长部第 34 经（Sujato 英译）第 5 阅读页 · Up to Ten · 5/7

This is the eighth ground for arousing energy.This is the eighth ground for arousing energy.What eight things are hard to comprehend?What eight things are hard to comprehend?Eight lost opportunities for spiritual practice.Eight 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 that individual has been reborn in the ghost realm.But that 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 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 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 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 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 …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 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’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 seventh lost opportunity for spiritual practice.This is the seventh lost opportunity for spiritual practice.Furthermore, a Realized One has not arisen in the world …Furthermore, a Realized One has not 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 eighth lost opportunity for spiritual practice.This is the eighth lost opportunity for spiritual practice.What eight things should be produced?What eight things should be produced?Eight thoughts of a great man.Eight thoughts of a great man.

‘This teaching is for those of few wishes, not those of many wishes.‘This teaching is for those of few wishes, not those of many wishes.It’s for the contented, not those who lack contentment.It’s for the contented, not those who lack contentment.It’s for the secluded, not those who enjoy company.It’s for the secluded, not those who enjoy company.

It’s for the energetic, not the lazy.It’s for the energetic, not the lazy.It’s for the mindful, not the unmindful.It’s for the mindful, not the unmindful.It’s for those with immersion, not those without immersion.It’s for those with immersion, not those without immersion.

It’s for the wise, not the witless.It’s for the wise, not the witless.This teaching is for those who don’t enjoy proliferating, not for those who enjoy proliferating.’This teaching is for those who don’t enjoy proliferating, not for those who enjoy proliferating.’What eight things should be directly known?What eight things should be directly known?

Eight dimensions of mastery.Eight dimensions of mastery.Perceiving form internally, someone sees forms externally, limited, both pretty and ugly. Mastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’Perceiving form internally, someone sees forms externally, limited, both pretty and ugly. Mastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’This is the first dimension of mastery.This is the first dimension of mastery.

Perceiving form internally, someone sees forms externally, limitless, both pretty and ugly. Mastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’Perceiving form internally, someone sees forms externally, limitless, both pretty and ugly. Mastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’This is the second dimension of mastery.This is the second dimension of mastery.Not perceiving form internally, someone sees forms externally, limited, both pretty and ugly. Mastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’Not perceiving form internally, someone sees forms externally, limited, both pretty and ugly. Mastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’

This is the third dimension of mastery.This is the third dimension of mastery.Not perceiving form internally, someone sees forms externally, limitless, both pretty and ugly. Mastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’Not perceiving form internally, someone sees forms externally, limitless, both pretty and ugly. Mastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’This is the fourth dimension of mastery.This is the fourth dimension of mastery.

Not perceiving form internally, someone sees forms externally that are blue, with blue color and blue appearance.Not perceiving form internally, someone sees forms externally that are blue, with blue color and blue appearance.They’re like a flax flower that’s blue, with blue color and blue appearance. Or a cloth from Varanasi that’s smoothed on both sides, blue, with blue color and blue appearance.They’re like a flax flower that’s blue, with blue color and blue appearance. Or a cloth from Varanasi that’s smoothed on both sides, blue, with blue color and blue appearance.Mastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’Mastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’

This is the fifth dimension of mastery.This is the fifth dimension of mastery.Not perceiving form internally, someone sees forms externally that are yellow, with yellow color and yellow appearance.Not perceiving form internally, someone sees forms externally that are yellow, with yellow color and yellow appearance.They’re like a champak flower that’s yellow, with yellow color and yellow appearance. Or a cloth from Varanasi that’s smoothed on both sides, yellow, with yellow color and yellow appearance.They’re like a champak flower that’s yellow, with yellow color and yellow appearance. Or a cloth from Varanasi that’s smoothed on both sides, yellow, with yellow color and yellow appearance.

Mastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’Mastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’This is the sixth dimension of mastery.This is the sixth dimension of mastery.Not perceiving form internally, someone sees forms externally that are red, with red color and red appearance.Not perceiving form internally, someone sees forms externally that are red, with red color and red appearance.

They’re like a scarlet mallow flower that’s red, with red color and red appearance. Or a cloth from Varanasi that’s smoothed on both sides, red, with red color and red appearance.They’re like a scarlet mallow flower that’s red, with red color and red appearance. Or a cloth from Varanasi that’s smoothed on both sides, red, with red color and red appearance.Mastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’Mastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’This is the seventh dimension of mastery.This is the seventh dimension of mastery.

