长部第 23 经（Sujato 英译）第 6 阅读页 · With Pāyāsi · 6/6

5. On the Student Uttara5. On the Student Uttara

Then the chieftain Pāyāsi set up an offering for ascetics and brahmins, for paupers, vagrants, supplicants, and beggars.Then the chieftain Pāyāsi set up an offering for ascetics and brahmins, for paupers, vagrants, supplicants, and beggars.At that offering such food as sour gruel with false black pepper was given, and rough clothes with knotted fringes.At that offering such food as sour gruel with false black pepper was given, and rough clothes with knotted fringes.Now, it was a student named Uttara who organized that offering.Now, it was a student named Uttara who organized that offering.

When the offering was over he referred to it like this,When the offering was over he referred to it like this,“Through this offering may I be together with the chieftain Pāyāsi in this world, but not in the next.”“Through this offering may I be together with the chieftain Pāyāsi in this world, but not in the next.”Pāyāsi heard of this,Pāyāsi heard of this,

so he summoned Uttara and said,so he summoned Uttara and said,“Is it really true, dear Uttara, that you referred to the offering in this way?”“Is it really true, dear Uttara, that you referred to the offering in this way?”“Yes, worthy sir.”“Yes, worthy sir.”

“But why?“But why?Don’t we who seek merit expect some result from the offering?”Don’t we who seek merit expect some result from the offering?”“At your offering such food as sour gruel with false black pepper was given, which you wouldn’t even want to touch with your foot, much less eat. And also rough clothes with knotted fringes, which you also wouldn’t want to touch with your foot, much less wear.“At your offering such food as sour gruel with false black pepper was given, which you wouldn’t even want to touch with your foot, much less eat. And also rough clothes with knotted fringes, which you also wouldn’t want to touch with your foot, much less wear.

Worthy sir, you’re dear and beloved to me. But how can I reconcile one so dear with something so disagreeable?”Worthy sir, you’re dear and beloved to me. But how can I reconcile one so dear with something so disagreeable?”“Well then, dear Uttara, set up an offering with the same kind of food that I eat,“Well then, dear Uttara, set up an offering with the same kind of food that I eat,and the same kind of clothes that I wear.”and the same kind of clothes that I wear.”

“Yes, worthy sir,” replied Uttara, and did so.“Yes, worthy sir,” replied Uttara, and did so.So the chieftain Pāyāsi gave gifts carelessly, thoughtlessly, not with his own hands, giving the dregs. When his body broke up, after death, he was reborn in company with the gods of the four great kings, in an empty palace of sirisa wood.So the chieftain Pāyāsi gave gifts carelessly, thoughtlessly, not with his own hands, giving the dregs. When his body broke up, after death, he was reborn in company with the gods of the four great kings, in an empty palace of sirisa wood.But the student Uttara who organized the offering gave gifts carefully, thoughtfully, with his own hands, not giving the dregs. When his body broke up, after death, he was reborn in company with the gods of the thirty-three.But the student Uttara who organized the offering gave gifts carefully, thoughtfully, with his own hands, not giving the dregs. When his body broke up, after death, he was reborn in company with the gods of the thirty-three.

6. The Godling Pāyāsi6. The Godling Pāyāsi

Now at that time Venerable Gavampati would often go to that empty sirisa palace for the day’s meditation.Now at that time Venerable Gavampati would often go to that empty sirisa palace for the day’s meditation.Then the godling Pāyāsi went up to him, bowed, and stood to one side. Gavampati said to him,Then the godling Pāyāsi went up to him, bowed, and stood to one side. Gavampati said to him,“Who are you, reverend?”“Who are you, reverend?”

“Sir, I am the chieftain Pāyāsi.”“Sir, I am the chieftain Pāyāsi.”“Didn’t you have the view that“Didn’t you have the view thatthere is no afterlife, no beings are reborn spontaneously, and there’s no fruit or result of good and bad deeds?”there is no afterlife, no beings are reborn spontaneously, and there’s no fruit or result of good and bad deeds?”

“It’s true, sir, I did have such a view.“It’s true, sir, I did have such a view.But Master Kassapa the Prince dissuaded me from that harmful misconception.”But Master Kassapa the Prince dissuaded me from that harmful misconception.”“But the student named Uttara who organized that offering for you—where has he been reborn?”“But the student named Uttara who organized that offering for you—where has he been reborn?”

“Sir, Uttara gave gifts carefully, thoughtfully, with his own hands, not giving the dregs. When his body broke up, after death, he was reborn in company with the gods of the thirty-three.“Sir, Uttara gave gifts carefully, thoughtfully, with his own hands, not giving the dregs. When his body broke up, after death, he was reborn in company with the gods of the thirty-three.But I gave gifts carelessly, thoughtlessly, not with my own hands, giving the dregs. When my body broke up, after death, I was reborn in company with the gods of the four great kings, in an empty sirisa palace.But I gave gifts carelessly, thoughtlessly, not with my own hands, giving the dregs. When my body broke up, after death, I was reborn in company with the gods of the four great kings, in an empty sirisa palace.

So, sir, when you’ve returned to the human realm, please announce this:So, sir, when you’ve returned to the human realm, please announce this:‘Give gifts carefully, thoughtfully, with your own hands, not giving the dregs.‘Give gifts carefully, thoughtfully, with your own hands, not giving the dregs.The chieftain Pāyāsi gave gifts carelessly, thoughtlessly, not with his own hands, giving the dregs. When his body broke up, after death, he was reborn in company with the gods of the four great kings, in an empty palace of sirisa.The chieftain Pāyāsi gave gifts carelessly, thoughtlessly, not with his own hands, giving the dregs. When his body broke up, after death, he was reborn in company with the gods of the four great kings, in an empty palace of sirisa.

But the student Uttara who organized the offering gave gifts carefully, thoughtfully, with his own hands, not giving the dregs. When his body broke up, after death, he was reborn in company with the gods of the thirty-three.’”But the student Uttara who organized the offering gave gifts carefully, thoughtfully, with his own hands, not giving the dregs. When his body broke up, after death, he was reborn in company with the gods of the thirty-three.’”So when Venerable Gavampati returned to the human realm he made that announcement.So when Venerable Gavampati returned to the human realm he made that announcement.