中部第 22 经（Sujato 英译）第 3 阅读页 · The Simile of the Cobra · 3/3

Being disillusioned, desire fades away. When desire fades away they’re freed. When they’re freed, they know they’re freed.Being disillusioned, desire fades away. When desire fades away they’re freed. When they’re freed, they know they’re freed.They understand: ‘Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is nothing further for this place.’They understand: ‘Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is nothing further for this place.’Such a mendicant is one who is called ‘one who has lifted the cross-bar’, ‘one who has filled in the moat’, ‘one who has pulled up the pillar’, ‘one who is unimpeded’, and also ‘a noble one with banner lowered and burden dropped, detached’.Such a mendicant is one who is called ‘one who has lifted the cross-bar’, ‘one who has filled in the moat’, ‘one who has pulled up the pillar’, ‘one who is unimpeded’, and also ‘a noble one with banner lowered and burden dropped, detached’.

And how has a mendicant raised the cross-bar?And how has a mendicant raised the cross-bar?It’s when a mendicant has given up ignorance, cut it off at the root, made it like a palm stump, obliterated it, so it’s unable to arise in the future.It’s when a mendicant has given up ignorance, cut it off at the root, made it like a palm stump, obliterated it, so it’s unable to arise in the future.That’s how a mendicant has lifted the cross-bar.That’s how a mendicant has lifted the cross-bar.

And how has a mendicant filled in the moat?And how has a mendicant filled in the moat?It’s when a mendicant has given up transmigrating through births in future lives, cut it off at the root, made it like a palm stump, obliterated it, so it’s unable to arise in the future.It’s when a mendicant has given up transmigrating through births in future lives, cut it off at the root, made it like a palm stump, obliterated it, so it’s unable to arise in the future.That’s how a mendicant has filled in the moat.That’s how a mendicant has filled in the moat.

And how has a mendicant pulled up the pillar?And how has a mendicant pulled up the pillar?It’s when a mendicant has given up craving, cut it off at the root, made it like a palm stump, obliterated it, so it’s unable to arise in the future.It’s when a mendicant has given up craving, cut it off at the root, made it like a palm stump, obliterated it, so it’s unable to arise in the future.That’s how a mendicant has pulled up the pillar.That’s how a mendicant has pulled up the pillar.

And how is a mendicant unimpeded?And how is a mendicant unimpeded?It’s when a mendicant has given up the five lower fetters, cut them off at the root, made them like a palm stump, obliterated them, so they’re unable to arise in the future.It’s when a mendicant has given up the five lower fetters, cut them off at the root, made them like a palm stump, obliterated them, so they’re unable to arise in the future.That’s how a mendicant is unimpeded.That’s how a mendicant is unimpeded.

And how is a mendicant a noble one with with banner lowered and burden dropped, detached?And how is a mendicant a noble one with with banner lowered and burden dropped, detached?It’s when a mendicant has given up the conceit ‘I am’, cut it off at the root, made it like a palm stump, obliterated it, so it’s unable to arise in the future.It’s when a mendicant has given up the conceit ‘I am’, cut it off at the root, made it like a palm stump, obliterated it, so it’s unable to arise in the future.That’s how a mendicant is a noble one with banner lowered and burden dropped, detached.That’s how a mendicant is a noble one with banner lowered and burden dropped, detached.

When a mendicant’s mind was freed like this, the gods together with Indra, the Divinity, and the Progenitor, search as they may, will not discover:When a mendicant’s mind was freed like this, the gods together with Indra, the Divinity, and the Progenitor, search as they may, will not discover:‘This is the basis of that realized one’s consciousness.’‘This is the basis of that realized one’s consciousness.’Why is that?Why is that?

Because even in this very life that realized one is not found, I say.Because even in this very life that realized one is not found, I say.Though I state and assert this, certain ascetics and brahmins misrepresent me with the incorrect, hollow, false, untruthful claim:Though I state and assert this, certain ascetics and brahmins misrepresent me with the incorrect, hollow, false, untruthful claim:‘The ascetic Gotama is an exterminator. He advocates the annihilation, eradication, and nonexistence of an existing being.’‘The ascetic Gotama is an exterminator. He advocates the annihilation, eradication, and nonexistence of an existing being.’

They misrepresent me as what I am not, and saying what I do not say.They misrepresent me as what I am not, and saying what I do not say.In the past, as today, what I describe is suffering and the cessation of suffering.In the past, as today, what I describe is suffering and the cessation of suffering.This being so, if others abuse, attack, harass, and trouble the Realized One, he doesn’t get resentful, bitter, and emotionally exasperated.This being so, if others abuse, attack, harass, and trouble the Realized One, he doesn’t get resentful, bitter, and emotionally exasperated.

Or if others honor, respect, revere, or venerate him, he doesn’t get thrilled, elated, and emotionally excited.Or if others honor, respect, revere, or venerate him, he doesn’t get thrilled, elated, and emotionally excited.If they praise him, he just thinks,If they praise him, he just thinks,‘They do such things for me regarding what in the past was completely understood.’‘They do such things for me regarding what in the past was completely understood.’

So, mendicants, if others abuse, attack, harass, and trouble you, don’t make yourselves resentful, bitter, and emotionally exasperated.So, mendicants, if others abuse, attack, harass, and trouble you, don’t make yourselves resentful, bitter, and emotionally exasperated.Or if others honor, respect, revere, or venerate you, don’t make yourselves thrilled, elated, and emotionally excited.Or if others honor, respect, revere, or venerate you, don’t make yourselves thrilled, elated, and emotionally excited.If they praise you, just think,If they praise you, just think,

‘They do such things for us regarding what in the past was completely understood.’‘They do such things for us regarding what in the past was completely understood.’So, mendicants, give up what isn’t yours.So, mendicants, give up what isn’t yours.Giving it up will be for your lasting welfare and happiness.Giving it up will be for your lasting welfare and happiness.

And what isn’t yours?And what isn’t yours?Form isn’t yours: give it up.Form isn’t yours: give it up.Giving it up will be for your lasting welfare and happiness.Giving it up will be for your lasting welfare and happiness.

Feeling …Feeling …perception …perception …choices …choices …

consciousness isn’t yours: give it up.consciousness isn’t yours: give it up.Giving it up will be for your lasting welfare and happiness.Giving it up will be for your lasting welfare and happiness.What do you think, mendicants?What do you think, mendicants?

Suppose a person was to carry off the grass, sticks, branches, and leaves in this Jeta’s Grove, or burn them, or do what they want with them.Suppose a person was to carry off the grass, sticks, branches, and leaves in this Jeta’s Grove, or burn them, or do what they want with them.Would you think,Would you think,‘This person is carrying us off, burning us, or doing what they want with us’?”‘This person is carrying us off, burning us, or doing what they want with us’?”

“No, sir.“No, sir.Why is that?Why is that?Because to us that’s neither self nor belonging to self.”Because to us that’s neither self nor belonging to self.”

“In the same way, mendicants, give up what isn’t yours.“In the same way, mendicants, give up what isn’t yours.Giving it up will be for your lasting welfare and happiness.Giving it up will be for your lasting welfare and happiness.And what isn’t yours?And what isn’t yours?

Form …Form …feeling …feeling …perception …perception …

choices …choices …consciousness isn’t yours: give it up.consciousness isn’t yours: give it up.Giving it up will be for your lasting welfare and happiness.Giving it up will be for your lasting welfare and happiness.

The teaching well-explained thus by me is clarified, revealed, illuminated, and stripped of patchwork.The teaching well-explained thus by me is clarified, revealed, illuminated, and stripped of patchwork.In this teaching thus well-explained, for those mendicants who are perfected, who have ended the defilements, completed the spiritual journey, done what had to be done, laid down the burden, achieved their heart’s goal, utterly ended the fetter of continued existence, and are rightly freed through enlightenment, there is no cycle of rebirths to be found. …In this teaching thus well-explained, for those mendicants who are perfected, who have ended the defilements, completed the spiritual journey, done what had to be done, laid down the burden, achieved their heart’s goal, utterly ended the fetter of continued existence, and are rightly freed through enlightenment, there is no cycle of rebirths to be found. …

In this teaching thus well-explained, those mendicants who have given up the five lower fetters are all reborn spontaneously. They are extinguished there, and are not liable to return from that world. …In this teaching thus well-explained, those mendicants who have given up the five lower fetters are all reborn spontaneously. They are extinguished there, and are not liable to return from that world. …In this teaching thus well-explained, those mendicants who, having given up three fetters, and weakened greed, hate, and delusion, are all once-returners. They come back to this world once only, then make an end of suffering. …In this teaching thus well-explained, those mendicants who, having given up three fetters, and weakened greed, hate, and delusion, are all once-returners. They come back to this world once only, then make an end of suffering. …

In this teaching thus well-explained, those mendicants who have ended three fetters are all stream-enterers, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, assured, destined for awakening. …In this teaching thus well-explained, those mendicants who have ended three fetters are all stream-enterers, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, assured, destined for awakening. …In this teaching thus well-explained, those mendicants who are followers of teachings or followers by faith are all are assured, destined for awakening.In this teaching thus well-explained, those mendicants who are followers of teachings or followers by faith are all are assured, destined for awakening.The teaching well-explained thus by me is clarified, revealed, illuminated, and stripped of patchwork.The teaching well-explained thus by me is clarified, revealed, illuminated, and stripped of patchwork.

In this teaching thus well-explained, those who have a degree of faith and love for me are all bound for heaven.”In this teaching thus well-explained, those who have a degree of faith and love for me are all bound for heaven.”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.