中部第 12 经（Sujato 英译）第 1 阅读页 · The Longer Discourse on the Lion’s Roar · 1/3

Middle Discourses 12Middle Discourses 12The Longer Discourse on the Lion’s RoarThe Longer Discourse on the Lion’s Roar

So I have heard.So I have heard.At one time the Buddha was staying outside the city of Vesālī in a woodland grove west of the town.At one time the Buddha was staying outside the city of Vesālī in a woodland grove west of the town.Now at that time Sunakkhatta the Licchavi had recently left this teaching and training.Now at that time Sunakkhatta the Licchavi had recently left this teaching and training.

He was telling a crowd in Vesālī:He was telling a crowd in Vesālī:“The ascetic Gotama has no superhuman distinction in knowledge and vision worthy of the noble ones.“The ascetic Gotama has no superhuman distinction in knowledge and vision worthy of the noble ones.He teaches what he’s worked out by logic, following a line of inquiry, expressing his own perspective.He teaches what he’s worked out by logic, following a line of inquiry, expressing his own perspective.

Regardless of his goal in teaching the Dhamma, it delivers one who applies it to the complete ending of suffering.”Regardless of his goal in teaching the Dhamma, it delivers one who applies it to the complete ending of suffering.”Then Venerable Sāriputta robed up in the morning and, taking his bowl and robe, entered Vesālī for alms.Then Venerable Sāriputta robed up in the morning and, taking his bowl and robe, entered Vesālī for alms.He heard what Sunakkhatta was saying.He heard what Sunakkhatta was saying.

Then he wandered for alms in Vesālī. After the meal, on his return from almsround, he went to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and told him what had happened.Then he wandered for alms in Vesālī. After the meal, on his return from almsround, he went to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and told him what had happened.“Sāriputta, Sunakkhatta, that futile man, is angry.“Sāriputta, Sunakkhatta, that futile man, is angry.His words are spoken out of anger.His words are spoken out of anger.

Thinking he criticizes the Realized One, in fact he just praises him.Thinking he criticizes the Realized One, in fact he just praises him.For it is praise of the Realized One to say:For it is praise of the Realized One to say:‘Regardless of his goal in teaching the Dhamma, it delivers one who applies it to the complete ending of suffering.’‘Regardless of his goal in teaching the Dhamma, it delivers one who applies it to the complete ending of suffering.’

But there’s no way Sunakkhatta will infer about me from the teaching:But there’s no way Sunakkhatta will infer about me from the teaching:‘That Blessed One is perfected, a fully awakened Buddha, accomplished in knowledge and conduct, holy, knower of the world, supreme guide for those fit for training, teacher of gods and humans, awakened, blessed.’‘That Blessed One is perfected, a fully awakened Buddha, accomplished in knowledge and conduct, holy, knower of the world, supreme guide for those fit for training, teacher of gods and humans, awakened, blessed.’And there’s no way Sunakkhatta will infer about me from the teaching:And there’s no way Sunakkhatta will infer about me from the teaching:

‘That Blessed One wields the many kinds of psychic power: multiplying himself and becoming one again; materializing and dematerializing; going unobstructed through a wall, a rampart, or a mountain as if through space; diving in and out of the earth as if it were water; walking on water as if it were earth; flying cross-legged through the sky like a bird; touching and stroking with the hand the sun and moon, so mighty and powerful; controlling the body as far as the realm of divinity.’‘That Blessed One wields the many kinds of psychic power: multiplying himself and becoming one again; materializing and dematerializing; going unobstructed through a wall, a rampart, or a mountain as if through space; diving in and out of the earth as if it were water; walking on water as if it were earth; flying cross-legged through the sky like a bird; touching and stroking with the hand the sun and moon, so mighty and powerful; controlling the body as far as the realm of divinity.’

