中部第 129 经（Sujato 英译）第 2 阅读页 · The Foolish and the Astute · 2/3

rotten porridge,rotten porridge,a cesspool,a cesspool,or a sump.or a sump.

A fool who used to be a glutton here and did bad deeds here, after death is reborn in the company of those sentient beings who are born, live, and die in filth.A fool who used to be a glutton here and did bad deeds here, after death is reborn in the company of those sentient beings who are born, live, and die in filth.I could tell you many different things about the animal realm.I could tell you many different things about the animal realm.So much so that it’s not easy to completely describe the suffering in the animal realm.So much so that it’s not easy to completely describe the suffering in the animal realm.

Mendicants, suppose a person were to throw a yoke with a single hole into the ocean.Mendicants, suppose a person were to throw a yoke with a single hole into the ocean.The east wind wafts it west; the west wind wafts it east; the north wind wafts it south; and the south wind wafts it north.The east wind wafts it west; the west wind wafts it east; the north wind wafts it south; and the south wind wafts it north.And there was a one-eyed turtle who popped up once every hundred years.And there was a one-eyed turtle who popped up once every hundred years.

What do you think, mendicants?What do you think, mendicants?Would that one-eyed turtle still poke its neck through the hole in that yoke?”Would that one-eyed turtle still poke its neck through the hole in that yoke?”“No, sir.“No, sir.

Only after a very long time, sir, if ever.”Only after a very long time, sir, if ever.”“That one-eyed turtle would poke its neck through the hole in that yoke sooner than a fool who has fallen to the underworld would be reborn as a human being, I say.“That one-eyed turtle would poke its neck through the hole in that yoke sooner than a fool who has fallen to the underworld would be reborn as a human being, I say.Why is that?Why is that?

Because in that place there’s no principled or moral conduct, and no doing what is good and skillful.Because in that place there’s no principled or moral conduct, and no doing what is good and skillful.There they just prey on each other, preying on the weak.There they just prey on each other, preying on the weak.And suppose that fool, after a very long time, returned to the human realm.And suppose that fool, after a very long time, returned to the human realm.

They’d be reborn in a low class family—a family of corpse-workers, hunters, bamboo-workers, chariot-makers, or scavengers.They’d be reborn in a low class family—a family of corpse-workers, hunters, bamboo-workers, chariot-makers, or scavengers.Such families are poor, with little to eat or drink, where life is tough, and food and shelter are hard to find.Such families are poor, with little to eat or drink, where life is tough, and food and shelter are hard to find.And they’d be ugly, unsightly, deformed, sickly—one-eyed, crippled, lame, or half-paralyzed. They don’t get to have food, drink, clothes, and vehicles; garlands, fragrance, and makeup; or bed, house, and lighting.And they’d be ugly, unsightly, deformed, sickly—one-eyed, crippled, lame, or half-paralyzed. They don’t get to have food, drink, clothes, and vehicles; garlands, fragrance, and makeup; or bed, house, and lighting.

And they do bad things by way of body, speech, and mind.And they do bad things by way of body, speech, and mind.When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.Suppose a gambler were to lose his wife and child, all his property, and then get thrown in jail with his first losing hand.Suppose a gambler were to lose his wife and child, all his property, and then get thrown in jail with his first losing hand.

Such a losing hand is trivial compared toSuch a losing hand is trivial compared tothe losing hand whereby a fool, having done bad things by way of body, speech, and mind, when their body breaks up, after death, is reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.the losing hand whereby a fool, having done bad things by way of body, speech, and mind, when their body breaks up, after death, is reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.This is the total fulfillment of the fool’s level.This is the total fulfillment of the fool’s level.

There are these three characteristics, signs, and manifestations of an astute person.There are these three characteristics, signs, and manifestations of an astute person.What three?What three?An astute person thinks well, speaks well, and acts well.An astute person thinks well, speaks well, and acts well.

If an astute person didn’t think well, speak well, and act well, then how would the astute know of them,If an astute person didn’t think well, speak well, and act well, then how would the astute know of them,‘This worthy one is astute, a true person’?‘This worthy one is astute, a true person’?But since an astute person does think well, speak well, and act well, then the astute do know of them,But since an astute person does think well, speak well, and act well, then the astute do know of them,

‘This worthy one is astute, a true person’.‘This worthy one is astute, a true person’.An astute person experiences three kinds of pleasure and happiness in this very life.An astute person experiences three kinds of pleasure and happiness in this very life.Suppose an astute person is sitting in a council hall, a street, or a crossroad,Suppose an astute person is sitting in a council hall, a street, or a crossroad,

where people are discussing about what is proper and fitting.where people are discussing about what is proper and fitting.And suppose that astute person is someone who refrains from killing living creatures, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying, and intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor.And suppose that astute person is someone who refrains from killing living creatures, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying, and intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor.Then that astute person thinks,Then that astute person thinks,

‘These people are discussing what is proper and fitting.‘These people are discussing what is proper and fitting.And those good things are found in me and I exhibit them.’And those good things are found in me and I exhibit them.’This is the first kind of pleasure and happiness that an astute person experiences in this very life.This is the first kind of pleasure and happiness that an astute person experiences in this very life.

Furthermore, an astute person sees that the kings have arrested a bandit, a criminal, and subjected them to various punishments—Furthermore, an astute person sees that the kings have arrested a bandit, a criminal, and subjected them to various punishments—whipping, caning, and clubbing; cutting off hands or feet, or both; cutting off ears or nose, or both; the ‘porridge pot’, the ‘shell-shave’, the ‘Rāhu’s mouth’, the ‘garland of fire’, the ‘burning hand’, the ‘bulrush twist’, the ‘bark dress’, the ‘antelope’, the ‘meat hook’, the ‘coins’, the ‘caustic pickle’, the ‘twisting bar’, the ‘straw mat’; being splashed with hot oil, being fed to the hounds, being impaled alive, and being beheaded.whipping, caning, and clubbing; cutting off hands or feet, or both; cutting off ears or nose, or both; the ‘porridge pot’, the ‘shell-shave’, the ‘Rāhu’s mouth’, the ‘garland of fire’, the ‘burning hand’, the ‘bulrush twist’, the ‘bark dress’, the ‘antelope’, the ‘meat hook’, the ‘coins’, the ‘caustic pickle’, the ‘twisting bar’, the ‘straw mat’; being splashed with hot oil, being fed to the hounds, being impaled alive, and being beheaded.

Then that astute person thinks,Then that astute person thinks,‘The kinds of deeds for which the kings inflict such punishments—those things are not found in me and I do not exhibit them!’‘The kinds of deeds for which the kings inflict such punishments—those things are not found in me and I do not exhibit them!’This is the second kind of pleasure and happiness that an astute person experiences in this very life.This is the second kind of pleasure and happiness that an astute person experiences in this very life.

Furthermore, when an astute person is resting on a chair or a bed or on the ground, their past good deeds—good conduct of body, speech, and mind—settle down upon them, rest down upon them, and lay down upon them.Furthermore, when an astute person is resting on a chair or a bed or on the ground, their past good deeds—good conduct of body, speech, and mind—settle down upon them, rest down upon them, and lay down upon them.It is like the shadow of a great mountain peak in the evening as it settles down, rests down, and lays down upon the earth.It is like the shadow of a great mountain peak in the evening as it settles down, rests down, and lays down upon the earth.In the same way, when an astute person is resting on a chair or a bed or on the ground, their past good deeds—good conduct of body, speech, and mind—settle down upon them, rest down upon them, and lay down upon them.In the same way, when an astute person is resting on a chair or a bed or on the ground, their past good deeds—good conduct of body, speech, and mind—settle down upon them, rest down upon them, and lay down upon them.

Then that astute person thinks,Then that astute person thinks,‘Well, I haven’t done bad things, violence and sin.‘Well, I haven’t done bad things, violence and sin.And I have done good and skillful deeds that keep me safe.And I have done good and skillful deeds that keep me safe.

When I pass away, I’ll go to the place where people who’ve done such things go.’When I pass away, I’ll go to the place where people who’ve done such things go.’So they don’t sorrow and wail and lament, beating their breast and falling into confusion.So they don’t sorrow and wail and lament, beating their breast and falling into confusion.This is the third kind of pleasure and happiness that an astute person experiences in this very life.This is the third kind of pleasure and happiness that an astute person experiences in this very life.

When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.And if there’s anything of which it may be rightly said thatAnd if there’s anything of which it may be rightly said thatit is utterly likable, desirable, and agreeable, it is of heaven that this should be said.it is utterly likable, desirable, and agreeable, it is of heaven that this should be said.

So much so that it’s not easy to give a simile for how pleasurable heaven is.”So much so that it’s not easy to give a simile for how pleasurable heaven is.”When he said this, one of the mendicants said to the Buddha,When he said this, one of the mendicants said to the Buddha,“But sir, is it possible to give a simile?”“But sir, is it possible to give a simile?”

“It’s possible,” said the Buddha.“It’s possible,” said the Buddha.“Suppose there was a king, a wheel-turning monarch who possessed seven treasures and four blessings, and experienced pleasure and happiness because of them.“Suppose there was a king, a wheel-turning monarch who possessed seven treasures and four blessings, and experienced pleasure and happiness because of them.What seven?What seven?

It’s when, on the fifteenth day sabbath, an anointed aristocratic king has bathed his head and gone upstairs in the royal longhouse to observe the sabbath. And the heavenly wheel-treasure appears to him, with a thousand spokes, with rim and hub, complete in every detail.It’s when, on the fifteenth day sabbath, an anointed aristocratic king has bathed his head and gone upstairs in the royal longhouse to observe the sabbath. And the heavenly wheel-treasure appears to him, with a thousand spokes, with rim and hub, complete in every detail.Seeing this, the king thinks,Seeing this, the king thinks,‘I have heard that when the heavenly wheel-treasure appears to a king in this way, he becomes a wheel-turning monarch.‘I have heard that when the heavenly wheel-treasure appears to a king in this way, he becomes a wheel-turning monarch.

Am I then a wheel-turning monarch?’Am I then a wheel-turning monarch?’Then the anointed aristocratic king, taking a ceremonial vase in his left hand, besprinkled the wheel-treasure with his right hand, saying,Then the anointed aristocratic king, taking a ceremonial vase in his left hand, besprinkled the wheel-treasure with his right hand, saying,‘Roll forth, O wheel-treasure! Triumph, O wheel-treasure!’‘Roll forth, O wheel-treasure! Triumph, O wheel-treasure!’

Then the wheel-treasure rolls toward the east. And the king follows it together with his army of four divisions. In whatever place the wheel-treasure stands still, there the king comes to stay together with his army.Then the wheel-treasure rolls toward the east. And the king follows it together with his army of four divisions. In whatever place the wheel-treasure stands still, there the king comes to stay together with his army.And any opposing rulers of the eastern quarter come to the wheel-turning monarch and say,And any opposing rulers of the eastern quarter come to the wheel-turning monarch and say,‘Come, Great King! Welcome, Great King! We are yours, Great King, instruct us.’‘Come, Great King! Welcome, Great King! We are yours, Great King, instruct us.’

The wheel-turning monarch says,The wheel-turning monarch says,‘Do not kill living creatures. Do not steal. Do not commit sexual misconduct. Do not lie. Do not drink liquor. Maintain the current level of taxation.’‘Do not kill living creatures. Do not steal. Do not commit sexual misconduct. Do not lie. Do not drink liquor. Maintain the current level of taxation.’And so the opposing rulers of the eastern quarter become his vassals.And so the opposing rulers of the eastern quarter become his vassals.

Then the wheel-treasure, having plunged into the eastern ocean and emerged again, rolls toward the south. …Then the wheel-treasure, having plunged into the eastern ocean and emerged again, rolls toward the south. …Having plunged into the southern ocean and emerged again, it rolls toward the west. …Having plunged into the southern ocean and emerged again, it rolls toward the west. …Having plunged into the western ocean and emerged again, it rolls toward the north, followed by the king together with his army of four divisions. In whatever place the wheel-treasure stands still, there the king comes to stay together with his army.Having plunged into the western ocean and emerged again, it rolls toward the north, followed by the king together with his army of four divisions. In whatever place the wheel-treasure stands still, there the king comes to stay together with his army.

And any opposing rulers of the northern quarter come to the wheel-turning monarch and say,And any opposing rulers of the northern quarter come to the wheel-turning monarch and say,‘Come, Great King! Welcome, Great King! We are yours, Great King, instruct us.’‘Come, Great King! Welcome, Great King! We are yours, Great King, instruct us.’The wheel-turning monarch says,The wheel-turning monarch says,

‘Do not kill living creatures. Do not steal. Do not commit sexual misconduct. Do not lie. Do not drink liquor. Maintain the current level of taxation.’‘Do not kill living creatures. Do not steal. Do not commit sexual misconduct. Do not lie. Do not drink liquor. Maintain the current level of taxation.’And so the opposing rulers of the eastern quarter become his vassals.And so the opposing rulers of the eastern quarter become his vassals.And then the wheel-treasure, having triumphed over this land surrounded by ocean, returns to the royal capital. There it stands still at the gate to the royal compound as if fixed to an axle, illuminating the royal compound.And then the wheel-treasure, having triumphed over this land surrounded by ocean, returns to the royal capital. There it stands still at the gate to the royal compound as if fixed to an axle, illuminating the royal compound.

Such is the wheel-treasure that appears to the wheel-turning monarch.Such is the wheel-treasure that appears to the wheel-turning monarch.Next, the elephant-treasure appears to the wheel-turning monarch.Next, the elephant-treasure appears to the wheel-turning monarch.It was an all-white sky-walker with psychic power, touching the ground in seven places, a king of elephants named Sabbath.It was an all-white sky-walker with psychic power, touching the ground in seven places, a king of elephants named Sabbath.

Seeing him, the king was impressed,Seeing him, the king was impressed,‘This would truly be a fine elephant vehicle, if he would submit to taming.’‘This would truly be a fine elephant vehicle, if he would submit to taming.’Then the elephant-treasure submitted to taming, as if he were a fine thoroughbred elephant that had been tamed for a long time.Then the elephant-treasure submitted to taming, as if he were a fine thoroughbred elephant that had been tamed for a long time.

Once it so happened that the wheel-turning monarch, testing that same elephant-treasure, mounted him in the morning and traversed the land surrounded by ocean before returning to the royal capital in time for breakfast.Once it so happened that the wheel-turning monarch, testing that same elephant-treasure, mounted him in the morning and traversed the land surrounded by ocean before returning to the royal capital in time for breakfast.Such is the elephant-treasure that appears to the wheel-turning monarch.Such is the elephant-treasure that appears to the wheel-turning monarch.Next, the horse-treasure appears to the wheel-turning monarch.Next, the horse-treasure appears to the wheel-turning monarch.

It was an all-white sky-walker with psychic power, with head of black and mane like woven reeds, a royal steed named Thundercloud.It was an all-white sky-walker with psychic power, with head of black and mane like woven reeds, a royal steed named Thundercloud.Seeing him, the king was impressed,Seeing him, the king was impressed,‘This would truly be a fine horse vehicle, if he would submit to taming.’‘This would truly be a fine horse vehicle, if he would submit to taming.’

