长部第 2 经（Sujato 英译）第 4 阅读页 · The Fruits of the Ascetic Life · 4/5

There are some ascetics and brahmins who, while enjoying food given in faith, still earn a living by low lore, by wrong livelihood.There are some ascetics and brahmins who, while enjoying food given in faith, still earn a living by low lore, by wrong livelihood.This includes reading the marks of gems, cloth, clubs, swords, spears, arrows, bows, weapons, women, men, boys, girls, male and female bondservants, elephants, horses, buffaloes, bulls, cows, goats, rams, chickens, quails, monitor lizards, rabbits, tortoises, or deer.This includes reading the marks of gems, cloth, clubs, swords, spears, arrows, bows, weapons, women, men, boys, girls, male and female bondservants, elephants, horses, buffaloes, bulls, cows, goats, rams, chickens, quails, monitor lizards, rabbits, tortoises, or deer.

They refrain from such low lore, such wrong livelihood.They refrain from such low lore, such wrong livelihood.This pertains to their ethics.This pertains to their ethics.There are some ascetics and brahmins who, while enjoying food given in faith, still earn a living by low lore, by wrong livelihood.There are some ascetics and brahmins who, while enjoying food given in faith, still earn a living by low lore, by wrong livelihood.

This includes making predictions that the king will march forth or march back; or that our king will attack and the enemy king will retreat, or vice versa; or that our king will triumph and the enemy king will be defeated, or vice versa; and so there will be victory for one and defeat for the other.This includes making predictions that the king will march forth or march back; or that our king will attack and the enemy king will retreat, or vice versa; or that our king will triumph and the enemy king will be defeated, or vice versa; and so there will be victory for one and defeat for the other.They refrain from such low lore, such wrong livelihood.They refrain from such low lore, such wrong livelihood.This pertains to their ethics.This pertains to their ethics.

There are some ascetics and brahmins who, while enjoying food given in faith, still earn a living by low lore, by wrong livelihood.There are some ascetics and brahmins who, while enjoying food given in faith, still earn a living by low lore, by wrong livelihood.This includes making predictions that there will be an eclipse of the moon, or sun, or stars; that the sun, moon, and stars will be in conjunction or in opposition; that there will be a meteor shower, a fiery horizon, an earthquake, or thunder in the heavens; that there will be a rising, a setting, a darkening, a brightening of the moon, sun, and stars. And it also includes making predictions about the results of all such phenomena.This includes making predictions that there will be an eclipse of the moon, or sun, or stars; that the sun, moon, and stars will be in conjunction or in opposition; that there will be a meteor shower, a fiery horizon, an earthquake, or thunder in the heavens; that there will be a rising, a setting, a darkening, a brightening of the moon, sun, and stars. And it also includes making predictions about the results of all such phenomena.

They refrain from such low lore, such wrong livelihood.They refrain from such low lore, such wrong livelihood.This pertains to their ethics.This pertains to their ethics.There are some ascetics and brahmins who, while enjoying food given in faith, still earn a living by low lore, by wrong livelihood.There are some ascetics and brahmins who, while enjoying food given in faith, still earn a living by low lore, by wrong livelihood.

This includes predicting whether there will be plenty of rain or drought; plenty to eat or famine; an abundant harvest or a bad harvest; security or peril; sickness or health. It also includes such occupations as arithmetic, accounting, calculating, poetry, and cosmology.This includes predicting whether there will be plenty of rain or drought; plenty to eat or famine; an abundant harvest or a bad harvest; security or peril; sickness or health. It also includes such occupations as arithmetic, accounting, calculating, poetry, and cosmology.They refrain from such low lore, such wrong livelihood.They refrain from such low lore, such wrong livelihood.This pertains to their ethics.This pertains to their ethics.

