增支部第 7 集（Sujato 英译）第 55 阅读页 · AN7.55 · Places People Are Reborn

Numbered Discourses 7.55Numbered Discourses 7.556. The Undeclared Points6. The Undeclared Points

Places People Are RebornPlaces People Are Reborn“Mendicants, I will teach you seven places people are reborn, and complete extinguishment with no fuel for grasping.“Mendicants, I will teach you seven places people are reborn, and complete extinguishment with no fuel for grasping.Listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.”Listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.”

“Yes, sir,” the mendicants replied.“Yes, sir,” the mendicants replied.The Buddha said this:The Buddha said this:“And what are the seven places people are reborn?“And what are the seven places people are reborn?

Take a mendicant who practices like this:Take a mendicant who practices like this:‘It might not be, and it might not be mine. It will not be, and it will not be mine. I am giving up what exists, what has come to be.’ They gain equanimity.‘It might not be, and it might not be mine. It will not be, and it will not be mine. I am giving up what exists, what has come to be.’ They gain equanimity.They’re not attached to life, or to creating a new life. And they see with right wisdom that there is a peaceful state beyond.They’re not attached to life, or to creating a new life. And they see with right wisdom that there is a peaceful state beyond.

But they haven’t completely realized that state. They haven’t totally given up the underlying tendencies of conceit, desire for continued existence, and ignorance.But they haven’t completely realized that state. They haven’t totally given up the underlying tendencies of conceit, desire for continued existence, and ignorance.With the ending of the five lower fetters they’re extinguished between one life and the next.With the ending of the five lower fetters they’re extinguished between one life and the next.Suppose you struck an iron pot that had been heated all day. Any spark that flew off would be extinguished.Suppose you struck an iron pot that had been heated all day. Any spark that flew off would be extinguished.

In the same way, a mendicant who practices like this …In the same way, a mendicant who practices like this …With the ending of the five lower fetters they’re extinguished between one life and the next.With the ending of the five lower fetters they’re extinguished between one life and the next.Take a mendicant who practices like this:Take a mendicant who practices like this:

‘It might not be, and it might not be mine. It will not be, and it will not be mine. I am giving up what exists, what has come to be.’ They gain equanimity.‘It might not be, and it might not be mine. It will not be, and it will not be mine. I am giving up what exists, what has come to be.’ They gain equanimity.They’re not attached to life, or to creating a new life. And they see with right wisdom that there is a peaceful state beyond.They’re not attached to life, or to creating a new life. And they see with right wisdom that there is a peaceful state beyond.But they haven’t totally realized that state. They haven’t completely given up the underlying tendencies of conceit, desire for continued existence, and ignorance.But they haven’t totally realized that state. They haven’t completely given up the underlying tendencies of conceit, desire for continued existence, and ignorance.

With the ending of the five lower fetters they’re extinguished between one life and the next.With the ending of the five lower fetters they’re extinguished between one life and the next.Suppose you struck an iron pot that had been heated all day. Any spark that flew off and floated away would be extinguished.Suppose you struck an iron pot that had been heated all day. Any spark that flew off and floated away would be extinguished.In the same way, a mendicant who practices like this …In the same way, a mendicant who practices like this …

With the ending of the five lower fetters they’re extinguished between one life and the next.With the ending of the five lower fetters they’re extinguished between one life and the next.Take a mendicant who practices like this:Take a mendicant who practices like this:‘It might not be, and it might not be mine. …’‘It might not be, and it might not be mine. …’

With the ending of the five lower fetters they’re extinguished between one life and the next.With the ending of the five lower fetters they’re extinguished between one life and the next.Suppose you struck an iron pot that had been heated all day. Any spark that flew off and floated away would be extinguished before landing.Suppose you struck an iron pot that had been heated all day. Any spark that flew off and floated away would be extinguished before landing.In the same way, a mendicant who practices like this …In the same way, a mendicant who practices like this …

With the ending of the five lower fetters they’re extinguished between one life and the next.With the ending of the five lower fetters they’re extinguished between one life and the next.Take a mendicant who practices like this:Take a mendicant who practices like this:‘It might not be, and it might not be mine. …’‘It might not be, and it might not be mine. …’

With the ending of the five lower fetters they’re extinguished upon landing.With the ending of the five lower fetters they’re extinguished upon landing.Suppose you struck an iron pot that had been heated all day. Any spark that flew off and floated away would be extinguished upon landing.Suppose you struck an iron pot that had been heated all day. Any spark that flew off and floated away would be extinguished upon landing.In the same way, a mendicant who practices like this …In the same way, a mendicant who practices like this …

‘It might not be, and it might not be mine. …’‘It might not be, and it might not be mine. …’With the ending of the five lower fetters they’re extinguished upon landing.With the ending of the five lower fetters they’re extinguished upon landing.Take a mendicant who practices like this:Take a mendicant who practices like this:

‘It might not be, and it might not be mine. …’‘It might not be, and it might not be mine. …’With the ending of the five lower fetters they’re extinguished without extra effort.With the ending of the five lower fetters they’re extinguished without extra effort.Suppose you struck an iron pot that had been heated all day. Any spark that flew off and floated away would fall on a little heap of grass or twigs.Suppose you struck an iron pot that had been heated all day. Any spark that flew off and floated away would fall on a little heap of grass or twigs.

