中部第 149 经（Sujato 英译）第 1 阅读页 · The Great Discourse on What Relates to the Six Sense Fields · 1/1

Middle Discourses 149Middle Discourses 149The Great Discourse on What Relates to the Six Sense FieldsThe Great Discourse on What Relates to 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 great discourse on what relates to the six sense fields.“Mendicants, I shall teach you the great discourse on what relates to 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:“Mendicants, when you don’t truly know and see the eye, sights, eye consciousness, eye contact, and what is felt as pleasant, painful, or neutral that arises dependent on eye contact, you’re aroused by these things.“Mendicants, when you don’t truly know and see the eye, sights, eye consciousness, eye contact, and what is felt as pleasant, painful, or neutral that arises dependent on eye contact, you’re aroused by these things.Someone who lives aroused like this—fettered, confused, concentrating on gratification—accumulates the five grasping aggregates for themselves in the future.Someone who lives aroused like this—fettered, confused, concentrating on gratification—accumulates the five grasping aggregates for themselves in the future.

And their craving—which leads to future lives, mixed up with relishing and greed, taking pleasure there wherever it alights—grows.And their craving—which leads to future lives, mixed up with relishing and greed, taking pleasure there wherever it alights—grows.Their physical and mental stress,Their physical and mental stress,torment,torment,

and fever grow.and fever grow.And they experience physical and mental suffering.And they experience physical and mental suffering.When you don’t truly know and see the ear …When you don’t truly know and see the ear …

nose …nose …tongue …tongue …body …body …

mind, ideas, mind consciousness, mind contact, and what is felt as pleasant, painful, or neutral that arises dependent on mind contact, you’re aroused by these things.mind, ideas, mind consciousness, mind contact, and what is felt as pleasant, painful, or neutral that arises dependent on mind contact, you’re aroused by these things.Someone who lives aroused like this—fettered, confused, concentrating on gratification—accumulates the five grasping aggregates for themselves in the future.Someone who lives aroused like this—fettered, confused, concentrating on gratification—accumulates the five grasping aggregates for themselves in the future.And their craving—which leads to future lives, mixed up with relishing and greed, taking pleasure there wherever it alights—grows.And their craving—which leads to future lives, mixed up with relishing and greed, taking pleasure there wherever it alights—grows.

Their physical and mental stress,Their physical and mental stress,torment,torment,and fever grow.and fever grow.

And they experience physical and mental suffering.And they experience physical and mental suffering.When you do truly know and see the eye, sights, eye consciousness, eye contact, and what is felt as pleasant, painful, or neutral that arises dependent on eye contact, you’re not aroused by these things.When you do truly know and see the eye, sights, eye consciousness, eye contact, and what is felt as pleasant, painful, or neutral that arises dependent on eye contact, you’re not aroused by these things.Someone who lives unaroused like this—unfettered, unconfused, concentrating on drawbacks—disperses the five grasping aggregates for themselves in the future.Someone who lives unaroused like this—unfettered, unconfused, concentrating on drawbacks—disperses the five grasping aggregates for themselves in the future.

And their craving—which leads to future lives, mixed up with relishing and greed, taking pleasure there wherever it alights—is given up.And their craving—which leads to future lives, mixed up with relishing and greed, taking pleasure there wherever it alights—is given up.Their physical and mental stress,Their physical and mental stress,torment,torment,

and fever are given up.and fever are given up.And they experience physical and mental pleasure.And they experience physical and mental pleasure.The view of such a person is right view.The view of such a person is right view.

Their intention is right intention,Their intention is right intention,their effort is right effort,their effort is right effort,their mindfulness is right mindfulness,their mindfulness is right mindfulness,

and their immersion is right immersion.and their immersion is right immersion.And their actions of body and speech, and their livelihood, have already been fully purified before.And their actions of body and speech, and their livelihood, have already been fully purified before.So this noble eightfold path is fully developed.So this noble eightfold path is fully developed.

When the noble eightfold path is developed, the following are fully developed: the four kinds of mindfulness meditation, the four right efforts, the four bases of psychic power, the five faculties, the five powers, and the seven awakening factors.When the noble eightfold path is developed, the following are fully developed: the four kinds of mindfulness meditation, the four right efforts, the four bases of psychic power, the five faculties, the five powers, and the seven awakening factors.And these two qualities proceed in conjunction:And these two qualities proceed in conjunction:serenity and discernment.serenity and discernment.

They completely understand by direct knowledge those things that should be completely understood by direct knowledge.They completely understand by direct knowledge those things that should be completely understood by direct knowledge.They give up by direct knowledge those things that should be given up by direct knowledge.They give up by direct knowledge those things that should be given up by direct knowledge.They develop by direct knowledge those things that should be developed by direct knowledge.They develop by direct knowledge those things that should be developed by direct knowledge.

They realize by direct knowledge those things that should be realized by direct knowledge.They realize by direct knowledge those things that should be realized by direct knowledge.And what are the things that should be completely understood by direct knowledge?And what are the things that should be completely understood by direct knowledge?You should say: ‘The five grasping aggregates.’You should say: ‘The five grasping aggregates.’

That is: form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness.That is: form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness.These are the things that should be completely understood by direct knowledge.These are the things that should be completely understood by direct knowledge.And what are the things that should be given up by direct knowledge?And what are the things that should be given up by direct knowledge?

Ignorance and craving for continued existence.Ignorance and craving for continued existence.These are the things that should be given up by direct knowledge.These are the things that should be given up by direct knowledge.And what are the things that should be developed by direct knowledge?And what are the things that should be developed by direct knowledge?

Serenity and discernment.Serenity and discernment.These are the things that should be developed by direct knowledge.These are the things that should be developed by direct knowledge.And what are the things that should be realized by direct knowledge?And what are the things that should be realized by direct knowledge?

Knowledge and freedom.Knowledge and freedom.These are the things that should be realized by direct knowledge.These are the things that should be realized by direct knowledge.When you truly know and see the ear …When you truly know and see the ear …

nose …nose …tongue …tongue …body …body …

mind, ideas, mind consciousness, mind contact, and what is felt as pleasant, painful, or neutral that arises dependent on mind contact, you are not aroused by these things. …mind, ideas, mind consciousness, mind contact, and what is felt as pleasant, painful, or neutral that arises dependent on mind contact, you are not aroused by these things. …These are the things that should be realized by direct knowledge.”These are the things that should be realized by direct knowledge.”That is what the Buddha said.That is what the Buddha said.

Satisfied, the mendicants approved what the Buddha said.Satisfied, the mendicants approved what the Buddha said.