There are some ascetics and brahmins who, while enjoying food given in faith, still earn a living by low lore, by wrong livelihood.There are some ascetics and brahmins who, while enjoying food given in faith, still earn a living by low lore, by wrong livelihood.This includes making arrangements for giving and taking in marriage; for engagement and divorce; and for scattering rice inwards or outwards at the wedding ceremony. It also includes casting spells for good or bad luck, treating impacted fetuses, binding the tongue, or locking the jaws; charms for the hands and ears; questioning a mirror, a girl, or a god as an oracle; worshiping the sun, worshiping the Great One, breathing fire, and invoking Siri, the goddess of luck.This includes making arrangements for giving and taking in marriage; for engagement and divorce; and for scattering rice inwards or outwards at the wedding ceremony. It also includes casting spells for good or bad luck, treating impacted fetuses, binding the tongue, or locking the jaws; charms for the hands and ears; questioning a mirror, a girl, or a god as an oracle; worshiping the sun, worshiping the Great One, breathing fire, and invoking Siri, the goddess of luck.

They refrain from such low lore, such wrong livelihood.They refrain from such low lore, such wrong livelihood.This pertains to their ethics.This pertains to their ethics.There are some ascetics and brahmins who, while enjoying food given in faith, still earn a living by low lore, by wrong livelihood.There are some ascetics and brahmins who, while enjoying food given in faith, still earn a living by low lore, by wrong livelihood.

This includes rites for propitiation, for granting wishes, for ghosts, for the earth, for rain, for property settlement, and for preparing and consecrating house sites, and rites involving sipping water and bathing, and oblations. It also includes administering emetics, purgatives, expectorants, and phlegmagogues; administering ear-oils, eye restoratives, nasal medicine, ointments, and counter-ointments; surgery with needle and scalpel, treating children, prescribing root medicines, and herbal bandages.This includes rites for propitiation, for granting wishes, for ghosts, for the earth, for rain, for property settlement, and for preparing and consecrating house sites, and rites involving sipping water and bathing, and oblations. It also includes administering emetics, purgatives, expectorants, and phlegmagogues; administering ear-oils, eye restoratives, nasal medicine, ointments, and counter-ointments; surgery with needle and scalpel, treating children, prescribing root medicines, and herbal bandages.

They refrain from such low lore, such wrong livelihood.They refrain from such low lore, such wrong livelihood.This pertains to their ethics.This pertains to their ethics.A mendicant thus accomplished in ethics sees no danger in any quarter in regards to their ethical restraint.A mendicant thus accomplished in ethics sees no danger in any quarter in regards to their ethical restraint.

It’s like a king who has defeated his enemies. He sees no danger from his foes in any quarter.It’s like a king who has defeated his enemies. He sees no danger from his foes in any quarter.In the same way, a mendicant thus accomplished in ethics sees no danger in any quarter in regards to their ethical restraint.In the same way, a mendicant thus accomplished in ethics sees no danger in any quarter in regards to their ethical restraint.When they have this spectrum of noble ethics, they experience a blameless happiness inside themselves.When they have this spectrum of noble ethics, they experience a blameless happiness inside themselves.

That’s how a mendicant is accomplished in ethics.That’s how a mendicant is accomplished in ethics.The longer section on ethics is complete.The longer section on ethics is complete.

4.3.2. Immersion4.3.2. Immersion4.3.2.1. Sense Restraint4.3.2.1. Sense Restraint

And how does a mendicant guard the sense doors?And how does a mendicant guard the sense doors?When a mendicant sees a sight with their eyes, they don’t get caught up in the features and details.When a mendicant sees a sight with their eyes, they don’t get caught up in the features and details.If the faculty of sight were left unrestrained, bad unskillful qualities of covetousness and displeasure would become overwhelming. For this reason, they practice restraint, protecting the faculty of sight, and achieving its restraint.If the faculty of sight were left unrestrained, bad unskillful qualities of covetousness and displeasure would become overwhelming. For this reason, they practice restraint, protecting the faculty of sight, and achieving its restraint.