And there’s no way Sunakkhatta will infer about me from the teaching:And there’s no way Sunakkhatta will infer about me from the teaching:‘That Blessed One, with clairaudience that is purified and superhuman, hears both kinds of sounds, human and heavenly, whether near or far.’‘That Blessed One, with clairaudience that is purified and superhuman, hears both kinds of sounds, human and heavenly, whether near or far.’And there’s no way Sunakkhatta will infer about me from the teaching:And there’s no way Sunakkhatta will infer about me from the teaching:

‘That Blessed One understands the minds of other beings and individuals, having encompassed them with his own mind.‘That Blessed One understands the minds of other beings and individuals, having encompassed them with his own mind.He understands mind with greed as “mind with greed,”He understands mind with greed as “mind with greed,”and mind without greed as “mind without greed.”and mind without greed as “mind without greed.”

He understands mind with hate …He understands mind with hate …mind without hate …mind without hate …mind with delusion …mind with delusion …

mind without delusion …mind without delusion …constricted mind …constricted mind …scattered mind …scattered mind …

expansive mind …expansive mind …unexpansive mind …unexpansive mind …mind that is supreme …mind that is supreme …

mind that is not supreme …mind that is not supreme …mind immersed in samādhi …mind immersed in samādhi …mind not immersed in samādhi …mind not immersed in samādhi …

freed mind as “freed mind,”freed mind as “freed mind,”and unfreed mind as “unfreed mind.”’and unfreed mind as “unfreed mind.”’There are these ten powers of a Realized One that the Realized One possesses. With these he claims the bull’s place, roars his lion’s roar in the assemblies, and turns the divine wheel.There are these ten powers of a Realized One that the Realized One possesses. With these he claims the bull’s place, roars his lion’s roar in the assemblies, and turns the divine wheel.

What ten?What ten?Firstly, the Realized One truly understands the possible as possible, and the impossible as impossible.Firstly, the Realized One truly understands the possible as possible, and the impossible as impossible.Since he truly understands this, this is a power of the Realized One. Relying on this he claims the bull’s place, roars his lion’s roar in the assemblies, and turns the divine wheel.Since he truly understands this, this is a power of the Realized One. Relying on this he claims the bull’s place, roars his lion’s roar in the assemblies, and turns the divine wheel.

Furthermore, the Realized One truly understands the result of deeds undertaken in the past, future, and present in terms of grounds and causes.Furthermore, the Realized One truly understands the result of deeds undertaken in the past, future, and present in terms of grounds and causes.Since he truly understands this, this is a power of the Realized One. …Since he truly understands this, this is a power of the Realized One. …Furthermore, the Realized One truly understands where all paths of practice lead.Furthermore, the Realized One truly understands where all paths of practice lead.

Since he truly understands this, this is a power of the Realized One. …Since he truly understands this, this is a power of the Realized One. …Furthermore, the Realized One truly understands the world with its many and diverse elements.Furthermore, the Realized One truly understands the world with its many and diverse elements.Since he truly understands this, this is a power of the Realized One. …Since he truly understands this, this is a power of the Realized One. …

Furthermore, the Realized One truly understands the diverse convictions of sentient beings.Furthermore, the Realized One truly understands the diverse convictions of sentient beings.Since he truly understands this, this is a power of the Realized One. …Since he truly understands this, this is a power of the Realized One. …Furthermore, the Realized One truly understands the faculties of other sentient beings and other individuals after encompassing them with his mind.Furthermore, the Realized One truly understands the faculties of other sentient beings and other individuals after encompassing them with his mind.

