增支部第 9 集（Sujato 英译）第 22 阅读页 · AN9.22 · A Wild Colt

Numbered Discourses 9.22Numbered Discourses 9.223. Abodes of Sentient Beings3. Abodes of Sentient Beings

A Wild ColtA Wild Colt“Mendicants, I will teach you about three wild colts and three wild people; three excellent horses and three excellent people; and three fine thoroughbred horses and three fine thoroughbred people.“Mendicants, I will teach you about three wild colts and three wild people; three excellent horses and three excellent people; and three fine thoroughbred horses and three fine thoroughbred people.Listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.Listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.

And what are the three wild colts?And what are the three wild colts?One wild colt is fast, but not beautiful or well proportioned.One wild colt is fast, but not beautiful or well proportioned.Another wild colt is fast and beautiful, but not well proportioned.Another wild colt is fast and beautiful, but not well proportioned.

While another wild colt is fast, beautiful, and well proportioned.While another wild colt is fast, beautiful, and well proportioned.These are the three wild colts.These are the three wild colts.And what are the three wild people?And what are the three wild people?

One wild person is fast, but not beautiful or well proportioned.One wild person is fast, but not beautiful or well proportioned.Another wild person is fast and beautiful, but not well proportioned.Another wild person is fast and beautiful, but not well proportioned.While another wild person is fast, beautiful, and well proportioned.While another wild person is fast, beautiful, and well proportioned.

And how is a wild person fast, but not beautiful or well proportioned?And how is a wild person fast, but not beautiful or well proportioned?It’s when a mendicant truly understands: ‘This is suffering’ … ‘This is the origin of suffering’ … ‘This is the cessation of suffering’ … ‘This is the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering’.It’s when a mendicant truly understands: ‘This is suffering’ … ‘This is the origin of suffering’ … ‘This is the cessation of suffering’ … ‘This is the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering’.This is how they’re fast, I say.This is how they’re fast, I say.

But when asked a question about the teaching or training, they falter without answering.But when asked a question about the teaching or training, they falter without answering.This is how they’re not beautiful, I say.This is how they’re not beautiful, I say.And they don’t receive robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick.And they don’t receive robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick.

This is how they’re not well proportioned, I say.This is how they’re not well proportioned, I say.This is how a wild person is fast, but not beautiful or well proportioned.This is how a wild person is fast, but not beautiful or well proportioned.And how is a wild person fast and beautiful, but not well proportioned?And how is a wild person fast and beautiful, but not well proportioned?

They truly understand: ‘This is suffering’ … ‘This is the origin of suffering’ … ‘This is the cessation of suffering’ … ‘This is the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering’.They truly understand: ‘This is suffering’ … ‘This is the origin of suffering’ … ‘This is the cessation of suffering’ … ‘This is the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering’.This is how they’re fast, I say.This is how they’re fast, I say.When asked a question about the teaching or training, they answer without faltering.When asked a question about the teaching or training, they answer without faltering.

This is how they’re beautiful, I say.This is how they’re beautiful, I say.But they don’t receive robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick.But they don’t receive robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick.This is how they’re not well proportioned, I say.This is how they’re not well proportioned, I say.

This is how a wild person is fast and beautiful, but not well proportioned.This is how a wild person is fast and beautiful, but not well proportioned.And how is a wild person fast, beautiful, and well proportioned?And how is a wild person fast, beautiful, and well proportioned?They truly understand: ‘This is suffering’ … ‘This is the origin of suffering’ … ‘This is the cessation of suffering’ … ‘This is the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering’.They truly understand: ‘This is suffering’ … ‘This is the origin of suffering’ … ‘This is the cessation of suffering’ … ‘This is the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering’.

This is how they’re fast, I say.This is how they’re fast, I say.When asked a question about the teaching or training, they answer without faltering.When asked a question about the teaching or training, they answer without faltering.This is how they’re beautiful, I say.This is how they’re beautiful, I say.

They receive robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick.They receive robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick.This is how they’re well proportioned, I say.This is how they’re well proportioned, I say.This is how a wild person is fast, beautiful, and well proportioned.This is how a wild person is fast, beautiful, and well proportioned.

These are the three wild people.These are the three wild people.And what are the three excellent horses?And what are the three excellent horses?One excellent horse …One excellent horse …

is fast, beautiful, and well proportioned.is fast, beautiful, and well proportioned.These are the three excellent horses.These are the three excellent horses.What are the three excellent people?What are the three excellent people?

One excellent person …One excellent person …is fast, beautiful, and well proportioned.is fast, beautiful, and well proportioned.And how is an excellent person …And how is an excellent person …

fast, beautiful, and well proportioned?fast, beautiful, and well proportioned?It’s when a mendicant, with the ending of the five lower fetters, is reborn spontaneously. They’re extinguished there, and are not liable to return from that world.It’s when a mendicant, with the ending of the five lower fetters, is reborn spontaneously. They’re extinguished there, and are not liable to return from that world.This is how they’re fast, I say.This is how they’re fast, I say.

When asked a question about the teaching or training, they answer without faltering.When asked a question about the teaching or training, they answer without faltering.This is how they’re beautiful, I say.This is how they’re beautiful, I say.They receive robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick.They receive robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick.

This is how they’re well proportioned, I say.This is how they’re well proportioned, I say.This is how an excellent person is fast, beautiful, and well proportioned.This is how an excellent person is fast, beautiful, and well proportioned.These are the three excellent people.These are the three excellent people.

And what are the three fine thoroughbred horses?And what are the three fine thoroughbred horses?One fine thoroughbred horse …One fine thoroughbred horse …is fast, beautiful, and well proportioned.is fast, beautiful, and well proportioned.

These are the three fine thoroughbred horses.These are the three fine thoroughbred horses.And what are the three fine thoroughbred people?And what are the three fine thoroughbred people?One fine thoroughbred person …One fine thoroughbred person …

is fast, beautiful, and well proportioned.is fast, beautiful, and well proportioned.And how is a fine thoroughbred person …And how is a fine thoroughbred person …fast, beautiful, and well proportioned?fast, beautiful, and well proportioned?

It’s a mendicant who realizes the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. And they live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.It’s a mendicant who realizes the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. And they live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.This is how they’re fast, I say.This is how they’re fast, I say.When asked a question about the teaching or training, they answer without faltering.When asked a question about the teaching or training, they answer without faltering.

This is how they’re beautiful, I say.This is how they’re beautiful, I say.They receive robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick.They receive robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick.This is how they’re well proportioned, I say.This is how they’re well proportioned, I say.

This is how a fine thoroughbred person is fast, beautiful, and well proportioned.This is how a fine thoroughbred person is fast, beautiful, and well proportioned.These are the three fine thoroughbred people.”These are the three fine thoroughbred people.”