When they hear a sound with their ears …When they hear a sound with their ears …When they smell an odor with their nose …When they smell an odor with their nose …When they taste a flavor with their tongue …When they taste a flavor with their tongue …

When they feel a touch with their body …When they feel a touch with their body …When they know an idea with their mind, they don’t get caught up in the features and details.When they know an idea with their mind, they don’t get caught up in the features and details.If the faculty of mind were left unrestrained, bad unskillful qualities of covetousness and displeasure would become overwhelming. For this reason, they practice restraint, protecting the faculty of mind, and achieving its restraint.If the faculty of mind were left unrestrained, bad unskillful qualities of covetousness and displeasure would become overwhelming. For this reason, they practice restraint, protecting the faculty of mind, and achieving its restraint.

When they have this noble sense restraint, they experience an unsullied bliss inside themselves.When they have this noble sense restraint, they experience an unsullied bliss inside themselves.That’s how a mendicant guards the sense doors.That’s how a mendicant guards the sense doors.

4.3.2.2. Mindfulness and Situational Awareness4.3.2.2. Mindfulness and Situational Awareness

And how does a mendicant have mindfulness and situational awareness?And how does a mendicant have mindfulness and situational awareness?It’s when a mendicant acts with situational awareness when going out and coming back; when looking ahead and aside; when bending and extending the limbs; when bearing the outer robe, bowl and robes; when eating, drinking, chewing, and tasting; when urinating and defecating; when walking, standing, sitting, sleeping, waking, speaking, and keeping silent.It’s when a mendicant acts with situational awareness when going out and coming back; when looking ahead and aside; when bending and extending the limbs; when bearing the outer robe, bowl and robes; when eating, drinking, chewing, and tasting; when urinating and defecating; when walking, standing, sitting, sleeping, waking, speaking, and keeping silent.

That’s how a mendicant has mindfulness and situational awareness.That’s how a mendicant has mindfulness and situational awareness.

4.3.2.3. Contentment4.3.2.3. Contentment

And how is a mendicant content?And how is a mendicant content?It’s when a mendicant is content with robes to look after the body and almsfood to look after the belly. Wherever they go, they set out taking only these things.It’s when a mendicant is content with robes to look after the body and almsfood to look after the belly. Wherever they go, they set out taking only these things.They’re like a bird: wherever it flies, wings are its only burden.They’re like a bird: wherever it flies, wings are its only burden.

In the same way, a mendicant is content with robes to look after the body and almsfood to look after the belly. Wherever they go, they set out taking only these things.In the same way, a mendicant is content with robes to look after the body and almsfood to look after the belly. Wherever they go, they set out taking only these things.That’s how a mendicant is content.That’s how a mendicant is content.

4.3.2.4. Giving Up the Hindrances4.3.2.4. Giving Up the Hindrances

When they have this spectrum of noble ethics, this noble sense restraint, this noble mindfulness and situational awareness, and this noble contentment,When they have this spectrum of noble ethics, this noble sense restraint, this noble mindfulness and situational awareness, and this noble contentment,they frequent a secluded lodging—a wilderness, the root of a tree, a hill, a ravine, a mountain cave, a charnel ground, a forest, the open air, a heap of straw.they frequent a secluded lodging—a wilderness, the root of a tree, a hill, a ravine, a mountain cave, a charnel ground, a forest, the open air, a heap of straw.After the meal, they return from almsround, sit down cross-legged, set their body straight, and bring mindfulness to the present.After the meal, they return from almsround, sit down cross-legged, set their body straight, and bring mindfulness to the present.

Giving up covetousness for the world, they meditate with a heart rid of covetousness, cleansing the mind of covetousness.Giving up covetousness for the world, they meditate with a heart rid of covetousness, cleansing the mind of covetousness.Giving up ill will and malevolence, they meditate with a mind rid of ill will, full of sympathy for all living beings, cleansing the mind of ill will.Giving up ill will and malevolence, they meditate with a mind rid of ill will, full of sympathy for all living beings, cleansing the mind of ill will.Giving up dullness and drowsiness, they meditate with a mind rid of dullness and drowsiness, perceiving light, mindful and aware, cleansing the mind of dullness and drowsiness.Giving up dullness and drowsiness, they meditate with a mind rid of dullness and drowsiness, perceiving light, mindful and aware, cleansing the mind of dullness and drowsiness.

