增支部第 7 集（Sujato 英译）第 31 阅读页 · AN7.31 · Downfalls for a Lay Follower

Numbered Discourses 7.31Numbered Discourses 7.313. The Vajji Seven3. The Vajji Seven

Downfalls for a Lay FollowerDownfalls for a Lay Follower“Mendicants, there are these seven downfalls for a lay follower …“Mendicants, there are these seven downfalls for a lay follower …There are these seven successes for a lay follower.There are these seven successes for a lay follower.

What seven?What seven?They don’t miss out on seeing the mendicants.They don’t miss out on seeing the mendicants.They don’t neglect listening to the true teaching.They don’t neglect listening to the true teaching.

They train in higher ethical conduct.They train in higher ethical conduct.They’re very confident about mendicants, whether senior, junior, or middle.They’re very confident about mendicants, whether senior, junior, or middle.They don’t listen to the teaching with a hostile, fault-finding mind.They don’t listen to the teaching with a hostile, fault-finding mind.

They don’t seek outside of the Buddhist community for those worthy of religious donations.They don’t seek outside of the Buddhist community for those worthy of religious donations.And they serve the Buddhist community first.And they serve the Buddhist community first.These are the seven successes for a lay follower.These are the seven successes for a lay follower.

A lay follower misses out on seeingA lay follower misses out on seeingthose who are evolvedthose who are evolvedand listening to the teachings of the Noble One.and listening to the teachings of the Noble One.

They don’t train in higher ethical conduct,They don’t train in higher ethical conduct,and their suspicion about mendicantsand their suspicion about mendicantsjust grows and grows.just grows and grows.

They want to listen to the true teachingThey want to listen to the true teachingwith a fault-finding mind.with a fault-finding mind.They seek outside the Buddhist communityThey seek outside the Buddhist community

for someone else worthy of religious donations,for someone else worthy of religious donations,and that lay followerand that lay followerserves them first.serves them first.

These seven principles leading to declineThese seven principles leading to declinehave been well taught.have been well taught.A lay follower who practices theseA lay follower who practices these

falls away from the true teaching.falls away from the true teaching.A lay follower doesn’t miss out on seeingA lay follower doesn’t miss out on seeingthose who are evolvedthose who are evolved

and listening to the teachings of the Noble One.and listening to the teachings of the Noble One.They train in higher ethical conduct,They train in higher ethical conduct,and their confidence in mendicantsand their confidence in mendicants

just grows and grows.just grows and grows.They want to listen to the true teachingThey want to listen to the true teachingwithout a fault-finding mind.without a fault-finding mind.

They don’t seek outside the Buddhist communityThey don’t seek outside the Buddhist communityfor someone else worthy of religious donations,for someone else worthy of religious donations,and that lay followerand that lay follower

serves the Buddhist community first.serves the Buddhist community first.These seven principles that prevent declineThese seven principles that prevent declinehave been well taught.have been well taught.

A lay follower who practices themA lay follower who practices themdoesn’t fall away from the true teaching.”doesn’t fall away from the true teaching.”