长部第 33 经（Sujato 英译）第 9 阅读页 · Reciting in Concert · 9/10

‘They did wrong by someone I love’ …‘They did wrong by someone I love’ …‘They are doing wrong by someone I love’ …‘They are doing wrong by someone I love’ …‘They will do wrong by someone I love’ …‘They will do wrong by someone I love’ …

‘They helped someone I dislike’ …‘They helped someone I dislike’ …‘They are helping someone I dislike’ …‘They are helping someone I dislike’ …Thinking: ‘They will help someone I dislike,’ you harbor resentment.Thinking: ‘They will help someone I dislike,’ you harbor resentment.

Nine ways to get rid of resentment:Nine ways to get rid of resentment:Thinking: ‘They did wrong to me, but what can I possibly do?’ you get rid of resentment.Thinking: ‘They did wrong to me, but what can I possibly do?’ you get rid of resentment.Thinking: ‘They are doing wrong to me …’ …Thinking: ‘They are doing wrong to me …’ …

‘They will do wrong to me …’ …‘They will do wrong to me …’ …‘They did wrong by someone I love …’ …‘They did wrong by someone I love …’ …‘They are doing wrong by someone I love …’ …‘They are doing wrong by someone I love …’ …

‘They will do wrong by someone I love …’ …‘They will do wrong by someone I love …’ …‘They helped someone I dislike …’ …‘They helped someone I dislike …’ …‘They are helping someone I dislike …’ …‘They are helping someone I dislike …’ …

Thinking: ‘They will help someone I dislike, but what can I possibly do?’ you get rid of resentment.Thinking: ‘They will help someone I dislike, but what can I possibly do?’ you get rid of resentment.Nine abodes of sentient beings:Nine abodes of sentient beings:There are sentient beings that are diverse in body and diverse in perception, such as human beings, some gods, and some beings in the underworld.There are sentient beings that are diverse in body and diverse in perception, such as human beings, some gods, and some beings in the underworld.

This is the first abode of sentient beings.This is the first abode of sentient beings.There are sentient beings that are diverse in body and unified in perception, such as the gods reborn in the Divinity’s host through the first absorption.There are sentient beings that are diverse in body and unified in perception, such as the gods reborn in the Divinity’s host through the first absorption.This is the second abode of sentient beings.This is the second abode of sentient beings.

There are sentient beings that are unified in body and diverse in perception, such as the gods of sublime luminosity.There are sentient beings that are unified in body and diverse in perception, such as the gods of sublime luminosity.This is the third abode of sentient beings.This is the third abode of sentient beings.There are sentient beings that are unified in body and unified in perception, such as the gods of universal beauty.There are sentient beings that are unified in body and unified in perception, such as the gods of universal beauty.

This is the fourth abode of sentient beings.This is the fourth abode of sentient beings.There are sentient beings that are non-percipient and do not experience anything, such as the gods who are non-percipient beings.There are sentient beings that are non-percipient and do not experience anything, such as the gods who are non-percipient beings.This is the fifth abode of sentient beings.This is the fifth abode of sentient beings.

There are sentient beings that have gone totally beyond perceptions of form. With the disappearance of perceptions of impingement, not focusing on perceptions of diversity, aware that ‘space is infinite’, they have been reborn in the dimension of infinite space.There are sentient beings that have gone totally beyond perceptions of form. With the disappearance of perceptions of impingement, not focusing on perceptions of diversity, aware that ‘space is infinite’, they have been reborn in the dimension of infinite space.This is the sixth abode of sentient beings.This is the sixth abode of sentient beings.There are sentient beings that have gone totally beyond the dimension of infinite space. Aware that ‘consciousness is infinite’, they have been reborn in the dimension of infinite consciousness.There are sentient beings that have gone totally beyond the dimension of infinite space. Aware that ‘consciousness is infinite’, they have been reborn in the dimension of infinite consciousness.

This is the seventh abode of sentient beings.This is the seventh abode of sentient beings.There are sentient beings that have gone totally beyond the dimension of infinite consciousness. Aware that ‘there is nothing at all’, they have been reborn in the dimension of nothingness.There are sentient beings that have gone totally beyond the dimension of infinite consciousness. Aware that ‘there is nothing at all’, they have been reborn in the dimension of nothingness.This is the eighth abode of sentient beings.This is the eighth abode of sentient beings.

There are sentient beings that have gone totally beyond the dimension of nothingness. They have been reborn in the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception.There are sentient beings that have gone totally beyond the dimension of nothingness. They have been reborn in the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception.This is the ninth abode of sentient beings.This is the ninth abode of sentient beings.Nine lost opportunities for spiritual practice:Nine lost opportunities for spiritual practice:

Firstly, a Realized One has arisen in the world. He teaches the Dhamma leading to peace, extinguishment, awakening, as proclaimed by the Holy One.Firstly, a Realized One has arisen in the world. He teaches the Dhamma leading to peace, extinguishment, awakening, as proclaimed by the Holy One.But that individual has been reborn in hell.But that individual has been reborn in hell.This is the first lost opportunity for spiritual practice.This is the first lost opportunity for spiritual practice.

Furthermore, a Realized One has arisen in the world …Furthermore, a Realized One has arisen in the world …But that individual has been reborn in the animal realm.But that individual has been reborn in the animal realm.This is the second lost opportunity for spiritual practice.This is the second lost opportunity for spiritual practice.

Furthermore, a Realized One has arisen in the world …Furthermore, a Realized One has arisen in the world …But an individual has been reborn in the ghost realm.But an individual has been reborn in the ghost realm.This is the third lost opportunity for spiritual practice.This is the third lost opportunity for spiritual practice.

Furthermore, a Realized One has arisen in the world …Furthermore, a Realized One has arisen in the world …But that individual has been reborn among the titans.But that individual has been reborn among the titans.This is the fourth lost opportunity for spiritual practice.This is the fourth lost opportunity for spiritual practice.

Furthermore, a Realized One has arisen in the world …Furthermore, a Realized One has arisen in the world …But that individual has been reborn in one of the long-lived orders of gods.But that individual has been reborn in one of the long-lived orders of gods.This is the fifth lost opportunity for spiritual practice.This is the fifth lost opportunity for spiritual practice.

Furthermore, a Realized One has arisen in the world …Furthermore, a Realized One has arisen in the world …But that individual has been reborn in the borderlands, among uneducated foreigners, where monks, nuns, laymen, and laywomen do not go.But that individual has been reborn in the borderlands, among uneducated foreigners, where monks, nuns, laymen, and laywomen do not go.This is the sixth lost opportunity for spiritual practice.This is the sixth lost opportunity for spiritual practice.

Furthermore, a Realized One has arisen in the world …Furthermore, a Realized One has arisen in the world …And an individual is reborn in a central country. But they have wrong view and distorted perspective:And an individual is reborn in a central country. But they have wrong view and distorted perspective:‘There’s no meaning in giving, sacrifice, or offerings. There’s no fruit or result of good and bad deeds. There’s no afterlife. There’s no such thing as mother and father, or beings that are reborn spontaneously. And there’s no ascetic or brahmin who is rightly comported and rightly practiced, and who describes the afterlife after realizing it with their own insight.’‘There’s no meaning in giving, sacrifice, or offerings. There’s no fruit or result of good and bad deeds. There’s no afterlife. There’s no such thing as mother and father, or beings that are reborn spontaneously. And there’s no ascetic or brahmin who is rightly comported and rightly practiced, and who describes the afterlife after realizing it with their own insight.’

This is the seventh lost opportunity for spiritual practice.This is the seventh lost opportunity for spiritual practice.Furthermore, a Realized One has arisen in the world …Furthermore, a Realized One has arisen in the world …And an individual is reborn in a central country. But they’re witless, dull, idiotic, and unable to distinguish what is well said from what is poorly said.And an individual is reborn in a central country. But they’re witless, dull, idiotic, and unable to distinguish what is well said from what is poorly said.

This is the eighth lost opportunity for spiritual practice.This is the eighth lost opportunity for spiritual practice.Furthermore, no Realized One has arisen in the world,Furthermore, no Realized One has arisen in the world,so there is no teaching of the Dhamma leading to peace, extinguishment, awakening, as proclaimed by the Holy One. But an individual is reborn in a central country. And they’re wise, bright, clever, and able to distinguish what is well said from what is poorly said.so there is no teaching of the Dhamma leading to peace, extinguishment, awakening, as proclaimed by the Holy One. But an individual is reborn in a central country. And they’re wise, bright, clever, and able to distinguish what is well said from what is poorly said.

This is the ninth lost opportunity for spiritual practice.This is the ninth lost opportunity for spiritual practice.Nine progressive meditations:Nine progressive meditations: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.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, which has the rapture and bliss born of immersion, with internal clarity and mind at one, without 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, which has the rapture and bliss born of immersion, with internal clarity and mind at one, without placing the mind and keeping it connected.And with the fading away of rapture, they enter and remain 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.’And with the fading away of rapture, they enter and remain 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.’

With the giving up of pleasure and pain and the disappearance of former happiness and sadness, they enter and remain in the fourth absorption, without pleasure or pain, with pure equanimity and mindfulness.With the giving up of pleasure and pain and the disappearance of former happiness and sadness, they enter and remain in the fourth absorption, without pleasure or pain, with pure equanimity and mindfulness.Going totally beyond perceptions of form, with the disappearance of perceptions of impingement, not focusing on perceptions of diversity, aware that ‘space is infinite’, they enter and remain in the dimension of infinite space.Going totally beyond perceptions of form, with the disappearance of perceptions of impingement, not focusing on perceptions of diversity, aware that ‘space is infinite’, they enter and remain in the dimension of infinite space.

Going totally beyond the dimension of infinite space, aware that ‘consciousness is infinite’, they enter and remain in the dimension of infinite consciousness.Going totally beyond the dimension of infinite space, aware that ‘consciousness is infinite’, they enter and remain in the dimension of infinite consciousness.Going totally beyond the dimension of infinite consciousness, aware that ‘there is nothing at all’, they enter and remain in the dimension of nothingness.Going totally beyond the dimension of infinite consciousness, aware that ‘there is nothing at all’, they enter and remain in the dimension of nothingness.Going totally beyond the dimension of nothingness, they enter and remain in the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception.Going totally beyond the dimension of nothingness, they enter and remain in the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception.

Going totally beyond the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, they enter and remain in the cessation of perception and feeling.Going totally beyond the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, they enter and remain in the cessation of perception and feeling.Nine progressive cessations:Nine progressive cessations:For someone who has attained the first absorption, sensual perceptions have ceased.For someone who has attained the first absorption, sensual perceptions have ceased.

For someone who has attained the second absorption, the placing of the mind and keeping it connected have ceased.For someone who has attained the second absorption, the placing of the mind and keeping it connected have ceased.For someone who has attained the third absorption, rapture has ceased.For someone who has attained the third absorption, rapture has ceased.For someone who has attained the fourth absorption, breathing has ceased.For someone who has attained the fourth absorption, breathing has ceased.

For someone who has attained the dimension of infinite space, the perception of form has ceased.For someone who has attained the dimension of infinite space, the perception of form has ceased.For someone who has attained the dimension of infinite consciousness, the perception of the dimension of infinite space has ceased.For someone who has attained the dimension of infinite consciousness, the perception of the dimension of infinite space has ceased.For someone who has attained the dimension of nothingness, the perception of the dimension of infinite consciousness has ceased.For someone who has attained the dimension of nothingness, the perception of the dimension of infinite consciousness has ceased.

For someone who has attained the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, the perception of the dimension of nothingness has ceased.For someone who has attained the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, the perception of the dimension of nothingness has ceased.For someone who has attained the cessation of perception and feeling, perception and feeling have ceased.For someone who has attained the cessation of perception and feeling, perception and feeling have ceased.These are the teachings grouped by nine that have been rightly explained by the Buddha.These are the teachings grouped by nine that have been rightly explained by the Buddha.

