如是语（Sujato 英译）第 22 阅读页 · ITI22 · The Benefits of Love

So It Was Said 22So It Was Said 22The Book of the OnesThe Book of the Ones

Chapter ThreeChapter ThreeThe Benefits of LoveThe Benefits of LoveThis was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

“Mendicants, don’t fear good deeds.“Mendicants, don’t fear good deeds.For ‘good deeds’ is a term for happiness, for what is likable, desirable, and agreeable.For ‘good deeds’ is a term for happiness, for what is likable, desirable, and agreeable.I recall undergoing for a long time the likable, desirable, and agreeable results of good deeds performed over a long time.I recall undergoing for a long time the likable, desirable, and agreeable results of good deeds performed over a long time.

Having developed a mind of love for seven years, for seven eons of the cosmos contracting and expanding I didn’t return to this world again.Having developed a mind of love for seven years, for seven eons of the cosmos contracting and expanding I didn’t return to this world again.As the eon contracted I went to the realm of sublime luminosity.As the eon contracted I went to the realm of sublime luminosity.As it expanded I was reborn in an empty mansion of divinity.As it expanded I was reborn in an empty mansion of divinity.

There I was the Divinity, the Great Divinity, the vanquisher, the unvanquished, the universal seer, the wielder of power.There I was the Divinity, the Great Divinity, the vanquisher, the unvanquished, the universal seer, the wielder of power.I was Sakka, lord of gods, thirty-six times.I was Sakka, lord of gods, thirty-six times.Many hundreds of times I was a king, a wheel-turning monarch, a just and principled king. My dominion extended to all four sides, I achieved stability in the country, and I possessed the seven treasures.Many hundreds of times I was a king, a wheel-turning monarch, a just and principled king. My dominion extended to all four sides, I achieved stability in the country, and I possessed the seven treasures.

Not to mention regional kingship!Not to mention regional kingship!Then I thought,Then I thought,‘Of what deed of mine is this the fruit and result, that I am now so mighty and powerful?’‘Of what deed of mine is this the fruit and result, that I am now so mighty and powerful?’

Then I thought,Then I thought,‘It is the fruit and result of three kinds of deeds:‘It is the fruit and result of three kinds of deeds:giving, self-control, and restraint.’”giving, self-control, and restraint.’”

The Buddha spoke this matter.The Buddha spoke this matter.On this it is said:On this it is said:“One should practice only good deeds,“One should practice only good deeds,

whose happy outcome stretches ahead.whose happy outcome stretches ahead.Giving and moral conduct,Giving and moral conduct,developing a mind of love:developing a mind of love:

having developed thesehaving developed thesethree things yielding happiness,three things yielding happiness,that astute one is rebornthat astute one is reborn

in a happy, pleasing world.”in a happy, pleasing world.”This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.