中部第 115 经（Sujato 英译）第 2 阅读页 · Many Elements · 2/2

But it is possible for a man to be a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha.’But it is possible for a man to be a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha.’They understand: ‘It’s impossible for a woman to be a wheel-turning monarch.They understand: ‘It’s impossible for a woman to be a wheel-turning monarch.But it is possible for a man to be a wheel-turning monarch.’But it is possible for a man to be a wheel-turning monarch.’

They understand: ‘It’s impossible for a woman to perform the role of Sakka, Māra, or the Divinity.They understand: ‘It’s impossible for a woman to perform the role of Sakka, Māra, or the Divinity.But it is possible for a man to perform the role of Sakka, Māra, or the Divinity.’But it is possible for a man to perform the role of Sakka, Māra, or the Divinity.’They understand: ‘It’s impossible for a likable, desirable, agreeable result to come from bad conduct of body, speech, and mind.They understand: ‘It’s impossible for a likable, desirable, agreeable result to come from bad conduct of body, speech, and mind.

But it is possible for an unlikable, undesirable, disagreeable result to come from bad conduct of body, speech, and mind.’But it is possible for an unlikable, undesirable, disagreeable result to come from bad conduct of body, speech, and mind.’They understand: ‘It’s impossible for an unlikable, undesirable, disagreeable result to come from good conduct of body, speech, and mind.They understand: ‘It’s impossible for an unlikable, undesirable, disagreeable result to come from good conduct of body, speech, and mind.But it is possible for a likable, desirable, agreeable result to come from good conduct of body, speech, and mind.’But it is possible for a likable, desirable, agreeable result to come from good conduct of body, speech, and mind.’

They understand: ‘It’s impossible that someone who has engaged in bad conduct of body, speech, and mind, could for that reason alone, when their body breaks up, after death, be reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.They understand: ‘It’s impossible that someone who has engaged in bad conduct of body, speech, and mind, could for that reason alone, when their body breaks up, after death, be reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.But it is possible that someone who has engaged in bad conduct of body, speech, and mind could, for that reason alone, when their body breaks up, after death, be reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.’But it is possible that someone who has engaged in bad conduct of body, speech, and mind could, for that reason alone, when their body breaks up, after death, be reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.’

They understand: ‘It’s impossible that someone who has engaged in good conduct of body, speech, and mind could, for that reason alone, when their body breaks up, after death, be reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.They understand: ‘It’s impossible that someone who has engaged in good conduct of body, speech, and mind could, for that reason alone, when their body breaks up, after death, be reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.But it is possible that someone who has engaged in good conduct of body, speech, and mind could, for that reason alone, when their body breaks up, after death, be reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.’But it is possible that someone who has engaged in good conduct of body, speech, and mind could, for that reason alone, when their body breaks up, after death, be reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.’

That’s how a mendicant is qualified to be called ‘skilled in the possible and impossible’.”That’s how a mendicant is qualified to be called ‘skilled in the possible and impossible’.”When he said this, Venerable Ānanda said to the Buddha,When he said this, Venerable Ānanda said to the Buddha,“It’s incredible, sir, it’s amazing!“It’s incredible, sir, it’s amazing!

What is the name of this exposition of the teaching?”What is the name of this exposition of the teaching?”“Well then, Ānanda, you may remember this exposition of the teaching as ‘The Many Elements’, or else ‘The Four Rounds’, or else ‘The Mirror of the Teaching’, or else ‘The Drum of Freedom From Death’, or else ‘The Supreme Victory in Battle’.”“Well then, Ānanda, you may remember this exposition of the teaching as ‘The Many Elements’, or else ‘The Four Rounds’, or else ‘The Mirror of the Teaching’, or else ‘The Drum of Freedom From Death’, or else ‘The Supreme Victory in Battle’.”That is what the Buddha said.That is what the Buddha said.

Satisfied, Venerable Ānanda approved what the Buddha said.Satisfied, Venerable Ānanda approved what the Buddha said.