You should all recite these in concert.You should all recite these in concert.

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There are teachings grouped by ten that have been rightly explained by the Buddha.There are teachings grouped by ten that have been rightly explained by the Buddha.You should all recite these in concert.You should all recite these in concert.What are the teachings grouped by ten?What are the teachings grouped by ten?

Ten qualities that serve as protector:Ten qualities that serve as protector:Firstly, 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.Firstly, 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 a quality that serves as protector.This is a quality that serves as protector.

Furthermore, a mendicant is very learned, remembering and keeping what they’ve learned. These teachings are good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, meaningful and well-phrased, describing a spiritual practice that’s entirely full and pure. They are very learned in such teachings, remembering them, rehearsing them, mentally scrutinizing them, and penetrating them theoretically.Furthermore, a mendicant is very learned, remembering and keeping what they’ve learned. These teachings are good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, meaningful and well-phrased, describing a spiritual practice that’s entirely full and pure. They are very learned in such teachings, remembering them, rehearsing them, mentally scrutinizing them, and penetrating them theoretically.

This too is a quality that serves as protector.This too is a quality that serves as protector.Furthermore, a mendicant has good friends, companions, and associates.Furthermore, a mendicant has good friends, companions, and associates.This too is a quality that serves as protector.This too is a quality that serves as protector.

Furthermore, a mendicant is easy to admonish, having qualities that make them easy to admonish. They’re patient, and take instruction respectfully.Furthermore, a mendicant is easy to admonish, having qualities that make them easy to admonish. They’re patient, and take instruction respectfully.This too is a quality that serves as protector.This too is a quality that serves as protector.Furthermore, a mendicant is deft and tireless in a diverse spectrum of duties for their spiritual companions, understanding how to go about things in order to complete and organize the work.Furthermore, a mendicant is deft and tireless in a diverse spectrum of duties for their spiritual companions, understanding how to go about things in order to complete and organize the work.

This too is a quality that serves as protector.This too is a quality that serves as protector.Furthermore, a mendicant loves the teachings and is a delight to converse with, being full of joy in the teaching and training.Furthermore, a mendicant loves the teachings and is a delight to converse with, being full of joy in the teaching and training.This too is a quality that serves as protector.This too is a quality that serves as protector.

Furthermore, a mendicant is content with any kind of robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick.Furthermore, a mendicant is content with any kind of robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick.This too is a quality that serves as protector.This too is a quality that serves as protector.Furthermore, a mendicant lives with energy roused up for giving up unskillful qualities and embracing skillful qualities. They are strong, staunchly vigorous, not slacking off when it comes to developing skillful qualities.Furthermore, a mendicant lives with energy roused up for giving up unskillful qualities and embracing skillful qualities. They are strong, staunchly vigorous, not slacking off when it comes to developing skillful qualities.

This too is a quality that serves as protector.This too is a quality that serves as protector.Furthermore, a mendicant is mindful. They have utmost mindfulness and alertness, and can remember and recall what was said and done long ago.Furthermore, a mendicant is mindful. They have utmost mindfulness and alertness, and can remember and recall what was said and done long ago.This too is a quality that serves as protector.This too is a quality that serves as protector.

Furthermore, a mendicant is wise. They have the wisdom of arising and passing away which is noble, penetrative, and leads to the complete ending of suffering.Furthermore, a mendicant is wise. They have the wisdom of arising and passing away which is noble, penetrative, and leads to the complete ending of suffering.This too is a quality that serves as protector.This too is a quality that serves as protector.Ten universal dimensions of meditation:Ten universal dimensions of meditation:

Someone perceives the meditation on universal earth above, below, across, undivided and limitless.Someone perceives the meditation on universal earth above, below, across, undivided and limitless.They perceive the meditation on universal water …They perceive the meditation on universal water …the meditation on universal fire …the meditation on universal fire …

the meditation on universal air …the meditation on universal air …the meditation on universal blue …the meditation on universal blue …the meditation on universal yellow …the meditation on universal yellow …

the meditation on universal red …the meditation on universal red …the meditation on universal white …the meditation on universal white …