增支部第 6 集（Sujato 英译）第 45 阅读页 · AN6.45 · Debt

Numbered Discourses 6.45Numbered Discourses 6.455. About Dhammika5. About Dhammika

DebtDebt“Mendicants, isn’t poverty suffering in the world for a person who enjoys sensual pleasures?”“Mendicants, isn’t poverty suffering in the world for a person who enjoys sensual pleasures?”“Yes, sir.”“Yes, sir.”

“When a poor, penniless person falls into debt, isn’t being in debt also suffering in the world for a person who enjoys sensual pleasures?”“When a poor, penniless person falls into debt, isn’t being in debt also suffering in the world for a person who enjoys sensual pleasures?”“Yes, sir.”“Yes, sir.”“When a poor person who has fallen into debt agrees to pay interest, isn’t the interest also suffering in the world for a person who enjoys sensual pleasures?”“When a poor person who has fallen into debt agrees to pay interest, isn’t the interest also suffering in the world for a person who enjoys sensual pleasures?”

“Yes, sir.”“Yes, sir.”“When a poor person who has fallen into debt and agreed to pay interest fails to pay it when it falls due, they get a warning.“When a poor person who has fallen into debt and agreed to pay interest fails to pay it when it falls due, they get a warning.Isn’t being warned suffering in the world for a person who enjoys sensual pleasures?”Isn’t being warned suffering in the world for a person who enjoys sensual pleasures?”

“Yes, sir.”“Yes, sir.”“When a poor person fails to pay after getting a warning, they’re prosecuted.“When a poor person fails to pay after getting a warning, they’re prosecuted.Isn’t being prosecuted suffering in the world for a person who enjoys sensual pleasures?”Isn’t being prosecuted suffering in the world for a person who enjoys sensual pleasures?”

“Yes, sir.”“Yes, sir.”“When a poor person fails to pay after being prosecuted, they’re imprisoned.“When a poor person fails to pay after being prosecuted, they’re imprisoned.Isn’t being imprisoned suffering in the world for a person who enjoys sensual pleasures?”Isn’t being imprisoned suffering in the world for a person who enjoys sensual pleasures?”

“Yes, sir.”“Yes, sir.”“So mendicants, poverty, debt, interest, warnings, prosecution, and imprisonment are suffering in the world for those who enjoy sensual pleasures.“So mendicants, poverty, debt, interest, warnings, prosecution, and imprisonment are suffering in the world for those who enjoy sensual pleasures.In the same way, whoever has no faith, conscience, prudence, energy, and wisdom when it comes to skillful qualitiesIn the same way, whoever has no faith, conscience, prudence, energy, and wisdom when it comes to skillful qualities

is called poor and penniless in the training of the Noble One.is called poor and penniless in the training of the Noble One.Since they have no faith, conscience, prudence, energy, or wisdom when it comes to skillful qualities, they do bad things by way of body, speech, and mind.Since they have no faith, conscience, prudence, energy, or wisdom when it comes to skillful qualities, they do bad things by way of body, speech, and mind.This is how they’re in debt, I say.This is how they’re in debt, I say.

In order to conceal the bad things they do by way of body, speech, and mind they harbor corrupt wishes.In order to conceal the bad things they do by way of body, speech, and mind they harbor corrupt wishes.They wish, plan, speak, and act with the thought: ‘May no one find me out!’They wish, plan, speak, and act with the thought: ‘May no one find me out!’This is how they pay interest, I say.This is how they pay interest, I say.

Good-hearted spiritual companions say this about them:Good-hearted spiritual companions say this about them:‘This venerable acts like this, and behaves like that.’‘This venerable acts like this, and behaves like that.’This is how they’re warned, I say.This is how they’re warned, I say.

When they go to a wilderness, the root of a tree, or an empty hut, they’re beset by remorseful, unskillful thoughts.When they go to a wilderness, the root of a tree, or an empty hut, they’re beset by remorseful, unskillful thoughts.This is how they’re prosecuted, I say.This is how they’re prosecuted, I say.That poor, penniless person has done bad things by way of body, speech, and mind. When their body breaks up, after death, they’re trapped in the prison of hell or the animal realm.That poor, penniless person has done bad things by way of body, speech, and mind. When their body breaks up, after death, they’re trapped in the prison of hell or the animal realm.

