长部第 26 经（Sujato 英译）第 3 阅读页 · The Wheel-Turning Monarch · 3/3

Those people who live for ten years will have children who live for twenty years.Those people who live for ten years will have children who live for twenty years.Then those beings will think,Then those beings will think,‘Because of undertaking this skillful thing, our lifespan and beauty are growing.‘Because of undertaking this skillful thing, our lifespan and beauty are growing.

Why don’t we do even more skillful things?Why don’t we do even more skillful things?What skillful thing should we do?What skillful thing should we do?Why don’t we refrain from stealing …Why don’t we refrain from stealing …

sexual misconduct …sexual misconduct …lying …lying …backbiting …backbiting …

harsh speech …harsh speech …and talking nonsense.and talking nonsense.Why don’t we give up covetousness …Why don’t we give up covetousness …

ill will …ill will …wrong view …wrong view …three things:three things:

illicit desire, immoral greed, and wrong religious teachings.illicit desire, immoral greed, and wrong religious teachings.Why don’t we pay due respect to mother and father, ascetics and brahmins, honoring the elders in our families? Having undertaken this skillful thing we’ll live by it.’Why don’t we pay due respect to mother and father, ascetics and brahmins, honoring the elders in our families? Having undertaken this skillful thing we’ll live by it.’So that’s what they do.So that’s what they do.

Because of undertaking this skillful thing, their lifespan and beauty will grow.Because of undertaking this skillful thing, their lifespan and beauty will grow.Those people who live for twenty years will have children who live for forty years.Those people who live for twenty years will have children who live for forty years.Those people who live for forty years will have children who live for eighty years,Those people who live for forty years will have children who live for eighty years,

then a hundred and sixty years,then a hundred and sixty years,three hundred and twenty years,three hundred and twenty years,six hundred and forty years,six hundred and forty years,

2,000 years,2,000 years,4,000 years,4,000 years,8,000 years,8,000 years,

20,000 years,20,000 years,40,000 years,40,000 years,and finally 80,000 years.and finally 80,000 years.

Among the humans who live for 80,000 years, girls will be marriageable at five hundred.Among the humans who live for 80,000 years, girls will be marriageable at five hundred.

7. The Time of King Saṅkha7. The Time of King Saṅkha

Among the humans who live for 80,000 years, there will be just three afflictions: greed, starvation, and old age.Among the humans who live for 80,000 years, there will be just three afflictions: greed, starvation, and old age.The Black Plum Tree Land will be successful and prosperous. The villages, towns, and capital cities will be no more than a chicken’s flight apart.The Black Plum Tree Land will be successful and prosperous. The villages, towns, and capital cities will be no more than a chicken’s flight apart.And the land will be so full of humans you’d think they were squashed together, like a thicket of rushes or reeds.And the land will be so full of humans you’d think they were squashed together, like a thicket of rushes or reeds.

The royal capital will be Varanasi, renamed Ketumatī. And it will be successful and prosperous, populous and full of people, with plenty of food.The royal capital will be Varanasi, renamed Ketumatī. And it will be successful and prosperous, populous and full of people, with plenty of food.There will be 84,000 cities in the Black Plum Tree Land, with the royal capital of Ketumatī foremost.There will be 84,000 cities in the Black Plum Tree Land, with the royal capital of Ketumatī foremost.And in the royal capital of Ketumatī a king named Saṅkha will arise, a wheel-turning monarch, a just and principled king. His dominion will extend to all four sides, he will achieve stability in the country, and possess the seven treasures.And in the royal capital of Ketumatī a king named Saṅkha will arise, a wheel-turning monarch, a just and principled king. His dominion will extend to all four sides, he will achieve stability in the country, and possess the seven treasures.

He will have the following seven treasures:He will have the following seven treasures:the wheel, the elephant, the horse, the jewel, the woman, the householder, and the commander as the seventh treasure.the wheel, the elephant, the horse, the jewel, the woman, the householder, and the commander as the seventh treasure.He will have over a thousand sons who are valiant and heroic, crushing the armies of his enemies.He will have over a thousand sons who are valiant and heroic, crushing the armies of his enemies.

After conquering this land girt by sea, he will reign by principle, without rod or sword.After conquering this land girt by sea, he will reign by principle, without rod or sword.

8. The Arising of the Buddha Metteyya8. The Arising of the Buddha Metteyya

And the Blessed One named Metteyya will arise in the world—perfected, a fully awakened Buddha, accomplished in knowledge and conduct, holy, knower of the world, supreme guide for those fit for training, teacher of gods and humans, awakened, blessed—And the Blessed One named Metteyya will arise in the world—perfected, a fully awakened Buddha, accomplished in knowledge and conduct, holy, knower of the world, supreme guide for those fit for training, teacher of gods and humans, awakened, blessed—just as I have arisen today.just as I have arisen today.He will realize with his own insight this world—with its gods, Māras, and divinities, this population with its ascetics and brahmins, gods and humans—and make it known to others, just as I do today.He will realize with his own insight this world—with its gods, Māras, and divinities, this population with its ascetics and brahmins, gods and humans—and make it known to others, just as I do today.

He will teach the Dhamma that’s good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, meaningful and well-phrased. And he will reveal a spiritual practice that’s entirely full and pure,He will teach the Dhamma that’s good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, meaningful and well-phrased. And he will reveal a spiritual practice that’s entirely full and pure,just as I do today.just as I do today.He will lead a Saṅgha of many thousand mendicants, just as I lead a Saṅgha of many hundreds today.He will lead a Saṅgha of many thousand mendicants, just as I lead a Saṅgha of many hundreds today.