Since he truly understands this, this is a power of the Realized One. …Since he truly understands this, this is a power of the Realized One. …Furthermore, the Realized One truly understands corruption, cleansing, and emergence regarding the absorptions, liberations, immersions, and attainments.Furthermore, the Realized One truly understands corruption, cleansing, and emergence regarding the absorptions, liberations, immersions, and attainments.Since he truly understands this, this is a power of the Realized One. …Since he truly understands this, this is a power of the Realized One. …

Furthermore, the Realized One recollects many kinds of past lives. That is: one, two, three, four, five, ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, a hundred, a thousand, a hundred thousand rebirths; many eons of the world contracting, many eons of the world expanding, many eons of the world contracting and expanding. He remembers: ‘There, I was named this, my clan was that, I looked like this, and that was my food. This was how I felt pleasure and pain, and that was how my life ended. When I passed away from that place I was reborn somewhere else. There, too, I was named this, my clan was that, I looked like this, and that was my food. This was how I felt pleasure and pain, and that was how my life ended. When I passed away from that place I was reborn here.’ And so he recollects his many kinds of past lives, with features and details.Furthermore, the Realized One recollects many kinds of past lives. That is: one, two, three, four, five, ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, a hundred, a thousand, a hundred thousand rebirths; many eons of the world contracting, many eons of the world expanding, many eons of the world contracting and expanding. He remembers: ‘There, I was named this, my clan was that, I looked like this, and that was my food. This was how I felt pleasure and pain, and that was how my life ended. When I passed away from that place I was reborn somewhere else. There, too, I was named this, my clan was that, I looked like this, and that was my food. This was how I felt pleasure and pain, and that was how my life ended. When I passed away from that place I was reborn here.’ And so he recollects his many kinds of past lives, with features and details.

Since he truly understands this, this is a power of the Realized One. …Since he truly understands this, this is a power of the Realized One. …Furthermore, with clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman, the Realized One sees sentient beings passing away and being reborn—inferior and superior, beautiful and ugly, in a good place or a bad place. He understands how sentient beings pass on according to their deeds. ‘These dear beings did bad things by way of body, speech, and mind. They denounced the noble ones; they had wrong view; and they chose to act out of that wrong view. When their body broke up, after death, they were reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell. These dear beings, however, did good things by way of body, speech, and mind. They never denounced the noble ones; they had right view; and they chose to act out of that right view. When their body broke up, after death, they were reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.’ And so, with clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman, he sees sentient beings passing away and being reborn—inferior and superior, beautiful and ugly, in a good place or a bad place. He understands how sentient beings pass on according to their deeds.Furthermore, with clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman, the Realized One sees sentient beings passing away and being reborn—inferior and superior, beautiful and ugly, in a good place or a bad place. He understands how sentient beings pass on according to their deeds. ‘These dear beings did bad things by way of body, speech, and mind. They denounced the noble ones; they had wrong view; and they chose to act out of that wrong view. When their body broke up, after death, they were reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell. These dear beings, however, did good things by way of body, speech, and mind. They never denounced the noble ones; they had right view; and they chose to act out of that right view. When their body broke up, after death, they were reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.’ And so, with clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman, he sees sentient beings passing away and being reborn—inferior and superior, beautiful and ugly, in a good place or a bad place. He understands how sentient beings pass on according to their deeds.

Since he truly understands this, this is a power of the Realized One. …Since he truly understands this, this is a power of the Realized One. …Furthermore, the Realized One has realized the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom, and lives having realized it with his own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.Furthermore, the Realized One has realized the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom, and lives having realized it with his own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.Since he truly understands this, this is a power of the Realized One. Relying on this he claims the bull’s place, roars his lion’s roar in the assemblies, and turns the divine wheel.Since he truly understands this, this is a power of the Realized One. Relying on this he claims the bull’s place, roars his lion’s roar in the assemblies, and turns the divine wheel.

A Realized One possesses these ten powers of a Realized One. With these he claims the bull’s place, roars his lion’s roar in the assemblies, and turns the divine wheel.A Realized One possesses these ten powers of a Realized One. With these he claims the bull’s place, roars his lion’s roar in the assemblies, and turns the divine wheel.When I know and see in this way, suppose someone were to say this:When I know and see in this way, suppose someone were to say this:‘The ascetic Gotama has no superhuman distinction in knowledge and vision worthy of the noble ones.‘The ascetic Gotama has no superhuman distinction in knowledge and vision worthy of the noble ones.

