增支部第 6 集（Sujato 英译）第 30 阅读页 · AN6.30 · Unsurpassable

Numbered Discourses 6.30Numbered Discourses 6.303. Unsurpassable3. Unsurpassable

UnsurpassableUnsurpassable“Mendicants, these six things are unsurpassable.“Mendicants, these six things are unsurpassable.What six?What six?

The unsurpassable seeing, listening, acquisition, training, service, and recollection.The unsurpassable seeing, listening, acquisition, training, service, and recollection.And what is the unsurpassable seeing?And what is the unsurpassable seeing?Some people go to see an elephant-treasure, a horse-treasure, a jewel-treasure, or a diverse spectrum of sights; or ascetics and brahmins of wrong view and wrong practice.Some people go to see an elephant-treasure, a horse-treasure, a jewel-treasure, or a diverse spectrum of sights; or ascetics and brahmins of wrong view and wrong practice.

There is such a seeing, I don’t deny it.There is such a seeing, I don’t deny it.That seeing is low, crude, ordinary, ignoble, and pointless. It doesn’t lead to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and extinguishment.That seeing is low, crude, ordinary, ignoble, and pointless. It doesn’t lead to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and extinguishment.The unsurpassable seeing is when someone with settled faith and fondness, sure and devoted, goes to see a Realized One or their disciple. This is in order to purify sentient beings, to get past sorrow and crying, to make an end of pain and sadness, to discover the system, and to realize extinguishment.The unsurpassable seeing is when someone with settled faith and fondness, sure and devoted, goes to see a Realized One or their disciple. This is in order to purify sentient beings, to get past sorrow and crying, to make an end of pain and sadness, to discover the system, and to realize extinguishment.

This is called the unsurpassable seeing.This is called the unsurpassable seeing.Such is the unsurpassable seeing.Such is the unsurpassable seeing.But what of the unsurpassable hearing?But what of the unsurpassable hearing?

Some people go to hear the sound of drums, arched harps, singing, or a diverse spectrum of sounds; or ascetics and brahmins of wrong view and wrong practice.Some people go to hear the sound of drums, arched harps, singing, or a diverse spectrum of sounds; or ascetics and brahmins of wrong view and wrong practice.There is such a hearing, I don’t deny it.There is such a hearing, I don’t deny it.That hearing … doesn’t lead to extinguishment.That hearing … doesn’t lead to extinguishment.

The unsurpassable hearing is when someone with settled faith and fondness, sure and devoted, goes to hear the teaching of a Realized One or one of his disciples. …The unsurpassable hearing is when someone with settled faith and fondness, sure and devoted, goes to hear the teaching of a Realized One or one of his disciples. …This is called the unsurpassable hearing.This is called the unsurpassable hearing.Such is the unsurpassable seeing and hearing.Such is the unsurpassable seeing and hearing.

But what of the unsurpassable acquisition?But what of the unsurpassable acquisition?Some people acquire a child, a wife, wealth, or a diverse spectrum of things; or they acquire faith in an ascetic or brahmin of wrong view and wrong practice.Some people acquire a child, a wife, wealth, or a diverse spectrum of things; or they acquire faith in an ascetic or brahmin of wrong view and wrong practice.There is such an acquisition, I don’t deny it.There is such an acquisition, I don’t deny it.

That acquisition … doesn’t lead to extinguishment.That acquisition … doesn’t lead to extinguishment.The unsurpassable acquisition is when someone with settled faith and fondness, sure and devoted, acquires faith in a Realized One or their disciple. …The unsurpassable acquisition is when someone with settled faith and fondness, sure and devoted, acquires faith in a Realized One or their disciple. …This is called the unsurpassable acquisition.This is called the unsurpassable acquisition.

Such is the unsurpassable seeing, hearing, and acquisition.Such is the unsurpassable seeing, hearing, and acquisition.But what of the unsurpassable training?But what of the unsurpassable training?Some people train in elephant riding, horse riding, chariot driving, archery, swordsmanship, or a diverse spectrum of things; or they train under an ascetic or brahmin of wrong view and wrong practice.Some people train in elephant riding, horse riding, chariot driving, archery, swordsmanship, or a diverse spectrum of things; or they train under an ascetic or brahmin of wrong view and wrong practice.

There is such a training, I don’t deny it.There is such a training, I don’t deny it.That training … doesn’t lead to extinguishment.That training … doesn’t lead to extinguishment.The unsurpassable training is when someone with settled faith and fondness, sure and devoted, trains in the higher ethics, the higher mind, and the higher wisdom in the teaching and training proclaimed by a Realized One. …The unsurpassable training is when someone with settled faith and fondness, sure and devoted, trains in the higher ethics, the higher mind, and the higher wisdom in the teaching and training proclaimed by a Realized One. …

This is called the unsurpassable training.This is called the unsurpassable training.Such is the unsurpassable seeing, hearing, acquisition, and training.Such is the unsurpassable seeing, hearing, acquisition, and training.But what of the unsurpassable service?But what of the unsurpassable service?

Some people serve an aristocrat, a brahmin, a householder, or a diverse spectrum of people; or they serve ascetics and brahmins of wrong view and wrong practice.Some people serve an aristocrat, a brahmin, a householder, or a diverse spectrum of people; or they serve ascetics and brahmins of wrong view and wrong practice.There is such service, I don’t deny it.There is such service, I don’t deny it.That service … doesn’t lead to extinguishment.That service … doesn’t lead to extinguishment.

The unsurpassable service is when someone with settled faith and fondness, sure and devoted, serves a Realized One or their disciple. …The unsurpassable service is when someone with settled faith and fondness, sure and devoted, serves a Realized One or their disciple. …This is called the unsurpassable service.This is called the unsurpassable service.Such is the unsurpassable seeing, listening, acquisition, training, and service.Such is the unsurpassable seeing, listening, acquisition, training, and service.

But what of the unsurpassable recollection?But what of the unsurpassable recollection?Some people recollect a child, a wife, wealth, or a diverse spectrum of things; or they recollect an ascetic or brahmin of wrong view and wrong practice.Some people recollect a child, a wife, wealth, or a diverse spectrum of things; or they recollect an ascetic or brahmin of wrong view and wrong practice.There is such recollection, I don’t deny it.There is such recollection, I don’t deny it.

That recollection is low, crude, ordinary, ignoble, and pointless. It doesn’t lead to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and extinguishment.That recollection is low, crude, ordinary, ignoble, and pointless. It doesn’t lead to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and extinguishment.The unsurpassable recollection is when someone with settled faith and fondness, sure and devoted, recollects a Realized One or their disciple. …The unsurpassable recollection is when someone with settled faith and fondness, sure and devoted, recollects a Realized One or their disciple. …This is called the unsurpassable recollection.This is called the unsurpassable recollection.

These are the six unsurpassable things.These are the six unsurpassable things.They’ve gained the unsurpassed seeing,They’ve gained the unsurpassed seeing,the unsurpassed hearing,the unsurpassed hearing,

and the unsurpassable acquisition.and the unsurpassable acquisition.They enjoy the unsurpassable trainingThey enjoy the unsurpassable trainingand serve with care.and serve with care.

Then they develop recollectionThen they develop recollectionconnected with seclusion,connected with seclusion,which is safe, and leads to freedom from death.which is safe, and leads to freedom from death.

They rejoice in diligence,They rejoice in diligence,alert and ethically restrained.alert and ethically restrained.And in time they arriveAnd in time they arrive

at the place where suffering ceases.”at the place where suffering ceases.”