中部第 108 经（Sujato 英译）第 2 阅读页 · With Moggallāna the Guardian · 2/2

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, 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.

The Buddha praised this kind of meditation.”The Buddha praised this kind of meditation.”“Well, worthy Ānanda, it seems that worthy Gotama criticized the kind of meditation that deserves criticism and praised that deserving of praise.“Well, worthy Ānanda, it seems that worthy Gotama criticized the kind of meditation that deserves criticism and praised that deserving of praise.Well, now, worthy Ānanda, I must go.Well, now, worthy Ānanda, I must go.

I have many duties, and much to do.”I have many duties, and much to do.”“Please, brahmin, go at your convenience.”“Please, brahmin, go at your convenience.”Then Vassakāra the brahmin, having approved and agreed with what Venerable Ānanda said, rose from his seat and left.Then Vassakāra the brahmin, having approved and agreed with what Venerable Ānanda said, rose from his seat and left.

Soon after he had left, Moggallāna the Guardian said to Ānanda,Soon after he had left, Moggallāna the Guardian said to Ānanda,“Worthy Ānanda, you still haven’t answered my question.”“Worthy Ānanda, you still haven’t answered my question.”“But brahmin, didn’t I say:“But brahmin, didn’t I say:

‘There is no single mendicant who has all the same qualities in each and every way as possessed by the worthy Gotama, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha.‘There is no single mendicant who has all the same qualities in each and every way as possessed by the worthy Gotama, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha.For the Blessed One gave rise to the unarisen path, gave birth to the unborn path, and explained the unexplained path. He is the knower of the path, the discoverer of the path, the expert on the path.For the Blessed One gave rise to the unarisen path, gave birth to the unborn path, and explained the unexplained path. He is the knower of the path, the discoverer of the path, the expert on the path.

And now the disciples live following the path; they acquire it later.’”And now the disciples live following the path; they acquire it later.’”