He teaches what he’s worked out by logic, following a line of inquiry, expressing his own perspective.’He teaches what he’s worked out by logic, following a line of inquiry, expressing his own perspective.’Unless they give up that speech and that thought, and let go of that view, they will be placed in hell as if delivered there.Unless they give up that speech and that thought, and let go of that view, they will be placed in hell as if delivered there.Just as a mendicant accomplished in ethics, immersion, and wisdom would reach enlightenment in this very life, such is the consequence, I say.Just as a mendicant accomplished in ethics, immersion, and wisdom would reach enlightenment in this very life, such is the consequence, I say.

Unless they give up that speech and that thought, and let go of that view, they will be placed in hell as if delivered there.Unless they give up that speech and that thought, and let go of that view, they will be placed in hell as if delivered there.Sāriputta, a Realized One has four kinds of self-assurance. With these he claims the bull’s place, roars his lion’s roar in the assemblies, and turns the divine wheel.Sāriputta, a Realized One has four kinds of self-assurance. With these he claims the bull’s place, roars his lion’s roar in the assemblies, and turns the divine wheel.What four?What four?

I see no reason for anyone—whether ascetic, brahmin, god, Māra, or the Divinity, or anyone else in the world—to legitimately scold me, saying: ‘You claim to be a fully awakened Buddha, but you don’t understand these things.’I see no reason for anyone—whether ascetic, brahmin, god, Māra, or the Divinity, or anyone else in the world—to legitimately scold me, saying: ‘You claim to be a fully awakened Buddha, but you don’t understand these things.’Since I see no such reason, I live secure, fearless, and self-assured.Since I see no such reason, I live secure, fearless, and self-assured.I see no reason for anyone—whether ascetic, brahmin, god, Māra, or the Divinity, or anyone else in the world—to legitimately scold me, saying: ‘You claim to have ended all defilements, but you still have these defilements.’I see no reason for anyone—whether ascetic, brahmin, god, Māra, or the Divinity, or anyone else in the world—to legitimately scold me, saying: ‘You claim to have ended all defilements, but you still have these defilements.’

Since I see no such reason, I live secure, fearless, and self-assured.Since I see no such reason, I live secure, fearless, and self-assured.I see no reason for anyone—whether ascetic, brahmin, god, Māra, or the Divinity, or anyone else in the world—to legitimately scold me, saying: ‘The acts that you say are obstructions are not really obstructions for the one who performs them.’I see no reason for anyone—whether ascetic, brahmin, god, Māra, or the Divinity, or anyone else in the world—to legitimately scold me, saying: ‘The acts that you say are obstructions are not really obstructions for the one who performs them.’Since I see no such reason, I live secure, fearless, and self-assured.Since I see no such reason, I live secure, fearless, and self-assured.

I see no reason for anyone—whether ascetic, brahmin, god, Māra, or the Divinity, or anyone else in the world—to legitimately scold me, saying: ‘Regardless of your goal in teaching the Dhamma, it does not deliver one who applies it to the complete ending of suffering.’I see no reason for anyone—whether ascetic, brahmin, god, Māra, or the Divinity, or anyone else in the world—to legitimately scold me, saying: ‘Regardless of your goal in teaching the Dhamma, it does not deliver one who applies it to the complete ending of suffering.’Since I see no such reason, I live secure, fearless, and self-assured.Since I see no such reason, I live secure, fearless, and self-assured.A Realized One possesses these four kinds of self-assurance. With these he claims the bull’s place, roars his lion’s roar in the assemblies, and turns the divine wheel.A Realized One possesses these four kinds of self-assurance. With these he claims the bull’s place, roars his lion’s roar in the assemblies, and turns the divine wheel.