Giving up restlessness and remorse, they meditate without restlessness, their mind settled internally, cleansing the mind of restlessness and remorse.Giving up restlessness and remorse, they meditate without restlessness, their mind settled internally, cleansing the mind of restlessness and remorse.Giving up doubt, they meditate having gone beyond doubt, not undecided about skillful qualities, cleansing the mind of doubt.Giving up doubt, they meditate having gone beyond doubt, not undecided about skillful qualities, cleansing the mind of doubt.Suppose a man who has gotten into debt were to apply himself to work,Suppose a man who has gotten into debt were to apply himself to work,

and his efforts proved successful.and his efforts proved successful.He would pay off the original loan and have enough left over to support his partner.He would pay off the original loan and have enough left over to support his partner.Thinking about this,Thinking about this,

he’d be filled with joy and happiness.he’d be filled with joy and happiness.Suppose there was a person who was sick, suffering, gravely ill. They’d lose their appetite and get physically weak.Suppose there was a person who was sick, suffering, gravely ill. They’d lose their appetite and get physically weak.But after some time they’d recover from that illness, and regain their appetite and their strength.But after some time they’d recover from that illness, and regain their appetite and their strength.

Thinking about this,Thinking about this,they’d be filled with joy and happiness.they’d be filled with joy and happiness.Suppose a person was imprisoned in a jail.Suppose a person was imprisoned in a jail.

But after some time they were released from jail, safe and sound, with no loss of wealth.But after some time they were released from jail, safe and sound, with no loss of wealth.Thinking about this,Thinking about this,they’d be filled with joy and happiness.they’d be filled with joy and happiness.

Suppose a person was a bondservant. They would not be their own master, but indentured to another, unable to go where they wish.Suppose a person was a bondservant. They would not be their own master, but indentured to another, unable to go where they wish.But after some time they’d be freed from servitude. They would be their own master, not indentured to another, a freeman able to go where they wish.But after some time they’d be freed from servitude. They would be their own master, not indentured to another, a freeman able to go where they wish.Thinking about this,Thinking about this,

they’d be filled with joy and happiness.they’d be filled with joy and happiness.Suppose there was a person with wealth and property who was traveling along a desert road, which was perilous, with nothing to eat.Suppose there was a person with wealth and property who was traveling along a desert road, which was perilous, with nothing to eat.But after some time they crossed over the desert safely, arriving within a village, a sanctuary free of peril.But after some time they crossed over the desert safely, arriving within a village, a sanctuary free of peril.

Thinking about this,Thinking about this,they’d be filled with joy and happiness.they’d be filled with joy and happiness.In the same way, as long as these five hindrances are not given up inside themselves, a mendicant regards them as a debt, a disease, a prison, slavery, and a desert crossing.In the same way, as long as these five hindrances are not given up inside themselves, a mendicant regards them as a debt, a disease, a prison, slavery, and a desert crossing.

But when these five hindrances are given up inside themselves, a mendicant regards this as freedom from debt, good health, release from prison, emancipation, and a place of sanctuary at last.But when these five hindrances are given up inside themselves, a mendicant regards this as freedom from debt, good health, release from prison, emancipation, and a place of sanctuary at last.Seeing that the hindrances have been given up in them, joy springs up. Being joyful, rapture springs up. When the mind is full of rapture, the body becomes tranquil. When the body is tranquil, they feel bliss. And when blissful, the mind becomes immersed.Seeing that the hindrances have been given up in them, joy springs up. Being joyful, rapture springs up. When the mind is full of rapture, the body becomes tranquil. When the body is tranquil, they feel bliss. And when blissful, the mind becomes immersed.

4.3.2.5. First Absorption4.3.2.5. First Absorption

Quite secluded from sensual pleasures, secluded from unskillful qualities, they enter and remain in the first absorption, which has the rapture and bliss born of seclusion, while placing the mind and keeping it connected.Quite secluded from sensual pleasures, secluded from unskillful qualities, they enter and remain in the first absorption, which has the rapture and bliss born of seclusion, while placing the mind and keeping it connected.They drench, steep, fill, and spread themselves with rapture and bliss born of seclusion. There’s no part of the body that’s not spread with rapture and bliss born of seclusion.They drench, steep, fill, and spread themselves with rapture and bliss born of seclusion. There’s no part of the body that’s not spread with rapture and bliss born of seclusion.

It’s like when a deft bathroom attendant or their apprentice pours bath powder into a bronze dish, sprinkling it little by little with water. They knead it until the ball of bath powder is soaked and saturated with moisture, spread through inside and out; yet no moisture oozes out.It’s like when a deft bathroom attendant or their apprentice pours bath powder into a bronze dish, sprinkling it little by little with water. They knead it until the ball of bath powder is soaked and saturated with moisture, spread through inside and out; yet no moisture oozes out.In the same way, a mendicant drenches, steeps, fills, and spreads themselves with rapture and bliss born of seclusion. There’s no part of the body that’s not spread with rapture and bliss born of seclusion.In the same way, a mendicant drenches, steeps, fills, and spreads themselves with rapture and bliss born of seclusion. There’s no part of the body that’s not spread with rapture and bliss born of seclusion.

This, Great King, is a fruit of the ascetic life that’s apparent in the present life which is better and finer than the former ones.This, Great King, is a fruit of the ascetic life that’s apparent in the present life which is better and finer than the former ones.

4.3.2.6. Second Absorption4.3.2.6. Second Absorption

Furthermore, as the placing of the mind and keeping it connected are stilled, a mendicant enters and remains in the second absorption, which has the rapture and bliss born of immersion, with internal clarity and mind at one, without placing the mind and keeping it connected.Furthermore, as the placing of the mind and keeping it connected are stilled, a mendicant enters and remains in the second absorption, which has the rapture and bliss born of immersion, with internal clarity and mind at one, without placing the mind and keeping it connected.They drench, steep, fill, and spread themselves with rapture and bliss born of immersion. There’s no part of the body that’s not spread with rapture and bliss born of immersion.They drench, steep, fill, and spread themselves with rapture and bliss born of immersion. There’s no part of the body that’s not spread with rapture and bliss born of immersion.

It’s like a deep lake fed by spring water. There’s no inlet to the east, west, north, or south, and the heavens would not properly bestow showers from time to time.It’s like a deep lake fed by spring water. There’s no inlet to the east, west, north, or south, and the heavens would not properly bestow showers from time to time.But the stream of cool water welling up in the lake drenches, steeps, fills, and spreads throughout the lake. There’s no part of the lake that’s not spread through with cool water.But the stream of cool water welling up in the lake drenches, steeps, fills, and spreads throughout the lake. There’s no part of the lake that’s not spread through with cool water.In the same way, a mendicant drenches, steeps, fills, and spreads themselves with rapture and bliss born of immersion. There’s no part of the body that’s not spread with rapture and bliss born of immersion.In the same way, a mendicant drenches, steeps, fills, and spreads themselves with rapture and bliss born of immersion. There’s no part of the body that’s not spread with rapture and bliss born of immersion.

This too, Great King, is a fruit of the ascetic life that’s apparent in the present life which is better and finer than the former ones.This too, Great King, is a fruit of the ascetic life that’s apparent in the present life which is better and finer than the former ones.

4.3.2.7. Third Absorption4.3.2.7. Third Absorption

Furthermore, with the fading away of rapture, a mendicant enters and remains in the third absorption, where they meditate with equanimity, mindful and aware, experiencing for themselves the bliss of which the noble ones declare, ‘Equanimous and mindful, one meditates in bliss.’Furthermore, with the fading away of rapture, a mendicant enters and remains in the third absorption, where they meditate with equanimity, mindful and aware, experiencing for themselves the bliss of which the noble ones declare, ‘Equanimous and mindful, one meditates in bliss.’They drench, steep, fill, and spread themselves with bliss free of rapture. There’s no part of the body that’s not spread with bliss free of rapture.They drench, steep, fill, and spread themselves with bliss free of rapture. There’s no part of the body that’s not spread with bliss free of rapture.

