增支部第 6 集（Sujato 英译）第 18 阅读页 · AN6.18 · A Fish Dealer

Numbered Discourses 6.18Numbered Discourses 6.182. Warm-hearted2. Warm-hearted

A Fish DealerA Fish DealerAt one time the Buddha was wandering in the land of the Kosalans together with a large Saṅgha of mendicants.At one time the Buddha was wandering in the land of the Kosalans together with a large Saṅgha of mendicants.While walking along the road he saw a fish dealer in a certain spot selling fish that he had killed himself.While walking along the road he saw a fish dealer in a certain spot selling fish that he had killed himself.

Seeing this he left the road, sat at the root of a tree on the seat spread out,Seeing this he left the road, sat at the root of a tree on the seat spread out,and addressed the mendicants:and addressed the mendicants:“Mendicants, do you see that fish dealer selling fish that he killed himself?”“Mendicants, do you see that fish dealer selling fish that he killed himself?”

“Yes, sir.”“Yes, sir.”“What do you think, mendicants?“What do you think, mendicants?Have you ever seen or heardHave you ever seen or heard

of a fish dealer selling fish that he killed himself who, by means of that work and livelihood, got to travel by elephant, horse, chariot, or vehicle, or to enjoy wealth, or to live off a large fortune?”of a fish dealer selling fish that he killed himself who, by means of that work and livelihood, got to travel by elephant, horse, chariot, or vehicle, or to enjoy wealth, or to live off a large fortune?”“No, sir.”“No, sir.”“Good, mendicants!“Good, mendicants!

I too have never seen or heard of such a thing.I too have never seen or heard of such a thing.Why is that?Why is that?Because when the fish are led to the slaughter he regards them with bad intentions.Because when the fish are led to the slaughter he regards them with bad intentions.

What do you think, mendicants?What do you think, mendicants?Have you ever seen or heardHave you ever seen or heardof a butcher of cattle selling cattle that he killed himself who, by means of that work and livelihood, got to travel by elephant, horse, chariot, or vehicle, or to enjoy wealth, or to live off a large fortune?”of a butcher of cattle selling cattle that he killed himself who, by means of that work and livelihood, got to travel by elephant, horse, chariot, or vehicle, or to enjoy wealth, or to live off a large fortune?”

“No, sir.”“No, sir.”“Good, mendicants!“Good, mendicants!I too have never seen or heard of such a thing.I too have never seen or heard of such a thing.

Why is that?Why is that?Because when the cattle are led to the slaughter he regards them with bad intentions.Because when the cattle are led to the slaughter he regards them with bad intentions.What do you think, mendicants?What do you think, mendicants?

Have you ever seen or heardHave you ever seen or heardof a butcher of sheep …of a butcher of sheep …a butcher of pigs …a butcher of pigs …

a butcher of poultry …a butcher of poultry …or a deer-hunter selling deer which he killed himself who, by means of that work and livelihood, got to travel by elephant, horse, chariot, or vehicle, or to enjoy wealth, or to live off a large fortune?”or a deer-hunter selling deer which he killed himself who, by means of that work and livelihood, got to travel by elephant, horse, chariot, or vehicle, or to enjoy wealth, or to live off a large fortune?”“No, sir.”“No, sir.”

“Good, mendicants!“Good, mendicants!I too have never seen or heard of such a thing.I too have never seen or heard of such a thing.Why is that?Why is that?

Because when the deer are led to the slaughter he regards them with bad intentions.Because when the deer are led to the slaughter he regards them with bad intentions.By regarding even animals led to the slaughter with bad intentions he did not get to travel by elephant, horse, chariot, or vehicle, or to enjoy wealth, or to live off a large fortune.By regarding even animals led to the slaughter with bad intentions he did not get to travel by elephant, horse, chariot, or vehicle, or to enjoy wealth, or to live off a large fortune.How much worse is someone who regards human beings brought to the slaughter with bad intentions!How much worse is someone who regards human beings brought to the slaughter with bad intentions!

This will be for their lasting harm and suffering.This will be for their lasting harm and suffering.When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.”When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.”