Then King Saṅkha will have the sacrificial post once built by King Mahāpanāda raised up.Then King Saṅkha will have the sacrificial post once built by King Mahāpanāda raised up.Having reigned, he will abdicate, offering charity to ascetics and brahmins, paupers, vagrants, supplicants, and beggars. Then, having shaved off his hair and beard and dressed in ocher robes, he will go forth from the lay life to homelessness in the Buddha Metteyya’s presence.Having reigned, he will abdicate, offering charity to ascetics and brahmins, paupers, vagrants, supplicants, and beggars. Then, having shaved off his hair and beard and dressed in ocher robes, he will go forth from the lay life to homelessness in the Buddha Metteyya’s presence.

Soon after going forth, living withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute, he will realize the supreme culmination of the spiritual path in this very life. He will live having achieved with his own insight the goal for which gentlemen rightly go forth from the lay life to homelessness.Soon after going forth, living withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute, he will realize the supreme culmination of the spiritual path in this very life. He will live having achieved with his own insight the goal for which gentlemen rightly go forth from the lay life to homelessness.Mendicants, live as your own island, your own refuge, with no other refuge. Let the teaching be your island and your refuge, with no other refuge.Mendicants, live as your own island, your own refuge, with no other refuge. Let the teaching be your island and your refuge, with no other refuge.

And how does a mendicant do this?And how does a mendicant do this?It’s when a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of the body—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.It’s when a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of the body—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.They meditate observing an aspect of feelings …They meditate observing an aspect of feelings …

mind …mind …principles—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.principles—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.That’s how a mendicant lives with themselves as island and refuge, without other refuge; with the teachings as island and refuge, without other refuge.That’s how a mendicant lives with themselves as island and refuge, without other refuge; with the teachings as island and refuge, without other refuge.

9. On Long Life and Beauty for Mendicants9. On Long Life and Beauty for Mendicants

Mendicants, you should roam inside your own territory, the domain of your fathers.Mendicants, you should roam inside your own territory, the domain of your fathers.Doing so, you will grow in lifespan, beauty, happiness, wealth, and power.Doing so, you will grow in lifespan, beauty, happiness, wealth, and power.And what is long life for a mendicant?And what is long life for a mendicant?

It’s when a mendicant develops the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to enthusiasm, and active effort.It’s when a mendicant develops the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to enthusiasm, and active effort.They develop the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to energy, and active effort.They develop the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to energy, and active effort.They develop the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to mental development, and active effort.They develop the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to mental development, and active effort.

They develop the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to inquiry, and active effort.They develop the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to inquiry, and active effort.Having developed and cultivated these four bases of psychic power they may, if they wish, live for the proper lifespan or what’s left of it.Having developed and cultivated these four bases of psychic power they may, if they wish, live for the proper lifespan or what’s left of it.This is long life for a mendicant.This is long life for a mendicant.

And what is beauty for a mendicant?And what is beauty for a mendicant?It’s when 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.It’s when 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 beauty for a mendicant.This is beauty for a mendicant.

And what is happiness for a mendicant?And what is happiness for a mendicant?It’s when a mendicant, quite secluded from sensual pleasures, secluded from unskillful qualities, enters and remains in the first absorption, which has the rapture and bliss born of seclusion, while placing the mind and keeping it connected.It’s when a mendicant, quite secluded from sensual pleasures, secluded from unskillful qualities, enters and remains in the first absorption, which has the rapture and bliss born of seclusion, while placing the mind and keeping it connected.As the placing of the mind and keeping it connected are stilled, they enter and remain in the second absorption …As the placing of the mind and keeping it connected are stilled, they enter and remain in the second absorption …

third absorption …third absorption …fourth absorption.fourth absorption.This is happiness for a mendicant.This is happiness for a mendicant.

And what is wealth for a mendicant?And what is wealth for a mendicant?It’s when a monk meditates spreading a heart full of love to one direction, and to the second, and to the third, and to the fourth. In the same way above, below, across, everywhere, all around, they spread a heart full of love to the whole world—abundant, expansive, limitless, free of enmity and ill will.It’s when a monk meditates spreading a heart full of love to one direction, and to the second, and to the third, and to the fourth. In the same way above, below, across, everywhere, all around, they spread a heart full of love to the whole world—abundant, expansive, limitless, free of enmity and ill will.They meditate spreading a heart full of compassion …They meditate spreading a heart full of compassion …

rejoicing …rejoicing …equanimity to one direction, and to the second, and to the third, and to the fourth. In the same way above, below, across, everywhere, all around, they spread a heart full of equanimity to the whole world—abundant, expansive, limitless, free of enmity and ill will.equanimity to one direction, and to the second, and to the third, and to the fourth. In the same way above, below, across, everywhere, all around, they spread a heart full of equanimity to the whole world—abundant, expansive, limitless, free of enmity and ill will.This is wealth for a mendicant.This is wealth for a mendicant.

And what is power for a mendicant?And what is power for a mendicant?It’s when a mendicant 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 when a mendicant 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 power for a mendicant.This is power for a mendicant.

Mendicants, I do not see a single power so hard to defeat as the power of Māra.Mendicants, I do not see a single power so hard to defeat as the power of Māra.It is due to undertaking skillful qualities that merit grows.”It is due to undertaking skillful qualities that merit grows.”That is what the Buddha said.That is what the Buddha said.

Satisfied, the mendicants approved what the Buddha said.Satisfied, the mendicants approved what the Buddha said.