It’s like a pool with blue water lilies, or pink or white lotuses. Some of them sprout and grow in the water without rising above it, thriving underwater. From the tip to the root they’re drenched, steeped, filled, and soaked with cool water. There’s no part of them that’s not soaked with cool water.It’s like a pool with blue water lilies, or pink or white lotuses. Some of them sprout and grow in the water without rising above it, thriving underwater. From the tip to the root they’re drenched, steeped, filled, and soaked with cool water. There’s no part of them that’s not soaked with cool water.In the same way, a mendicant drenches, steeps, fills, and spreads themselves with bliss free of rapture. There’s no part of the body that’s not spread with bliss free of rapture.In the same way, a mendicant drenches, steeps, fills, and spreads themselves with bliss free of rapture. There’s no part of the body that’s not spread with bliss free of rapture.

This too, Great King, is a fruit of the ascetic life that’s apparent in the present life which is better and finer than the former ones.This too, Great King, is a fruit of the ascetic life that’s apparent in the present life which is better and finer than the former ones.

4.3.2.8. Fourth Absorption4.3.2.8. Fourth Absorption

Furthermore, with the giving up of pleasure and pain and the disappearance of former happiness and sadness, a mendicant enters and remains in the fourth absorption, without pleasure or pain, with pure equanimity and mindfulness.Furthermore, with the giving up of pleasure and pain and the disappearance of former happiness and sadness, a mendicant enters and remains in the fourth absorption, without pleasure or pain, with pure equanimity and mindfulness.They sit spreading their body through with pure bright mind. There’s no part of the body that’s not spread with pure bright mind.They sit spreading their body through with pure bright mind. There’s no part of the body that’s not spread with pure bright mind.It’s like someone sitting wrapped from head to foot with white cloth. There’s no part of the body that’s not spread over with white cloth.It’s like someone sitting wrapped from head to foot with white cloth. There’s no part of the body that’s not spread over with white cloth.

In the same way, they sit spreading their body through with pure bright mind. There’s no part of the body that’s not spread with pure bright mind.In the same way, they sit spreading their body through with pure bright mind. There’s no part of the body that’s not spread with pure bright mind.This too, Great King, is a fruit of the ascetic life that’s apparent in the present life which is better and finer than the former ones.This too, Great King, is a fruit of the ascetic life that’s apparent in the present life which is better and finer than the former ones.

4.3.3. The Eight Knowledges4.3.3. The Eight Knowledges4.3.3.1. Knowledge and Vision4.3.3.1. Knowledge and Vision

When their mind has become immersed in samādhi like this—purified, bright, flawless, rid of corruptions, pliable, workable, steady, and imperturbable—they project it and extend it toward knowledge and vision.When their mind has become immersed in samādhi like this—purified, bright, flawless, rid of corruptions, pliable, workable, steady, and imperturbable—they project it and extend it toward knowledge and vision.They understand:They understand:‘This body of mine is formed. It’s made up of the four principal states, produced by mother and father, built up from rice and porridge, liable to impermanence, to wearing away and erosion, to breaking up and destruction.‘This body of mine is formed. It’s made up of the four principal states, produced by mother and father, built up from rice and porridge, liable to impermanence, to wearing away and erosion, to breaking up and destruction.

And this consciousness of mine is attached to it, tied to it.’And this consciousness of mine is attached to it, tied to it.’Suppose there was a beryl gem that was naturally lustrous, eight-faceted, well-worked, transparent, clear, and unclouded, endowed with all good qualities.Suppose there was a beryl gem that was naturally lustrous, eight-faceted, well-worked, transparent, clear, and unclouded, endowed with all good qualities.And it was strung with a thread of blue, yellow, red, white, or golden brown.And it was strung with a thread of blue, yellow, red, white, or golden brown.

And a person with clear eyes were to take it in their hand and examine it:And a person with clear eyes were to take it in their hand and examine it: