中部第 12 经（Sujato 英译）第 2 阅读页 · The Longer Discourse on the Lion’s Roar · 2/3

This is called spontaneous reproduction.This is called spontaneous reproduction.These are the four kinds of reproduction.These are the four kinds of reproduction.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.There are these five destinations.There are these five destinations.

What five?What five?Hell, the animal realm, the ghost realm, humanity, and the gods.Hell, the animal realm, the ghost realm, humanity, and the gods.I understand hell, and the path and practice that leads to hell.I understand hell, and the path and practice that leads to hell.

And I understand how someone practicing that way, when their body breaks up, after death, is reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.And I understand how someone practicing that way, when their body breaks up, after death, is reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.I understand the animal realm …I understand the animal realm …the ghost realm …the ghost realm …

humanity …humanity …gods, and the path and practice that leads to the world of the gods.gods, and the path and practice that leads to the world of the gods.And I understand how someone practicing that way, when their body breaks up, after death, is reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.And I understand how someone practicing that way, when their body breaks up, after death, is reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.

And I understand extinguishment, and the path and practice that leads to extinguishment.And I understand extinguishment, and the path and practice that leads to extinguishment.And I understand how someone practicing that way realizes the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom, and lives having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.And I understand how someone practicing that way realizes the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom, and lives having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.When I’ve comprehended the mind of a certain individual, I understand:When I’ve comprehended the mind of a certain individual, I understand:

‘This individual is practicing in such a way and is riding upon such a path that when their body breaks up, after death, they will be reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.’‘This individual is practicing in such a way and is riding upon such a path that when their body breaks up, after death, they will be reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.’Some time later I see that they have indeed been reborn in hell, where they experience absolutely painful feelings, sharp and severe.Some time later I see that they have indeed been reborn in hell, where they experience absolutely painful feelings, sharp and severe.Suppose there was a pit of glowing coals deeper than a man’s height, full of glowing coals that neither flamed nor smoked.Suppose there was a pit of glowing coals deeper than a man’s height, full of glowing coals that neither flamed nor smoked.

Then along comes a person struggling in the oppressive heat, weary, thirsty, and parched. And they have set out on a path that meets with that same pit of coals.Then along comes a person struggling in the oppressive heat, weary, thirsty, and parched. And they have set out on a path that meets with that same pit of coals.If a person with clear eyes saw them, they’d say:If a person with clear eyes saw them, they’d say:‘This person is proceeding in such a way and is riding upon such a path that they will arrive at that very pit of coals.’‘This person is proceeding in such a way and is riding upon such a path that they will arrive at that very pit of coals.’

Some time later they see that they have indeed fallen into that pit of coals, where they experience absolutely painful feelings, sharp and severe. …Some time later they see that they have indeed fallen into that pit of coals, where they experience absolutely painful feelings, sharp and severe. …When I’ve comprehended the mind of a certain individual, I understand:When I’ve comprehended the mind of a certain individual, I understand:‘This individual … will be reborn in the animal realm.’‘This individual … will be reborn in the animal realm.’

Some time later I see that they have indeed been reborn in the animal realm, where they suffer painful feelings, sharp and severe.Some time later I see that they have indeed been reborn in the animal realm, where they suffer painful feelings, sharp and severe.Suppose there was a sewer deeper than a man’s height, full to the brim with feces.Suppose there was a sewer deeper than a man’s height, full to the brim with feces.Then along comes a person struggling in the oppressive heat, weary, thirsty, and parched. And they have set out on a path that meets with that same sewer.Then along comes a person struggling in the oppressive heat, weary, thirsty, and parched. And they have set out on a path that meets with that same sewer.

If a person with clear eyes saw them, they’d say:If a person with clear eyes saw them, they’d say:‘This person is proceeding in such a way and is riding upon such a path that they will arrive at that very sewer.’‘This person is proceeding in such a way and is riding upon such a path that they will arrive at that very sewer.’Some time later they see that they have indeed fallen into that sewer, where they suffer painful feelings, sharp and severe. …Some time later they see that they have indeed fallen into that sewer, where they suffer painful feelings, sharp and severe. …

When I’ve comprehended the mind of a certain individual, I understand:When I’ve comprehended the mind of a certain individual, I understand:‘This individual … will be reborn in the ghost realm.’‘This individual … will be reborn in the ghost realm.’Some time later I see that they have indeed been reborn in the ghost realm, where they experience mostly painful feelings.Some time later I see that they have indeed been reborn in the ghost realm, where they experience mostly painful feelings.

Suppose there was a tree growing on rugged ground, with thin foliage casting dappled shade.Suppose there was a tree growing on rugged ground, with thin foliage casting dappled shade.Then along comes a person struggling in the oppressive heat, weary, thirsty, and parched. And they have set out on a path that meets with that same tree.Then along comes a person struggling in the oppressive heat, weary, thirsty, and parched. And they have set out on a path that meets with that same tree.If a person with clear eyes saw them, they’d say:If a person with clear eyes saw them, they’d say:

‘This person is proceeding in such a way and is riding upon such a path that they will arrive at that very tree.’‘This person is proceeding in such a way and is riding upon such a path that they will arrive at that very tree.’Some time later they see them sitting or lying under that tree, where they experience mostly painful feelings. …Some time later they see them sitting or lying under that tree, where they experience mostly painful feelings. …When I’ve comprehended the mind of a certain individual, I understand:When I’ve comprehended the mind of a certain individual, I understand:

‘This individual … will be reborn among human beings.’‘This individual … will be reborn among human beings.’Some time later I see that they have indeed been reborn among human beings, where they experience mostly pleasant feelings.Some time later I see that they have indeed been reborn among human beings, where they experience mostly pleasant feelings.Suppose there was a tree growing on smooth ground, with abundant foliage casting dense shade.Suppose there was a tree growing on smooth ground, with abundant foliage casting dense shade.

Then along comes a person struggling in the oppressive heat, weary, thirsty, and parched. And they have set out on a path that meets with that same tree.Then along comes a person struggling in the oppressive heat, weary, thirsty, and parched. And they have set out on a path that meets with that same tree.If a person with clear eyes saw them, they’d say:If a person with clear eyes saw them, they’d say:‘This person is proceeding in such a way and is riding upon such a path that they will arrive at that very tree.’‘This person is proceeding in such a way and is riding upon such a path that they will arrive at that very tree.’

Some time later they see them sitting or lying under that tree, where they experience mostly pleasant feelings. …Some time later they see them sitting or lying under that tree, where they experience mostly pleasant feelings. …When I’ve comprehended the mind of a certain individual, I understand:When I’ve comprehended the mind of a certain individual, I understand:‘This individual … will be reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.’‘This individual … will be reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.’

Some time later I see that they have indeed been reborn in a heavenly realm, where they experience feelings of absolute happiness.Some time later I see that they have indeed been reborn in a heavenly realm, where they experience feelings of absolute happiness.Suppose there was a stilt longhouse with a peaked roof, plastered inside and out, draft-free, with door fastened and window shuttered.Suppose there was a stilt longhouse with a peaked roof, plastered inside and out, draft-free, with door fastened and window shuttered.And it had a couch spread with woolen covers—shag-piled, pure white, or embroidered with flowers—and spread with a fine deer hide, with a canopy above and red pillows at both ends.And it had a couch spread with woolen covers—shag-piled, pure white, or embroidered with flowers—and spread with a fine deer hide, with a canopy above and red pillows at both ends.

Then along comes a person struggling in the oppressive heat, weary, thirsty, and parched. And they have set out on a path that meets with that same stilt longhouse.Then along comes a person struggling in the oppressive heat, weary, thirsty, and parched. And they have set out on a path that meets with that same stilt longhouse.If a person with clear eyes saw them, they’d say:If a person with clear eyes saw them, they’d say:‘This person is proceeding in such a way and is riding upon such a path that they will arrive at that very stilt longhouse.’‘This person is proceeding in such a way and is riding upon such a path that they will arrive at that very stilt longhouse.’

Some time later they see them sitting or lying in that stilt longhouse, where they experience feelings of absolute happiness. …Some time later they see them sitting or lying in that stilt longhouse, where they experience feelings of absolute happiness. …When I’ve comprehended the mind of a certain individual, I understand:When I’ve comprehended the mind of a certain individual, I understand:‘This individual is practicing in such a way and is riding upon such a path that they will realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom, and live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.’‘This individual is practicing in such a way and is riding upon such a path that they will realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom, and live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.’

Some time later I see that they have indeed realized the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom, and live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements, experiencing feelings of absolute happiness.Some time later I see that they have indeed realized the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom, and live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements, experiencing feelings of absolute happiness.Suppose there was a lotus pond with clear, sweet, cool water, clean, with smooth banks, delightful.Suppose there was a lotus pond with clear, sweet, cool water, clean, with smooth banks, delightful.Nearby was a dense forest grove.Nearby was a dense forest grove.

Then along comes a person struggling in the oppressive heat, weary, thirsty, and parched. And they have set out on a path that meets with that same lotus pond.Then along comes a person struggling in the oppressive heat, weary, thirsty, and parched. And they have set out on a path that meets with that same lotus pond.If a person with clear eyes saw them, they’d say:If a person with clear eyes saw them, they’d say:‘This person is proceeding in such a way and is riding upon such a path that they will arrive at that very lotus pond.’‘This person is proceeding in such a way and is riding upon such a path that they will arrive at that very lotus pond.’

Some time later they would see that person after they had plunged into that lotus pond, bathed and drunk. When all their stress, weariness, and heat exhaustion had faded away, they emerged and sat or lay down in that woodland thicket, where they experienced feelings of absolute happiness.Some time later they would see that person after they had plunged into that lotus pond, bathed and drunk. When all their stress, weariness, and heat exhaustion had faded away, they emerged and sat or lay down in that woodland thicket, where they experienced feelings of absolute happiness.In the same way, when I’ve comprehended the mind of an individual, I understand:In the same way, when I’ve comprehended the mind of an individual, I understand:

‘This individual is practicing in such a way and is riding upon such a path that they will realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom, and live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.’‘This individual is practicing in such a way and is riding upon such a path that they will realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom, and live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.’Some time later I see that they have indeed realized the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom, and live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements, experiencing feelings of absolute happiness.Some time later I see that they have indeed realized the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom, and live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements, experiencing feelings of absolute happiness.

These are the five destinations.These are the five destinations.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, I recall having practiced a spiritual path consisting of four factors.Sāriputta, I recall having practiced a spiritual path consisting of four factors.I used to be a fervent mortifier, the ultimate fervent mortifier. I used to live rough, the ultimate rough-liver. I used to live in disgust of sin, the ultimate one living in disgust of sin. I used to be secluded, in ultimate seclusion.I used to be a fervent mortifier, the ultimate fervent mortifier. I used to live rough, the ultimate rough-liver. I used to live in disgust of sin, the ultimate one living in disgust of sin. I used to be secluded, in ultimate seclusion.

And this is what my fervent mortification was like. I went naked, ignoring conventions. I licked my hands, and didn’t come or stop when asked. I didn’t consent to food brought to me, or food prepared specially for me, or an invitation for a meal.And this is what my fervent mortification was like. I went naked, ignoring conventions. I licked my hands, and didn’t come or stop when asked. I didn’t consent to food brought to me, or food prepared specially for me, or an invitation for a meal.I didn’t receive anything from a pot or bowl; or from someone who keeps sheep, or who has a weapon or a shovel in their home; or where a couple is eating; or where there is a woman who is pregnant, breastfeeding, or who lives with a man; or where food for distribution is advertised; or where there’s a hound waiting or flies buzzing. I accepted no fish or meat or beer or wine, and drank no fermented gruel.I didn’t receive anything from a pot or bowl; or from someone who keeps sheep, or who has a weapon or a shovel in their home; or where a couple is eating; or where there is a woman who is pregnant, breastfeeding, or who lives with a man; or where food for distribution is advertised; or where there’s a hound waiting or flies buzzing. I accepted no fish or meat or beer or wine, and drank no fermented gruel.

I went to just one house for alms, taking just one mouthful, or two houses and two mouthfuls, up to seven houses and seven mouthfuls.I went to just one house for alms, taking just one mouthful, or two houses and two mouthfuls, up to seven houses and seven mouthfuls.I fed on one saucer a day, two saucers a day, up to seven saucers a day.I fed on one saucer a day, two saucers a day, up to seven saucers a day.I ate once a day, once every second day, up to once a week, and so on, even up to once a fortnight. I lived committed to the practice of eating food at set intervals.I ate once a day, once every second day, up to once a week, and so on, even up to once a fortnight. I lived committed to the practice of eating food at set intervals.

I ate herbs, millet, wild rice, poor rice, water lettuce, rice bran, scum from boiling rice, sesame flour, grass, or cow dung. I survived on forest roots and fruits, or eating fallen fruit.I ate herbs, millet, wild rice, poor rice, water lettuce, rice bran, scum from boiling rice, sesame flour, grass, or cow dung. I survived on forest roots and fruits, or eating fallen fruit.I wore robes of sunn hemp, mixed hemp, corpse-wrapping cloth, rags, lodh tree bark, antelope hide (whole or in strips), kusa grass, bark, wood-chips, human hair, horse-tail hair, or owls’ wings.I wore robes of sunn hemp, mixed hemp, corpse-wrapping cloth, rags, lodh tree bark, antelope hide (whole or in strips), kusa grass, bark, wood-chips, human hair, horse-tail hair, or owls’ wings.

I tore out hair and beard, committed to this practice.I tore out hair and beard, committed to this practice.I constantly stood, turning down seats.I constantly stood, turning down seats.I squatted, committed to the endeavor of squatting.I squatted, committed to the endeavor of squatting.

I lay on a mat of thorns, making a mat of thorns my bed.I lay on a mat of thorns, making a mat of thorns my bed.I was devoted to ritual bathing three times a day, including at dusk.I was devoted to ritual bathing three times a day, including at dusk.And so I lived committed to practicing these various ways of mortifying and tormenting the body.And so I lived committed to practicing these various ways of mortifying and tormenting the body.

Such was my practice of fervent mortification.Such was my practice of fervent mortification.And this is what my rough living was like.And this is what my rough living was like.The dust and dirt built up on my body over many years until it started flaking off.The dust and dirt built up on my body over many years until it started flaking off.

It’s like the trunk of a pale-moon ebony tree, which builds up bark over many years until it starts flaking off.It’s like the trunk of a pale-moon ebony tree, which builds up bark over many years until it starts flaking off.But it didn’t occur to me:But it didn’t occur to me:‘Oh, this dust and dirt must be rubbed off by my hand or another’s.’‘Oh, this dust and dirt must be rubbed off by my hand or another’s.’

That didn’t occur to me.That didn’t occur to me.Such was my rough living.Such was my rough living.And this is what my living in disgust of sin was like.And this is what my living in disgust of sin was like.

I’d step forward or back ever so mindfully, so I was full of pity regarding even a drop of water, thinking:I’d step forward or back ever so mindfully, so I was full of pity regarding even a drop of water, thinking:‘May I not injure any little creatures on unclear ground.’‘May I not injure any little creatures on unclear ground.’Such was my living in disgust of sin.Such was my living in disgust of sin.

And this is what my seclusion was like.And this is what my seclusion was like.I would plunge deep into a wilderness region and stay there.I would plunge deep into a wilderness region and stay there.When I saw a cowherd or a shepherd, or someone gathering grass or sticks, or a lumberjack, I’d flee from forest to forest, from thicket to thicket, from valley to valley, from uplands to uplands.When I saw a cowherd or a shepherd, or someone gathering grass or sticks, or a lumberjack, I’d flee from forest to forest, from thicket to thicket, from valley to valley, from uplands to uplands.

Why is that?Why is that?So that I wouldn’t see them, nor they me.So that I wouldn’t see them, nor they me.I fled like a wild deer seeing a human being.I fled like a wild deer seeing a human being.

Such was my practice of seclusion.Such was my practice of seclusion.I would go on all fours into the cow-pens after the cattle had left and eat the dung of the young suckling calves.I would go on all fours into the cow-pens after the cattle had left and eat the dung of the young suckling calves.As long as my own urine and excrement lasted, I would even eat that.As long as my own urine and excrement lasted, I would even eat that.

Such was my eating of most unnatural things.Such was my eating of most unnatural things.I would plunge deep into an awe-inspiring forest grove and stay there.I would plunge deep into an awe-inspiring forest grove and stay there.It was so awe-inspiring thatIt was so awe-inspiring that

normally it would make your hair stand on end if you weren’t free of greed.normally it would make your hair stand on end if you weren’t free of greed.And on days such as the cold spell when the snow falls in the January winter, I stayed in the open by night and in the forest by day.And on days such as the cold spell when the snow falls in the January winter, I stayed in the open by night and in the forest by day.But in the last month of summer I’d stay in the open by day and in the forest by night.But in the last month of summer I’d stay in the open by day and in the forest by night.

And then these verses, which were neither supernaturally inspired, nor learned before in the past, occurred to me:And then these verses, which were neither supernaturally inspired, nor learned before in the past, occurred to me: