中部第 43 经（Sujato 英译）第 2 阅读页 · The Great Elaboration · 2/2

When a mendicant has attained the cessation of perception and feeling, their physical, verbal, and mental processes have ceased and stilled. But their vitality is not spent; their warmth is not dissipated; and their faculties are very clear.When a mendicant has attained the cessation of perception and feeling, their physical, verbal, and mental processes have ceased and stilled. But their vitality is not spent; their warmth is not dissipated; and their faculties are very clear.That’s the difference between someone who has passed away and a mendicant who has attained the cessation of perception and feeling.”That’s the difference between someone who has passed away and a mendicant who has attained the cessation of perception and feeling.”

“How many conditions are necessary to attain the neutral release of the heart?”“How many conditions are necessary to attain the neutral release of the heart?”“Four conditions are necessary to attain the neutral release of the heart.“Four conditions are necessary to attain the neutral release of the heart.With the giving up of pleasure and pain and the disappearance of former happiness and sadness, a mendicant enters and remains in the fourth absorption, without pleasure or pain, with pure equanimity and mindfulness.With the giving up of pleasure and pain and the disappearance of former happiness and sadness, a mendicant enters and remains in the fourth absorption, without pleasure or pain, with pure equanimity and mindfulness.

These four conditions are necessary to attain the neutral release of the heart.”These four conditions are necessary to attain the neutral release of the heart.”“How many conditions are necessary to attain the signless release of the heart?”“How many conditions are necessary to attain the signless release of the heart?”“Two conditions are necessary to attain the signless release of the heart:“Two conditions are necessary to attain the signless release of the heart:

not focusing on any signs, and focusing on the signless.not focusing on any signs, and focusing on the signless.These two conditions are necessary to attain the signless release of the heart.”These two conditions are necessary to attain the signless release of the heart.”“How many conditions are necessary to remain in the signless release of the heart?”“How many conditions are necessary to remain in the signless release of the heart?”

“Three conditions are necessary to remain in the signless release of the heart:“Three conditions are necessary to remain in the signless release of the heart:not focusing on any signs, focusing on the signless, and a previous determination.not focusing on any signs, focusing on the signless, and a previous determination.These three conditions are necessary to remain in the signless release of the heart.”These three conditions are necessary to remain in the signless release of the heart.”

“How many conditions are necessary to emerge from the signless release of the heart?”“How many conditions are necessary to emerge from the signless release of the heart?”“Two conditions are necessary to emerge from the signless release of the heart:“Two conditions are necessary to emerge from the signless release of the heart:focusing on all signs, and not focusing on the signless.focusing on all signs, and not focusing on the signless.

These two conditions are necessary to emerge from the signless release of the heart.”These two conditions are necessary to emerge from the signless release of the heart.”“The limitless release of the heart, and the release of the heart through nothingness, and the release of the heart through emptiness, and the signless release of the heart: do these things differ in both meaning and phrasing? Or do they mean the same thing, and differ only in the phrasing?”“The limitless release of the heart, and the release of the heart through nothingness, and the release of the heart through emptiness, and the signless release of the heart: do these things differ in both meaning and phrasing? Or do they mean the same thing, and differ only in the phrasing?”

“There is a way in which these things differ in both meaning and phrasing.“There is a way in which these things differ in both meaning and phrasing.But there’s also a way in which they mean the same thing, and differ only in the phrasing.But there’s also a way in which they mean the same thing, and differ only in the phrasing.And what’s the way in which these things differ in both meaning and phrasing?And what’s the way in which these things differ in both meaning and phrasing?