When I know and see in this way, suppose someone were to say this:When I know and see in this way, suppose someone were to say this:‘The ascetic Gotama has no superhuman distinction in knowledge and vision worthy of the noble ones …’‘The ascetic Gotama has no superhuman distinction in knowledge and vision worthy of the noble ones …’Unless they give up that speech and that thought, and let go of that view, they will be placed in hell as if delivered there.Unless they give up that speech and that thought, and let go of that view, they will be placed in hell as if delivered there.

Sāriputta, there are these eight assemblies.Sāriputta, there are these eight assemblies.What eight?What eight?The assemblies of aristocrats, brahmins, householders, and ascetics. An assembly of the gods of the four great kings. An assembly of the gods of the thirty-three. An assembly of Māras. An assembly of divinities.The assemblies of aristocrats, brahmins, householders, and ascetics. An assembly of the gods of the four great kings. An assembly of the gods of the thirty-three. An assembly of Māras. An assembly of divinities.

These are the eight assemblies.These are the eight assemblies.Possessing these four kinds of self-assurance, the Realized One approaches and enters right into these eight assemblies.Possessing these four kinds of self-assurance, the Realized One approaches and enters right into these eight assemblies.I recall having approached an assembly of hundreds of aristocrats.I recall having approached an assembly of hundreds of aristocrats.

There I used to sit with them, converse, and engage in discussion.There I used to sit with them, converse, and engage in discussion.But I don’t see any reason to feel afraid or insecure.But I don’t see any reason to feel afraid or insecure.Since I see no such reason, I live secure, fearless, and self-assured.Since I see no such reason, I live secure, fearless, and self-assured.

I recall having approached an assembly of hundreds of brahmins …I recall having approached an assembly of hundreds of brahmins …householders …householders …ascetics …ascetics …

the gods of the four great kings …the gods of the four great kings …the gods of the thirty-three …the gods of the thirty-three …Māras …Māras …

divinities.divinities.There too I used to sit with them, converse, and engage in discussion.There too I used to sit with them, converse, and engage in discussion.But I don’t see any reason to feel afraid or insecure.But I don’t see any reason to feel afraid or insecure.

Since I see no such reason, I live secure, fearless, and self-assured.Since I see no such reason, I live secure, fearless, and self-assured.When I know and see in this way, suppose someone were to say this:When I know and see in this way, suppose someone were to say this:‘The ascetic Gotama has no superhuman distinction in knowledge and vision worthy of the noble ones …’‘The ascetic Gotama has no superhuman distinction in knowledge and vision worthy of the noble ones …’

Unless they give up that speech and that thought, and let go of that view, they will be placed in hell as if delivered there.Unless they give up that speech and that thought, and let go of that view, they will be placed in hell as if delivered there.Sāriputta, there are these four kinds of reproduction.Sāriputta, there are these four kinds of reproduction.What four?What four?

Reproduction for creatures born from an egg, from a womb, from moisture, or spontaneously.Reproduction for creatures born from an egg, from a womb, from moisture, or spontaneously.And what is reproduction from an egg?And what is reproduction from an egg?There are beings who are born by breaking out of an eggshell.There are beings who are born by breaking out of an eggshell.

This is called reproduction from an egg.This is called reproduction from an egg.And what is reproduction from a womb?And what is reproduction from a womb?There are beings who are born by breaking out of the amniotic sac.There are beings who are born by breaking out of the amniotic sac.

This is called reproduction from a womb.This is called reproduction from a womb.And what is reproduction from moisture?And what is reproduction from moisture?There are beings who are born in a rotten fish, a rotten carcass, rotten porridge, a cesspool, or a sump.There are beings who are born in a rotten fish, a rotten carcass, rotten porridge, a cesspool, or a sump.

This is called reproduction from moisture.This is called reproduction from moisture.And what is spontaneous reproduction?And what is spontaneous reproduction?Gods, hell-beings, certain humans, and certain beings in the lower realms.Gods, hell-beings, certain humans, and certain beings in the lower realms.