增支部第 5 集（Sujato 英译）第 250 阅读页 · AN5.249 · A Charnel Ground

Numbered Discourses 5.249Numbered Discourses 5.24925. Bad Conduct25. Bad Conduct

A Charnel GroundA Charnel Ground“Mendicants, there are these five drawbacks to a charnel ground.“Mendicants, there are these five drawbacks to a charnel ground.What five?What five?

It’s filthy, stinking, frightening, a gathering place for savage monsters, and a weeping place for many people.It’s filthy, stinking, frightening, a gathering place for savage monsters, and a weeping place for many people.These are the five drawbacks of a charnel ground.These are the five drawbacks of a charnel ground.In the same way there are five drawbacks of an individual like a charnel ground.In the same way there are five drawbacks of an individual like a charnel ground.

What five?What five?To start with, an individual has filthy conduct by way of body, speech, and mind.To start with, an individual has filthy conduct by way of body, speech, and mind.This is how they’re filthy, I say.This is how they’re filthy, I say.

That individual is just as filthy as a charnel ground.That individual is just as filthy as a charnel ground.Because of their filthy conduct, they get a bad reputation.Because of their filthy conduct, they get a bad reputation.This is how they’re stinky, I say.This is how they’re stinky, I say.

That individual is just as stinky as a charnel ground.That individual is just as stinky as a charnel ground.Because of their filthy conduct, good-hearted spiritual companions avoid them from afar.Because of their filthy conduct, good-hearted spiritual companions avoid them from afar.That’s how they’re frightening, I say.That’s how they’re frightening, I say.

That individual is just as frightening as a charnel ground.That individual is just as frightening as a charnel ground.Because of their filthy conduct, they live together with individuals of a similar character.Because of their filthy conduct, they live together with individuals of a similar character.This is how they gather with savage monsters, I say.This is how they gather with savage monsters, I say.

That individual is just as much a gathering place of savage monsters as a charnel ground.That individual is just as much a gathering place of savage monsters as a charnel ground.Because of their filthy conduct, when good-hearted spiritual companions see them they complain:Because of their filthy conduct, when good-hearted spiritual companions see them they complain:‘Oh, it’s so painful for us to have to live together with such as these.’‘Oh, it’s so painful for us to have to live together with such as these.’

This is how there’s weeping, I say.This is how there’s weeping, I say.This person is just as much a weeping place for many people as a charnel ground.This person is just as much a weeping place for many people as a charnel ground.These are the five drawbacks of an individual like a charnel ground.”These are the five drawbacks of an individual like a charnel ground.”