Not perceiving form internally, someone sees forms externally that are white, with white color and white appearance.Not perceiving form internally, someone sees forms externally that are white, with white color and white appearance.They’re like the morning star that’s white, with white color and white appearance. Or a cloth from Varanasi that’s smoothed on both sides, white, with white color and white appearance.They’re like the morning star that’s white, with white color and white appearance. Or a cloth from Varanasi that’s smoothed on both sides, white, with white color and white appearance.Mastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’Mastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’

This is the eighth dimension of mastery.This is the eighth dimension of mastery.What eight things should be realized?What eight things should be realized?Eight liberations.Eight liberations.

Having physical form, they see forms.Having physical form, they see forms.This is the first liberation.This is the first liberation.Not perceiving physical form internally, someone see forms externally.Not perceiving physical form internally, someone see forms externally.

This is the second liberation.This is the second liberation.They’re focused only on beauty.They’re focused only on beauty.This is the third liberation.This is the third liberation.

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.This is the fourth liberation.This is the fourth liberation.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.

This is the fifth liberation.This is the fifth liberation.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.This is the sixth liberation.This is the sixth liberation.

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.This is the seventh liberation.This is the seventh liberation.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.

This is the eighth liberation.This is the eighth liberation.So these eighty things that are true, real, and accurate, not unreal, not otherwise were rightly understood by the Realized One.So these eighty things that are true, real, and accurate, not unreal, not otherwise were rightly understood by the Realized One.

9. Groups of Nine9. Groups of Nine

Nine things are helpful, etc.Nine things are helpful, etc.What nine things are helpful?What nine things are helpful?Nine things rooted in rational application of mind. When you apply the mind rationally, joy springs up. When you’re joyful, rapture springs up. When the mind is full of rapture, the body becomes tranquil. When the body is tranquil, you feel bliss. And when you’re blissful, the mind becomes immersed. When your mind is immersed, you truly know and see. When you truly know and see, you grow disillusioned. Being disillusioned, desire fades away. When desire fades away you’re freed.Nine things rooted in rational application of mind. When you apply the mind rationally, joy springs up. When you’re joyful, rapture springs up. When the mind is full of rapture, the body becomes tranquil. When the body is tranquil, you feel bliss. And when you’re blissful, the mind becomes immersed. When your mind is immersed, you truly know and see. When you truly know and see, you grow disillusioned. Being disillusioned, desire fades away. When desire fades away you’re freed.

What nine things should be developed?What nine things should be developed?Nine factors of trying to be pure.Nine factors of trying to be pure.The factors of trying to be pure in ethics, mind, view, overcoming doubt, knowledge and vision of what is the path and what is not the path, knowledge and vision of the practice, knowledge and vision, wisdom, and freedom.The factors of trying to be pure in ethics, mind, view, overcoming doubt, knowledge and vision of what is the path and what is not the path, knowledge and vision of the practice, knowledge and vision, wisdom, and freedom.

What nine things should be completely understood?What nine things should be completely understood?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.What nine things should be given up?What nine things should be given up?

Nine things rooted in craving.Nine things rooted in craving.Craving gives rise to searching. Searching gives rise to gaining material things. Gaining material things gives rise to evaluation. Evaluation gives rise to desire and lust. Desire and lust gives rise to attachment. Attachment gives rise to ownership. Ownership gives rise to stinginess. Stinginess gives rise to safeguarding. Owing to safeguarding, many bad, unskillful things come to be: taking up the rod and the sword, quarrels, arguments, disputes, accusations, backbiting, and lies.Craving gives rise to searching. Searching gives rise to gaining material things. Gaining material things gives rise to evaluation. Evaluation gives rise to desire and lust. Desire and lust gives rise to attachment. Attachment gives rise to ownership. Ownership gives rise to stinginess. Stinginess gives rise to safeguarding. Owing to safeguarding, many bad, unskillful things come to be: taking up the rod and the sword, quarrels, arguments, disputes, accusations, backbiting, and lies.

What nine things make things worse?What nine things make things worse?Nine grounds for resentment.Nine grounds for resentment.Thinking: ‘They did wrong to me,’ you harbor resentment.Thinking: ‘They did wrong to me,’ you harbor 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’ …