中部第 137 经（Sujato 英译）第 1 阅读页 · The Analysis of the Six Sense Fields · 1/2

Middle Discourses 137Middle Discourses 137The Analysis of the Six Sense FieldsThe Analysis of the Six Sense Fields

So I have heard.So I have heard.At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.There the Buddha addressed the mendicants,There the Buddha addressed the mendicants,

“Mendicants!”“Mendicants!”“Venerable sir,” they replied.“Venerable sir,” they replied.The Buddha said this:The Buddha said this:

“Mendicants, I shall teach you the analysis of the six sense fields.“Mendicants, I shall teach you the analysis of the six sense fields.Listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.”Listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.”“Yes, sir,” they replied.“Yes, sir,” they replied.

The Buddha said this:The Buddha said this:“‘The six interior sense fields should be understood. The six exterior sense fields should be understood. The six classes of consciousness should be understood. The six classes of contact should be understood. The eighteen mental preoccupations should be understood. The thirty-six positions of sentient beings should be understood. Therein, relying on this, give up that. The Noble One cultivates the establishment of mindfulness in three cases, by virtue of which they are a Teacher worthy to instruct a group. Of all meditation tutors, it is he that is called the supreme guide for those fit for training.’“‘The six interior sense fields should be understood. The six exterior sense fields should be understood. The six classes of consciousness should be understood. The six classes of contact should be understood. The eighteen mental preoccupations should be understood. The thirty-six positions of sentient beings should be understood. Therein, relying on this, give up that. The Noble One cultivates the establishment of mindfulness in three cases, by virtue of which they are a Teacher worthy to instruct a group. Of all meditation tutors, it is he that is called the supreme guide for those fit for training.’

This is the summary recital for the analysis of the six sense fields.This is the summary recital for the analysis of the six sense fields.‘The six interior sense fields should be understood.’‘The six interior sense fields should be understood.’That’s what I said, but why did I say it?That’s what I said, but why did I say it?

There are the sense fields of the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind.There are the sense fields of the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind.‘The six interior sense fields should be understood.’‘The six interior sense fields should be understood.’That’s what I said, and this is why I said it.That’s what I said, and this is why I said it.

‘The six exterior sense fields should be understood.’‘The six exterior sense fields should be understood.’That’s what I said, but why did I say it?That’s what I said, but why did I say it?There are the sense fields of sights, sounds, smells, tastes, touches, and ideas.There are the sense fields of sights, sounds, smells, tastes, touches, and ideas.

‘The six exterior sense fields should be understood.’‘The six exterior sense fields should be understood.’That’s what I said, and this is why I said it.That’s what I said, and this is why I said it.‘The six classes of consciousness should be understood.’‘The six classes of consciousness should be understood.’

That’s what I said, but why did I say it?That’s what I said, but why did I say it?There are eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind consciousness.There are eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind consciousness.‘The six classes of consciousness should be understood.’‘The six classes of consciousness should be understood.’

That’s what I said, and this is why I said it.That’s what I said, and this is why I said it.‘The six classes of contact should be understood.’‘The six classes of contact should be understood.’That’s what I said, but why did I say it?That’s what I said, but why did I say it?

There is contact through the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind.There is contact through the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind.‘The six classes of contact should be understood.’‘The six classes of contact should be understood.’That’s what I said, and this is why I said it.That’s what I said, and this is why I said it.

‘The eighteen mental preoccupations should be understood.’‘The eighteen mental preoccupations should be understood.’That’s what I said, but why did I say it?That’s what I said, but why did I say it?Seeing a sight with their eyes, one is preoccupied with a sight that’s a basis for happiness or sadness or equanimity.Seeing a sight with their eyes, one is preoccupied with a sight that’s a basis for happiness or sadness or equanimity.

Hearing a sound with their ears …Hearing a sound with their ears …Smelling an odor with their nose …Smelling an odor with their nose …Tasting a flavor with their tongue …Tasting a flavor with their tongue …

Encountering a touch with their body …Encountering a touch with their body …Becoming conscious of an idea with their mind, one is preoccupied with an idea that’s a basis for happiness or sadness or equanimity.Becoming conscious of an idea with their mind, one is preoccupied with an idea that’s a basis for happiness or sadness or equanimity.So there are six preoccupations with happiness, six preoccupations with sadness, and six preoccupations with equanimity. ‘The eighteen mental preoccupations should be understood.’So there are six preoccupations with happiness, six preoccupations with sadness, and six preoccupations with equanimity. ‘The eighteen mental preoccupations should be understood.’

That’s what I said, and this is why I said it.That’s what I said, and this is why I said it.‘The thirty-six positions of sentient beings should be understood.’‘The thirty-six positions of sentient beings should be understood.’That’s what I said, but why did I say it?That’s what I said, but why did I say it?

There are six kinds of domestic happiness and six kinds of renunciate happiness. There are six kinds of domestic sadness and six kinds of renunciate sadness. There are six kinds of domestic equanimity and six kinds of renunciate equanimity.There are six kinds of domestic happiness and six kinds of renunciate happiness. There are six kinds of domestic sadness and six kinds of renunciate sadness. There are six kinds of domestic equanimity and six kinds of renunciate equanimity.And in this context what are the six kinds of domestic happiness?And in this context what are the six kinds of domestic happiness?There are sights known by the eye, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasing, connected with the worldly pleasures of the flesh. Happiness arises when you regard it as a gain to obtain such sights, or when you recollect sights you formerly obtained that have passed, ceased, and perished.There are sights known by the eye, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasing, connected with the worldly pleasures of the flesh. Happiness arises when you regard it as a gain to obtain such sights, or when you recollect sights you formerly obtained that have passed, ceased, and perished.

Such happiness is called domestic happiness.Such happiness is called domestic happiness.There are sounds known by the ear …There are sounds known by the ear …Smells known by the nose …Smells known by the nose …

Tastes known by the tongue …Tastes known by the tongue …Touches known by the body …Touches known by the body …Ideas known by the mind, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasing, connected with the worldly pleasures of the flesh. Happiness arises when you regard it as a gain to obtain such ideas, or when you recollect ideas you formerly obtained that have passed, ceased, and perished.Ideas known by the mind, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasing, connected with the worldly pleasures of the flesh. Happiness arises when you regard it as a gain to obtain such ideas, or when you recollect ideas you formerly obtained that have passed, ceased, and perished.

Such happiness is called domestic happiness.Such happiness is called domestic happiness.These are the six kinds of domestic happiness.These are the six kinds of domestic happiness.And in this context what are the six kinds of renunciate happiness?And in this context what are the six kinds of renunciate happiness?

When you’ve understood the impermanence of sights—their perishing, fading away, and cessation—happiness arises as you truly understand through right understanding that both formerly and now all those sights are impermanent, suffering, and perishable.When you’ve understood the impermanence of sights—their perishing, fading away, and cessation—happiness arises as you truly understand through right understanding that both formerly and now all those sights are impermanent, suffering, and perishable.Such happiness is called renunciate happiness.Such happiness is called renunciate happiness.When you’ve understood the impermanence of sounds …When you’ve understood the impermanence of sounds …

smells …smells …tastes …tastes …touches …touches …

ideas—their perishing, fading away, and cessation—happiness arises as you truly understand through right understanding that both formerly and now all those ideas are impermanent, suffering, and perishable.ideas—their perishing, fading away, and cessation—happiness arises as you truly understand through right understanding that both formerly and now all those ideas are impermanent, suffering, and perishable.Such happiness is called renunciate happiness.Such happiness is called renunciate happiness.These are the six kinds of renunciate happiness.These are the six kinds of renunciate happiness.

And in this context what are the six kinds of domestic sadness?And in this context what are the six kinds of domestic sadness?There are sights known by the eye, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasing, connected with the worldly pleasures of the flesh. Sadness arises when you regard it as a loss to lose such sights, or when you recollect sights you formerly lost that have passed, ceased, and perished.There are sights known by the eye, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasing, connected with the worldly pleasures of the flesh. Sadness arises when you regard it as a loss to lose such sights, or when you recollect sights you formerly lost that have passed, ceased, and perished.Such sadness is called domestic sadness.Such sadness is called domestic sadness.

There are sounds known by the ear …There are sounds known by the ear …There are smells known by the nose …There are smells known by the nose …There are tastes known by the tongue …There are tastes known by the tongue …

There are touches known by the body …There are touches known by the body …There are ideas known by the mind, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasing, connected with the worldly pleasures of the flesh. Sadness arises when you regard it as a loss to lose such ideas, or when you recollect ideas you formerly lost that have passed, ceased, and perished.There are ideas known by the mind, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasing, connected with the worldly pleasures of the flesh. Sadness arises when you regard it as a loss to lose such ideas, or when you recollect ideas you formerly lost that have passed, ceased, and perished.Such sadness is called domestic sadness.Such sadness is called domestic sadness.

These are the six kinds of domestic sadness.These are the six kinds of domestic sadness.And in this context what are the six kinds of renunciate sadness?And in this context what are the six kinds of renunciate sadness?When you’ve understood the impermanence of sights—their perishing, fading away, and cessation—you truly understand through right understanding that both formerly and now all those sights are impermanent, suffering, and perishable. Upon seeing this, you give rise to longing for the supreme liberations:When you’ve understood the impermanence of sights—their perishing, fading away, and cessation—you truly understand through right understanding that both formerly and now all those sights are impermanent, suffering, and perishable. Upon seeing this, you give rise to longing for the supreme liberations:

‘Oh, when will I enter and remain in the same dimension that the noble ones enter and remain in today?’ When you give rise to longing for the supreme liberations like this, sadness arises because of the longing.‘Oh, when will I enter and remain in the same dimension that the noble ones enter and remain in today?’ When you give rise to longing for the supreme liberations like this, sadness arises because of the longing.Such sadness is called renunciate sadness.Such sadness is called renunciate sadness.When you’ve understood the impermanence of sounds …When you’ve understood the impermanence of sounds …

smells …smells …tastes …tastes …touches …touches …

ideas—their perishing, fading away, and cessation—you truly understand through right understanding that both formerly and now all those ideas are impermanent, suffering, and perishable. Upon seeing this, you give rise to longing for the supreme liberations:ideas—their perishing, fading away, and cessation—you truly understand through right understanding that both formerly and now all those ideas are impermanent, suffering, and perishable. Upon seeing this, you give rise to longing for the supreme liberations:‘Oh, when will I enter and remain in the same dimension that the noble ones enter and remain in today?’ When you give rise to longing for the supreme liberations like this, sadness arises because of the longing.‘Oh, when will I enter and remain in the same dimension that the noble ones enter and remain in today?’ When you give rise to longing for the supreme liberations like this, sadness arises because of the longing.

Such sadness is called renunciate sadness.Such sadness is called renunciate sadness.These are the six kinds of renunciate sadness.These are the six kinds of renunciate sadness.And in this context what are the six kinds of domestic equanimity?And in this context what are the six kinds of domestic equanimity?

When seeing a sight with their eyes, equanimity arises for the unlearned ordinary person—a foolish ordinary person who has not overcome their limitations and the results of deeds, and is blind to the drawbacks.When seeing a sight with their eyes, equanimity arises for the unlearned ordinary person—a foolish ordinary person who has not overcome their limitations and the results of deeds, and is blind to the drawbacks.Such equanimity does not transcend the sight.Such equanimity does not transcend the sight.That’s why it’s called domestic equanimity.That’s why it’s called domestic equanimity.

When hearing a sound with their ears …When hearing a sound with their ears …When smelling an odor with their nose …When smelling an odor with their nose …When tasting a flavor with their tongue …When tasting a flavor with their tongue …

When encountering a touch with their body …When encountering a touch with their body …When knowing an idea with their mind, equanimity arises for the unlearned ordinary person—a foolish ordinary person who has not overcome their limitations and the results of deeds, and is blind to the drawbacks.When knowing an idea with their mind, equanimity arises for the unlearned ordinary person—a foolish ordinary person who has not overcome their limitations and the results of deeds, and is blind to the drawbacks.Such equanimity does not transcend the idea.Such equanimity does not transcend the idea.

That’s why it’s called domestic equanimity.That’s why it’s called domestic equanimity.These are the six kinds of domestic equanimity.These are the six kinds of domestic equanimity.And in this context what are the six kinds of renunciate equanimity?And in this context what are the six kinds of renunciate equanimity?

When you’ve understood the impermanence of sights—their perishing, fading away, and cessation—equanimity arises as you truly understand through right understanding that both formerly and now all those sights are impermanent, suffering, and perishable.When you’ve understood the impermanence of sights—their perishing, fading away, and cessation—equanimity arises as you truly understand through right understanding that both formerly and now all those sights are impermanent, suffering, and perishable.Such equanimity transcends the sight.Such equanimity transcends the sight.That’s why it’s called renunciate equanimity.That’s why it’s called renunciate equanimity.

When you’ve understood the impermanence of sounds …When you’ve understood the impermanence of sounds …smells …smells …tastes …tastes …

touches …touches …ideas—their perishing, fading away, and cessation—equanimity arises as you truly understand through right understanding that both formerly and now all those ideas are impermanent, suffering, and perishable.ideas—their perishing, fading away, and cessation—equanimity arises as you truly understand through right understanding that both formerly and now all those ideas are impermanent, suffering, and perishable.Such equanimity transcends the idea.Such equanimity transcends the idea.

That’s why it’s called renunciate equanimity.That’s why it’s called renunciate equanimity.These are the six kinds of renunciate equanimity.These are the six kinds of renunciate equanimity.‘The thirty-six positions of sentient beings should be understood.’‘The thirty-six positions of sentient beings should be understood.’

That’s what I said, and this is why I said it.That’s what I said, and this is why I said it.‘Therein, relying on this, give up that.’‘Therein, relying on this, give up that.’That’s what I said, but why did I say it?That’s what I said, but why did I say it?

Therein, by relying and depending on the six kinds of renunciate happiness, give up and go beyond the six kinds of domestic happiness.Therein, by relying and depending on the six kinds of renunciate happiness, give up and go beyond the six kinds of domestic happiness.That’s how they are given up.That’s how they are given up.Therein, by relying on the six kinds of renunciate sadness, give up the six kinds of domestic sadness.Therein, by relying on the six kinds of renunciate sadness, give up the six kinds of domestic sadness.