长部第 25 经（Sujato 英译）第 3 阅读页 · The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā · 3/3

“Clearly, sir, it is purified. It has reached the peak and the pith.”“Clearly, sir, it is purified. It has reached the peak and the pith.”“No, Nigrodha, at this point the fervent mortification in disgust of sin has not yet reached the peak and the pith.“No, Nigrodha, at this point the fervent mortification in disgust of sin has not yet reached the peak and the pith.Rather, it has only reached the softwood.”Rather, it has only reached the softwood.”

3. On Reaching the Heartwood3. On Reaching the Heartwood

“But at what point, sir, does the fervent mortification in disgust of sin reach the peak and the pith?“But at what point, sir, does the fervent mortification in disgust of sin reach the peak and the pith?Please help me reach the peak and the pith!”Please help me reach the peak and the pith!”“Nigrodha, take a mortifier who is restrained in the fourfold constraint.“Nigrodha, take a mortifier who is restrained in the fourfold constraint.

They give up these five hindrances, corruptions of the heart that weaken wisdom.They give up these five hindrances, corruptions of the heart that weaken wisdom.Then they meditate spreading a heart full of love …Then they meditate spreading a heart full of love …equanimity …equanimity …

They recollect many kinds of past lives, with features and details.They recollect many kinds of past lives, with features and details.With clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman, they see sentient beings passing away and being reborn—inferior and superior, beautiful and ugly, in a good place or a bad place. They understand how sentient beings pass on according to their deeds: ‘These dear beings did bad things by way of body, speech, and mind. They denounced the noble ones; they had wrong view; and they chose to act out of that wrong view. When their body broke up, after death, they were reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell. These dear beings, however, did good things by way of body, speech, and mind. They never denounced the noble ones; they had right view; and they chose to act out of that right view. When their body broke up, after death, they were reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.’ And so, with clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman, they see sentient beings passing away and being reborn—inferior and superior, beautiful and ugly, in a good place or a bad place. They understand how sentient beings pass on according to their deeds.With clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman, they see sentient beings passing away and being reborn—inferior and superior, beautiful and ugly, in a good place or a bad place. They understand how sentient beings pass on according to their deeds: ‘These dear beings did bad things by way of body, speech, and mind. They denounced the noble ones; they had wrong view; and they chose to act out of that wrong view. When their body broke up, after death, they were reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell. These dear beings, however, did good things by way of body, speech, and mind. They never denounced the noble ones; they had right view; and they chose to act out of that right view. When their body broke up, after death, they were reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.’ And so, with clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman, they see sentient beings passing away and being reborn—inferior and superior, beautiful and ugly, in a good place or a bad place. They understand how sentient beings pass on according to their deeds.

What do you think, Nigrodha?What do you think, Nigrodha?If this is so, is the fervent mortification in disgust of sin purified or not?”If this is so, is the fervent mortification in disgust of sin purified or not?”“Clearly, sir, it is purified. It has reached the peak and the pith.”“Clearly, sir, it is purified. It has reached the peak and the pith.”

“Nigrodha, at this point the fervent mortification in disgust of sin has reached the peak and the pith.“Nigrodha, at this point the fervent mortification in disgust of sin has reached the peak and the pith.Nigrodha, remember you said this to me:Nigrodha, remember you said this to me:‘Sir, what teaching do you use to guide your disciples, through which they claim solace in the fundamental goal of the spiritual life?’‘Sir, what teaching do you use to guide your disciples, through which they claim solace in the fundamental goal of the spiritual life?’

Well, there is something better and finer than this. That’s what I use to guide my disciples, through which they claim solace in the fundamental goal of the spiritual life.”Well, there is something better and finer than this. That’s what I use to guide my disciples, through which they claim solace in the fundamental goal of the spiritual life.”When he said this, those wanderers made an uproar,When he said this, those wanderers made an uproar,“In that case, we’re lost, and so is our denomination! We don’t know anything better or finer than that!”“In that case, we’re lost, and so is our denomination! We don’t know anything better or finer than that!”

4. Nigrodha Feels Depressed4. Nigrodha Feels Depressed

Then the householder Sandhāna realized,Then the householder Sandhāna realized,“Obviously, now these wanderers want to listen to what the Buddha says. They’re actively listening and trying to understand!”“Obviously, now these wanderers want to listen to what the Buddha says. They’re actively listening and trying to understand!”So he said to the wanderer Nigrodha,So he said to the wanderer Nigrodha,

“Honorable Nigrodha, remember you said this to me:“Honorable Nigrodha, remember you said this to me:‘Surely, householder, you should know better! With whom does the ascetic Gotama converse? With whom does he engage in discussion? With whom does he achieve lucidity of wisdom?‘Surely, householder, you should know better! With whom does the ascetic Gotama converse? With whom does he engage in discussion? With whom does he achieve lucidity of wisdom?Staying in empty huts has destroyed the ascetic Gotama’s wisdom. Not frequenting assemblies, he is unable to hold a discussion. He just lurks on the periphery.Staying in empty huts has destroyed the ascetic Gotama’s wisdom. Not frequenting assemblies, he is unable to hold a discussion. He just lurks on the periphery.

