增支部第 9 集（Sujato 英译）第 1 阅读页 · AN9.1 · Awakening

Numbered Discourses 9.1Numbered Discourses 9.11. Awakening1. Awakening

AwakeningAwakeningSo 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, if wanderers of other religions were to ask:“Mendicants, if wanderers of other religions were to ask:‘Reverends, what is the vital condition for the development of the qualities on the same side as awakening?’ How would you answer them?”‘Reverends, what is the vital condition for the development of the qualities on the same side as awakening?’ How would you answer them?”

“Our teachings are rooted in the Buddha. … The mendicants will listen and remember it.”“Our teachings are rooted in the Buddha. … The mendicants will listen and remember it.”“Well then, mendicants, listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.”“Well then, mendicants, listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.”“Yes, sir,” they replied.“Yes, sir,” they replied.

The Buddha said this:The Buddha said this:“Mendicants, if wanderers of other religions were to ask:“Mendicants, if wanderers of other religions were to ask:‘Reverends, what is the vital condition for the development of the qualities on the same side as awakening?’ You should answer them:‘Reverends, what is the vital condition for the development of the qualities on the same side as awakening?’ You should answer them:

‘It’s when a mendicant has good friends, companions, and associates.‘It’s when a mendicant has good friends, companions, and associates.This is the first vital condition for the development of the awakening factors.This is the first vital condition for the development of the awakening factors.Furthermore, a mendicant is ethical, restrained in the monastic code, conducting themselves well and resorting for alms in suitable places. Seeing danger in the slightest fault, they keep the rules they’ve undertaken.Furthermore, a mendicant is ethical, restrained in the monastic code, conducting themselves well and resorting for alms in suitable places. Seeing danger in the slightest fault, they keep the rules they’ve undertaken.

This is the second vital condition for the development of the qualities on the same side as awakening.This is the second vital condition for the development of the qualities on the same side as awakening.Furthermore, a mendicant gets to take part in talk about self-effacement that helps open the heart, when they want, without trouble or difficulty. That is, talk about fewness of wishes, contentment, seclusion, aloofness, arousing energy, ethics, immersion, wisdom, freedom, and the knowledge and vision of freedom.Furthermore, a mendicant gets to take part in talk about self-effacement that helps open the heart, when they want, without trouble or difficulty. That is, talk about fewness of wishes, contentment, seclusion, aloofness, arousing energy, ethics, immersion, wisdom, freedom, and the knowledge and vision of freedom.

This is the third vital condition for the development of the qualities on the same side as awakening.This is the third vital condition for the development of the qualities on the same side as awakening.Furthermore, a mendicant lives with energy roused up for giving up unskillful qualities and embracing skillful qualities. They are strong, staunchly vigorous, not slacking off when it comes to developing skillful qualities.Furthermore, a mendicant lives with energy roused up for giving up unskillful qualities and embracing skillful qualities. They are strong, staunchly vigorous, not slacking off when it comes to developing skillful qualities.This is the fourth vital condition for the development of the qualities on the same side as awakening.This is the fourth vital condition for the development of the qualities on the same side as awakening.

Furthermore, a mendicant is wise. They have the wisdom of arising and passing away which is noble, penetrative, and leads to the complete ending of suffering.Furthermore, a mendicant is wise. They have the wisdom of arising and passing away which is noble, penetrative, and leads to the complete ending of suffering.This is the fifth vital condition for the development of the qualities on the same side as awakening.’This is the fifth vital condition for the development of the qualities on the same side as awakening.’A mendicant with good friends, companions, and associates can expect toA mendicant with good friends, companions, and associates can expect to

be ethical …be ethical …A mendicant with good friends, companions, and associates can expect toA mendicant with good friends, companions, and associates can expect totake part in talk about self-effacement that helps open the heart …take part in talk about self-effacement that helps open the heart …

A mendicant with good friends, companions, and associates can expect toA mendicant with good friends, companions, and associates can expect tolive with energy roused up …live with energy roused up …A mendicant with good friends, companions, and associates can expect toA mendicant with good friends, companions, and associates can expect to

be wise …be wise …But then, a mendicant grounded on these five things should develop four further things.But then, a mendicant grounded on these five things should develop four further things.They should develop the perception of ugliness to give up greed, love to give up hate, mindfulness of breathing to cut off thinking, and perception of impermanence to uproot the conceit ‘I am’.They should develop the perception of ugliness to give up greed, love to give up hate, mindfulness of breathing to cut off thinking, and perception of impermanence to uproot the conceit ‘I am’.

When you perceive impermanence, the perception of not-self becomes stabilized.When you perceive impermanence, the perception of not-self becomes stabilized.Perceiving not-self, you uproot the conceit ‘I am’ and attain extinguishment in this very life.”Perceiving not-self, you uproot the conceit ‘I am’ and attain extinguishment in this very life.”