I don’t see a single prison that’s as grim, as vicious, and such an obstacle to reaching the supreme sanctuary from the yoke as the prison of hell or the animal realm.I don’t see a single prison that’s as grim, as vicious, and such an obstacle to reaching the supreme sanctuary from the yoke as the prison of hell or the animal realm.Poverty is said to be suffering in the world,Poverty is said to be suffering in the world,and so is being in debt.and so is being in debt.

A poor person who has fallen into debtA poor person who has fallen into debtfrets even when spending the loan.frets even when spending the loan.And then they’re prosecuted,And then they’re prosecuted,

or even thrown in jail.or even thrown in jail.Such imprisonment is true sufferingSuch imprisonment is true sufferingfor someone who prays for pleasure and possessions.for someone who prays for pleasure and possessions.

In the same way, in the Noble One’s trainingIn the same way, in the Noble One’s trainingwhoever has no faith,whoever has no faith,no conscience or prudence,no conscience or prudence,

contemplates bad deeds.contemplates bad deeds.After doing bad thingsAfter doing bad thingsby way of body,by way of body,

speech, and mind,speech, and mind,they wish, ‘May no one find me out!’they wish, ‘May no one find me out!’Their behavior is creepyTheir behavior is creepy

by body, speech, and mind.by body, speech, and mind.They pile up bad deedsThey pile up bad deedson and on, life after life.on and on, life after life.

That simpleton evildoer,That simpleton evildoer,knowing their own misdeeds,knowing their own misdeeds,is a poor person who has fallen into debt,is a poor person who has fallen into debt,

and frets even when spending the loan.and frets even when spending the loan.And when in village or wildernessAnd when in village or wildernessthey’re prosecutedthey’re prosecuted

by painful mental plans,by painful mental plans,which are born of remorse.which are born of remorse.That simpleton evildoer,That simpleton evildoer,

knowing their own misdeeds,knowing their own misdeeds,goes to one of the animal realms,goes to one of the animal realms,or is trapped in hell.or is trapped in hell.

Such imprisonment is true suffering,Such imprisonment is true suffering,from which the attentive are released.from which the attentive are released.With confident heart, they giveWith confident heart, they give

with wealth that is properly earned.with wealth that is properly earned.That faithful householder of discernmentThat faithful householder of discernmentholds a winning hand on both counts:holds a winning hand on both counts:

welfare and benefit in this life,welfare and benefit in this life,and happiness in lives to come.and happiness in lives to come.This is how, for a householder,This is how, for a householder,

merit grows by generosity.merit grows by generosity.In the same way, in the Noble One’s training,In the same way, in the Noble One’s training,whoever is grounded in faith,whoever is grounded in faith,

with conscience and prudence,with conscience and prudence,wise, and ethically restrained,wise, and ethically restrained,is said to live happilyis said to live happily

in the Noble One’s training.in the Noble One’s training.After gaining pleasure not of the flesh,After gaining pleasure not of the flesh,they concentrate on equanimity.they concentrate on equanimity.

They give up the five hindrances,They give up the five hindrances,constantly energetic,constantly energetic,and enter the absorptions,and enter the absorptions,

unified, alert, and mindful.unified, alert, and mindful.Truly knowing in this wayTruly knowing in this wayregards the ending of all fetters,regards the ending of all fetters,

by not grasping in any way,by not grasping in any way,their mind is rightly freed.their mind is rightly freed.To that unaffected one, rightly freedTo that unaffected one, rightly freed

with the end of the fetters of continued existence,with the end of the fetters of continued existence,the knowledge comes:the knowledge comes:‘My freedom is unshakable.’‘My freedom is unshakable.’

This is the ultimate knowledge.This is the ultimate knowledge.This is the supreme happiness.This is the supreme happiness.Sorrowless, stainless, secure:Sorrowless, stainless, secure:

this is the highest freedom from debt.”this is the highest freedom from debt.”