the Buddhas, and it’s not easy to frequent remote lodgings in the wilderness and the forest.When you live crowded and cramped together, it’s not easy to focus on the instructions of the Buddhas, and it’s not easy to frequent remote lodgings in the wilderness and the forest.Before that unlikable, undesirable, and disagreeable thing happens,Before that unlikable, undesirable, and disagreeable thing happens,

I’d better preempt it by rousing up energy for attaining the unattained, achieving the unachieved, and realizing the unrealized. That way, when it happens, I’ll live comfortably even in a time of peril.’I’d better preempt it by rousing up energy for attaining the unattained, achieving the unachieved, and realizing the unrealized. That way, when it happens, I’ll live comfortably even in a time of peril.’This is the fourth future peril …This is the fourth future peril …Furthermore, a mendicant reflects:Furthermore, a mendicant reflects:

‘Currently, the Saṅgha lives comfortably, in harmony, appreciating each other, without dispute, with one recitation.‘Currently, the Saṅgha lives comfortably, in harmony, appreciating each other, without dispute, with one recitation.But there will come a time of schism in the Saṅgha.But there will come a time of schism in the Saṅgha.When there is schism in the Saṅgha, it’s not easy to focus on the instructions of the Buddhas, and it’s not easy to frequent remote lodgings in the wilderness and the forest.When there is schism in the Saṅgha, it’s not easy to focus on the instructions of the Buddhas, and it’s not easy to frequent remote lodgings in the wilderness and the forest.

Before that unlikable, undesirable, and disagreeable thing happens,Before that unlikable, undesirable, and disagreeable thing happens,I’d better preempt it by rousing up energy for attaining the unattained, achieving the unachieved, and realizing the unrealized. That way, when it happens, I’ll live comfortably even though there’s schism in the Saṅgha.’I’d better preempt it by rousing up energy for attaining the unattained, achieving the unachieved, and realizing the unrealized. That way, when it happens, I’ll live comfortably even though there’s schism in the Saṅgha.’This is the fifth future peril …This is the fifth future peril …

These are the five future perils, seeing which is quite enough for a mendicant to meditate diligently, keenly, and resolutely for attaining the unattained, achieving the unachieved, and realizing the unrealized.”These are the five future perils, seeing which is quite enough for a mendicant to meditate diligently, keenly, and resolutely for attaining the unattained, achieving the unachieved, and realizing the unrealized.”