增支部第 8 集（Sujato 英译）第 1 阅读页 · AN8.1 · The Benefits of Love

Numbered Discourses 8.1Numbered Discourses 8.11. Love1. Love

The Benefits of LoveThe Benefits of LoveSo I have heard.So I have heard.At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.

There the Buddha addressed the mendicants,There the Buddha addressed the mendicants,“Mendicants!”“Mendicants!”“Venerable sir,” they replied.“Venerable sir,” they replied.

The Buddha said this:The Buddha said this:“Mendicants, you can expect eight benefits when the heart’s release by love has been cultivated, developed, and practiced, made a vehicle and a basis, kept up, consolidated, and properly implemented.“Mendicants, you can expect eight benefits when the heart’s release by love has been cultivated, developed, and practiced, made a vehicle and a basis, kept up, consolidated, and properly implemented.What eight?What eight?

You sleep at ease. You wake happily. You don’t have bad dreams. Humans love you. Non-humans love you. Deities protect you. You can’t be harmed by fire, poison, or blade. If you don’t penetrate any higher, you’ll be reborn in a realm of divinity.You sleep at ease. You wake happily. You don’t have bad dreams. Humans love you. Non-humans love you. Deities protect you. You can’t be harmed by fire, poison, or blade. If you don’t penetrate any higher, you’ll be reborn in a realm of divinity.You can expect these eight benefits when the heart’s release by love has been cultivated, developed, and practiced, made a vehicle and a basis, kept up, consolidated, and properly implemented.You can expect these eight benefits when the heart’s release by love has been cultivated, developed, and practiced, made a vehicle and a basis, kept up, consolidated, and properly implemented.

A mindful one who developsA mindful one who developslimitless lovelimitless loveweakens the fetters,weakens the fetters,

seeing the ending of attachments.seeing the ending of attachments.Loving just one creature with a hateless heartLoving just one creature with a hateless heartmakes you a true person.makes you a true person.

Sympathetic for all creatures,Sympathetic for all creatures,a noble one creates abundant merit.a noble one creates abundant merit.The royal potentates conquered this landThe royal potentates conquered this land

and traveled around sponsoring sacrifices—and traveled around sponsoring sacrifices—horse sacrifice, human sacrifice,horse sacrifice, human sacrifice,the sacrifices of the ‘casting of the yoke-pin’, the ‘royal soma drinking’, and the ‘unimpeded’.the sacrifices of the ‘casting of the yoke-pin’, the ‘royal soma drinking’, and the ‘unimpeded’.

These are not worth a sixteenth partThese are not worth a sixteenth partof the mind developed with love,of the mind developed with love,as all the constellations of starsas all the constellations of stars

aren’t worth a sixteenth part of the moon’s light.aren’t worth a sixteenth part of the moon’s light.Don’t kill or cause others to kill,Don’t kill or cause others to kill,don’t conquer or encourage others to conquer,don’t conquer or encourage others to conquer,

with love for all sentient beings,with love for all sentient beings,you’ll have no enmity for anyone.”you’ll have no enmity for anyone.”