Then the horse-treasure submitted to taming, as if he were a fine thoroughbred horse that had been tamed for a long time.Then the horse-treasure submitted to taming, as if he were a fine thoroughbred horse that had been tamed for a long time.Once it so happened that the wheel-turning monarch, testing that same horse-treasure, mounted him in the morning and traversed the land surrounded by ocean before returning to the royal capital in time for breakfast.Once it so happened that the wheel-turning monarch, testing that same horse-treasure, mounted him in the morning and traversed the land surrounded by ocean before returning to the royal capital in time for breakfast.Such is the horse-treasure that appears to the wheel-turning monarch.Such is the horse-treasure that appears to the wheel-turning monarch.

Next, the jewel-treasure appears to the wheel-turning monarch.Next, the jewel-treasure appears to the wheel-turning monarch.It is a beryl gem that’s naturally lustrous, eight-faceted, well-worked.It is a beryl gem that’s naturally lustrous, eight-faceted, well-worked.And the radiance of that jewel spreads all-round for a league.And the radiance of that jewel spreads all-round for a league.

Once it so happened that the wheel-turning monarch, testing that same jewel-treasure, mobilized his army of four divisions and, with the jewel hoisted on his banner, set out in the dark of the night.Once it so happened that the wheel-turning monarch, testing that same jewel-treasure, mobilized his army of four divisions and, with the jewel hoisted on his banner, set out in the dark of the night.Then the villagers around them set off to work, thinking that it was day.Then the villagers around them set off to work, thinking that it was day.Such is the jewel-treasure that appears to the wheel-turning monarch.Such is the jewel-treasure that appears to the wheel-turning monarch.

Next, the woman-treasure appears to the wheel-turning monarch.Next, the woman-treasure appears to the wheel-turning monarch.She is attractive, good-looking, lovely, of surpassing beauty. She’s neither too tall nor too short; neither too thin nor too fat; neither too dark nor too light. She outdoes human beauty without reaching heavenly beauty.She is attractive, good-looking, lovely, of surpassing beauty. She’s neither too tall nor too short; neither too thin nor too fat; neither too dark nor too light. She outdoes human beauty without reaching heavenly beauty.And her touch is like a tuft of cotton-wool or kapok.And her touch is like a tuft of cotton-wool or kapok.

When it’s cool her limbs are warm, and when it’s warm her limbs are cool.When it’s cool her limbs are warm, and when it’s warm her limbs are cool.The fragrance of sandal floats from her body, and lotus from her mouth.The fragrance of sandal floats from her body, and lotus from her mouth.She gets up before the king and goes to bed after him, and is obliging, behaving nicely and speaking politely.She gets up before the king and goes to bed after him, and is obliging, behaving nicely and speaking politely.

The woman-treasure does not betray the wheel-turning monarch even in thought, still less in deed.The woman-treasure does not betray the wheel-turning monarch even in thought, still less in deed.Such is the woman-treasure who appears to the wheel-turning monarch.Such is the woman-treasure who appears to the wheel-turning monarch.Next, the householder-treasure appears to the wheel-turning monarch.Next, the householder-treasure appears to the wheel-turning monarch.

The power of clairvoyance manifests in him as a result of past deeds, by which he sees treasure troves, both owned and ownerless.The power of clairvoyance manifests in him as a result of past deeds, by which he sees treasure troves, both owned and ownerless.He approaches the wheel-turning monarch and says,He approaches the wheel-turning monarch and says,‘Relax, Your Majesty. I will take care of the treasury.’‘Relax, Your Majesty. I will take care of the treasury.’

Once it so happened that the wheel-turning monarch, testing that same householder-treasure, boarded a boat and sailed to the middle of the Ganges River. Then he said to the householder-treasure,Once it so happened that the wheel-turning monarch, testing that same householder-treasure, boarded a boat and sailed to the middle of the Ganges River. Then he said to the householder-treasure,