He’s just like a one-eyed cow, circling around and lurking on the periphery.He’s just like a one-eyed cow, circling around and lurking on the periphery.Please, householder, let the ascetic Gotama come to this assembly. I’ll sink him with just one question! I’ll roll him over and wrap him up like a hollow pot!’Please, householder, let the ascetic Gotama come to this assembly. I’ll sink him with just one question! I’ll roll him over and wrap him up like a hollow pot!’Now the Blessed One, perfected and fully awakened, has arrived here. Why don’t you send him out of the assembly to the periphery like a one-eyed cow? Why don’t you sink him with just one question? Why don’t you roll him over and wrap him up like a hollow pot?”Now the Blessed One, perfected and fully awakened, has arrived here. Why don’t you send him out of the assembly to the periphery like a one-eyed cow? Why don’t you sink him with just one question? Why don’t you roll him over and wrap him up like a hollow pot?”

When he said this, Nigrodha sat silent, dismayed, shoulders drooping, downcast, depressed, with nothing to say.When he said this, Nigrodha sat silent, dismayed, shoulders drooping, downcast, depressed, with nothing to say.Knowing this, the Buddha said to him,Knowing this, the Buddha said to him,“Is it really true, Nigrodha—are those your words?”“Is it really true, Nigrodha—are those your words?”

“It’s true, sir, those are my words. It was foolish, stupid, and unskillful of me.”“It’s true, sir, those are my words. It was foolish, stupid, and unskillful of me.”“What do you think, Nigrodha?“What do you think, Nigrodha?Have you heard that wanderers of the past who were elderly and senior, the tutors of tutors, said thatHave you heard that wanderers of the past who were elderly and senior, the tutors of tutors, said that

when the perfected ones, the fully awakened Buddhas of the past came together, they made an uproar, a colossal racket as they sat and talked about all kinds of low topics,when the perfected ones, the fully awakened Buddhas of the past came together, they made an uproar, a colossal racket as they sat and talked about all kinds of low topics,like you do in your denomination these days?like you do in your denomination these days?Or did they say that the Buddhas frequented remote lodgings in the wilderness and the forest that are quiet and still, far from the madding crowd, remote from human settlements, and fit for retreat, like I do these days?”Or did they say that the Buddhas frequented remote lodgings in the wilderness and the forest that are quiet and still, far from the madding crowd, remote from human settlements, and fit for retreat, like I do these days?”

“I have heard that wanderers of the past who were elderly and senior, said that“I have heard that wanderers of the past who were elderly and senior, said thatwhen the perfected ones, the fully awakened Buddhas of the past came together, they didn’t make an uproar,when the perfected ones, the fully awakened Buddhas of the past came together, they didn’t make an uproar,like I do in my denomination these days.like I do in my denomination these days.

They said that the Buddhas of the past frequented remote lodgings in the wilderness, like the Buddha does these days.”They said that the Buddhas of the past frequented remote lodgings in the wilderness, like the Buddha does these days.”“Nigrodha, you are a sensible and mature man. Did it not occur to you:“Nigrodha, you are a sensible and mature man. Did it not occur to you:‘The Blessed One is awakened, tamed, serene, crossed over, and quenched. And he teaches Dhamma for awakening, taming, serenity, crossing over, and extinguishment’?”‘The Blessed One is awakened, tamed, serene, crossed over, and quenched. And he teaches Dhamma for awakening, taming, serenity, crossing over, and extinguishment’?”

5. The Culmination of the Spiritual Path5. The Culmination of the Spiritual Path

Nigrodha said,Nigrodha said,“I made a mistake, sir. It was foolish, stupid, and unskillful of me to speak in that way.“I made a mistake, sir. It was foolish, stupid, and unskillful of me to speak in that way.Please, sir, accept my mistake for what it is, so I will restrain myself in future.”Please, sir, accept my mistake for what it is, so I will restrain myself in future.”

“Indeed, Nigrodha, you made a mistake. It was foolish, stupid, and unskillful of you to speak in that way.“Indeed, Nigrodha, you made a mistake. It was foolish, stupid, and unskillful of you to speak in that way.But since you have recognized your mistake for what it is, and have dealt with it properly, I accept it.But since you have recognized your mistake for what it is, and have dealt with it properly, I accept it.For it is growth in the training of the Noble One to recognize a mistake for what it is, deal with it properly, and commit to restraint in the future.For it is growth in the training of the Noble One to recognize a mistake for what it is, deal with it properly, and commit to restraint in the future.

Nigrodha, this is what I say:Nigrodha, this is what I say:Let a sensible person come—neither devious nor deceitful, a person of integrity. I teach and instruct them.Let a sensible person come—neither devious nor deceitful, a person of integrity. I teach and instruct them.By practicing as instructed they will realize the supreme culmination of the spiritual path in this very life, in seven years. They will live having achieved with their own insight the goal for which gentlemen rightly go forth from the lay life to homelessness.By practicing as instructed they will realize the supreme culmination of the spiritual path in this very life, in seven years. They will live having achieved with their own insight the goal for which gentlemen rightly go forth from the lay life to homelessness.

Let alone seven years.Let alone seven years.Let a sensible person come—neither devious nor deceitful, a person of integrity. I teach and instruct them.Let a sensible person come—neither devious nor deceitful, a person of integrity. I teach and instruct them.By practicing as instructed they will realize the supreme culmination of the spiritual path in this very life, in six years …By practicing as instructed they will realize the supreme culmination of the spiritual path in this very life, in six years …

five years …five years …four years …four years …three years …three years …

two years …two years …one year …one year …seven months …seven months …

six months …six months …five months …five months …four months …four months …

three months …three months …two months …two months …one month …one month …

a fortnight.a fortnight.Let alone a fortnight.Let alone a fortnight.Let a sensible person come—neither devious nor deceitful, a person of integrity. I teach and instruct them.Let a sensible person come—neither devious nor deceitful, a person of integrity. I teach and instruct them.

By practicing as instructed they will realize the supreme culmination of the spiritual path in this very life, in seven days.By practicing as instructed they will realize the supreme culmination of the spiritual path in this very life, in seven days.

6. The Wanderers Feel Depressed6. The Wanderers Feel Depressed

Nigrodha, you might think,Nigrodha, you might think,‘The ascetic Gotama speaks like this because he wants pupils.’‘The ascetic Gotama speaks like this because he wants pupils.’But you should not see it like this.But you should not see it like this.

Let your tutor remain your tutor.Let your tutor remain your tutor.You might think,You might think,‘The ascetic Gotama speaks like this because he wants us to give up our recitation.’‘The ascetic Gotama speaks like this because he wants us to give up our recitation.’

But you should not see it like this.But you should not see it like this.Let your recitation remain as it is.Let your recitation remain as it is.You might think,You might think,

‘The ascetic Gotama speaks like this because he wants us to give up our livelihood.’‘The ascetic Gotama speaks like this because he wants us to give up our livelihood.’But you should not see it like this.But you should not see it like this.Let your livelihood remain as it is.Let your livelihood remain as it is.

You might think,You might think,‘The ascetic Gotama speaks like this because he wants us to start doing things that are unskillful and considered unskillful in our denomination.’‘The ascetic Gotama speaks like this because he wants us to start doing things that are unskillful and considered unskillful in our denomination.’But you should not see it like this.But you should not see it like this.

Let those things that are unskillful and considered unskillful in your denomination remain as they are.Let those things that are unskillful and considered unskillful in your denomination remain as they are.You might think,You might think,‘The ascetic Gotama speaks like this because he wants us to stop doing things that are skillful and considered skillful in our denomination.’‘The ascetic Gotama speaks like this because he wants us to stop doing things that are skillful and considered skillful in our denomination.’

But you should not see it like this.But you should not see it like this.Let those things that are skillful and considered skillful in your denomination remain as they are.Let those things that are skillful and considered skillful in your denomination remain as they are.I do not speak for any of these reasons.I do not speak for any of these reasons.

Nigrodha, there are things that are unskillful, corrupting, leading to future lives, hurtful, resulting in suffering and future rebirth, old age, and death. I teach Dhamma so that those things may be given up.Nigrodha, there are things that are unskillful, corrupting, leading to future lives, hurtful, resulting in suffering and future rebirth, old age, and death. I teach Dhamma so that those things may be given up.When you practice accordingly, corrupting qualities will be given up in you and cleansing qualities will grow. You’ll enter and remain in the fullness and abundance of wisdom, having realized it with your own insight in this very life.”When you practice accordingly, corrupting qualities will be given up in you and cleansing qualities will grow. You’ll enter and remain in the fullness and abundance of wisdom, having realized it with your own insight in this very life.”

When this was said, those wanderers sat silent, dismayed, shoulders drooping, downcast, depressed, with nothing to say, as if their minds were possessed by Māra.When this was said, those wanderers sat silent, dismayed, shoulders drooping, downcast, depressed, with nothing to say, as if their minds were possessed by Māra.Then it occurred to the Buddha,Then it occurred to the Buddha,“All these silly people have been touched by the Wicked One!“All these silly people have been touched by the Wicked One!

For not even a single one thinks,For not even a single one thinks,‘Come, let us lead the spiritual life under the ascetic Gotama for the sake of enlightenment—for what do seven days matter?’”‘Come, let us lead the spiritual life under the ascetic Gotama for the sake of enlightenment—for what do seven days matter?’”Then the Buddha, having roared his lion’s roar in the lady Udumbarikā’s monastery for wanderers, rose into the air and landed on Vulture’s Peak.Then the Buddha, having roared his lion’s roar in the lady Udumbarikā’s monastery for wanderers, rose into the air and landed on Vulture’s Peak.

Meanwhile, the householder Sandhāna went right back to Rājagaha.Meanwhile, the householder Sandhāna went right back to Rājagaha.