There it would ignite a fire and produce smoke. But the fire would consume the grass or twigs and become extinguished due to not being fed.There it would ignite a fire and produce smoke. But the fire would consume the grass or twigs and become extinguished due to not being fed.In the same way, a mendicant who practices like this …In the same way, a mendicant who practices like this …‘It might not be, and it might not be mine. …’‘It might not be, and it might not be mine. …’

With the ending of the five lower fetters they’re extinguished without extra effort.With the ending of the five lower fetters they’re extinguished without extra effort.Take a mendicant who practices like this:Take a mendicant who practices like this:‘It might not be, and it might not be mine. …’‘It might not be, and it might not be mine. …’

With the ending of the five lower fetters they’re extinguished with extra effort.With the ending of the five lower fetters they’re extinguished with extra effort.Suppose you struck an iron pot that had been heated all day. Any spark that flew off and floated away would fall on a large heap of grass or twigs.Suppose you struck an iron pot that had been heated all day. Any spark that flew off and floated away would fall on a large heap of grass or twigs.There it would ignite a fire and produce smoke. But the fire would consume the grass or twigs and become extinguished due to not being fed.There it would ignite a fire and produce smoke. But the fire would consume the grass or twigs and become extinguished due to not being fed.

In the same way, a mendicant who practices like this …In the same way, a mendicant who practices like this …‘It might not be, and it might not be mine. …’‘It might not be, and it might not be mine. …’With the ending of the five lower fetters they’re extinguished with extra effort.With the ending of the five lower fetters they’re extinguished with extra effort.

Take a mendicant who practices like this:Take a mendicant who practices like this:‘It might not be, and it might not be mine. It will not be, and it will not be mine. I am giving up what exists, what has come to be.’ They gain equanimity.‘It might not be, and it might not be mine. It will not be, and it will not be mine. I am giving up what exists, what has come to be.’ They gain equanimity.They’re not attached to life, or to creating a new life. And they see with right wisdom that there is a peaceful state beyond.They’re not attached to life, or to creating a new life. And they see with right wisdom that there is a peaceful state beyond.

But they haven’t totally realized that state. They haven’t completely given up the underlying tendencies of conceit, desire for continued existence, and ignorance.But they haven’t totally realized that state. They haven’t completely given up the underlying tendencies of conceit, desire for continued existence, and ignorance.With the ending of the five lower fetters they head upstream, going to the Akaniṭṭha realm.With the ending of the five lower fetters they head upstream, going to the Akaniṭṭha realm.Suppose you struck an iron pot that had been heated all day. Any spark that flew off and floated away would fall on a big heap of grass or twigs.Suppose you struck an iron pot that had been heated all day. Any spark that flew off and floated away would fall on a big heap of grass or twigs.

There it would ignite a fire and produce smoke. And after consuming the grass and twigs, the fire would burn up plants and trees until it reached a green field, a roadside, a cliff’s edge, a body of water, or cleared parkland, where it would be extinguished due to not being fed.There it would ignite a fire and produce smoke. And after consuming the grass and twigs, the fire would burn up plants and trees until it reached a green field, a roadside, a cliff’s edge, a body of water, or cleared parkland, where it would be extinguished due to not being fed.In the same way, a mendicant who practices like this …In the same way, a mendicant who practices like this …‘It might not be, and it might not be mine. …’‘It might not be, and it might not be mine. …’

With the ending of the five lower fetters they head upstream, going to the Akaniṭṭha realm.With the ending of the five lower fetters they head upstream, going to the Akaniṭṭha realm.These are the seven places people are reborn.These are the seven places people are reborn.And what is complete extinguishment with no fuel for grasping?And what is complete extinguishment with no fuel for grasping?

Take a mendicant who practices like this:Take a mendicant who practices like this:‘It might not be, and it might not be mine. It will not be, and it will not be mine. I am giving up what exists, what has come to be.’ They gain equanimity.‘It might not be, and it might not be mine. It will not be, and it will not be mine. I am giving up what exists, what has come to be.’ They gain equanimity.They’re not attached to life, or to creating a new life. And they see with right wisdom that there is a peaceful state beyond.They’re not attached to life, or to creating a new life. And they see with right wisdom that there is a peaceful state beyond.

And they have totally realized that state. They’ve completely given up the underlying tendencies of conceit, desire for continued existence, and ignorance.And they have totally realized that state. They’ve completely given up the underlying tendencies of conceit, desire for continued existence, and ignorance.They’ve realized the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom, and live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.They’ve realized the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom, and live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.This is called complete extinguishment with no fuel for grasping.This is called complete extinguishment with no fuel for grasping.

These are the seven places people are reborn, and complete extinguishment with no fuel for grasping.”These are the seven places people are reborn, and complete extinguishment with no fuel for grasping.”