Firstly, a mendicant meditates spreading a heart full of love to one direction, and to the second, and to the third, and to the fourth. In the same way above, below, across, everywhere, all around, they spread a heart full of love to the whole world—abundant, expansive, limitless, free of enmity and ill will.Firstly, a mendicant meditates spreading a heart full of love to one direction, and to the second, and to the third, and to the fourth. In the same way above, below, across, everywhere, all around, they spread a heart full of love to the whole world—abundant, expansive, limitless, free of enmity and ill will.They meditate spreading a heart full of compassion …They meditate spreading a heart full of compassion …

They meditate spreading a heart full of rejoicing …They meditate spreading a heart full of rejoicing …They meditate spreading a heart full of equanimity to one direction, and to the second, and to the third, and to the fourth. In the same way above, below, across, everywhere, all around, they spread a heart full of equanimity to the whole world—abundant, expansive, limitless, free of enmity and ill will.They meditate spreading a heart full of equanimity to one direction, and to the second, and to the third, and to the fourth. In the same way above, below, across, everywhere, all around, they spread a heart full of equanimity to the whole world—abundant, expansive, limitless, free of enmity and ill will.This is called the limitless release of the heart.This is called the limitless release of the heart.

And what is the release of the heart through nothingness?And what is the release of the heart through nothingness?It’s when a mendicant, going totally beyond the dimension of infinite consciousness, aware that ‘there is nothing at all’, enters and remains in the dimension of nothingness.It’s when a mendicant, going totally beyond the dimension of infinite consciousness, aware that ‘there is nothing at all’, enters and remains in the dimension of nothingness.This is called the heart’s release through nothingness.This is called the heart’s release through nothingness.

And what is the release of the heart through emptiness?And what is the release of the heart through emptiness?It’s when a mendicant has gone to a wilderness, or to the root of a tree, or to an empty hut, and reflects like this:It’s when a mendicant has gone to a wilderness, or to the root of a tree, or to an empty hut, and reflects like this:‘This is empty of a self or what belongs to a self.’‘This is empty of a self or what belongs to a self.’

This is called the release of the heart through emptiness.This is called the release of the heart through emptiness.And what is the signless release of the heart?And what is the signless release of the heart?It’s when a mendicant, not focusing on any signs, enters and remains in the signless immersion of the heart.It’s when a mendicant, not focusing on any signs, enters and remains in the signless immersion of the heart.

This is called the signless release of the heart.This is called the signless release of the heart.This is the way in which these things differ in both meaning and phrasing.This is the way in which these things differ in both meaning and phrasing.And what’s the way in which they mean the same thing, and differ only in the phrasing?And what’s the way in which they mean the same thing, and differ only in the phrasing?

Greed, hate, and delusion are makers of limits.Greed, hate, and delusion are makers of limits.A mendicant who has ended the defilements has given these up, cut them off at the root, made them like a palm stump, and obliterated them, so they are unable to arise in the future.A mendicant who has ended the defilements has given these up, cut them off at the root, made them like a palm stump, and obliterated them, so they are unable to arise in the future.The unshakable release of the heart is said to be the best kind of limitless release of the heart.The unshakable release of the heart is said to be the best kind of limitless release of the heart.

That unshakable release of the heart is empty of greed, hate, and delusion.That unshakable release of the heart is empty of greed, hate, and delusion.Greed is something, hate is something, and delusion is something.Greed is something, hate is something, and delusion is something.A mendicant who has ended the defilements has given these up, cut them off at the root, made them like a palm stump, and obliterated them, so they are unable to arise in the future.A mendicant who has ended the defilements has given these up, cut them off at the root, made them like a palm stump, and obliterated them, so they are unable to arise in the future.

The unshakable release of the heart is said to be the best kind of release of the heart through nothingness.The unshakable release of the heart is said to be the best kind of release of the heart through nothingness.That unshakable release of the heart is empty of greed, hate, and delusion.That unshakable release of the heart is empty of greed, hate, and delusion.Greed, hate, and delusion are makers of signs.Greed, hate, and delusion are makers of signs.

A mendicant who has ended the defilements has given these up, cut them off at the root, made them like a palm stump, and obliterated them, so they are unable to arise in the future.A mendicant who has ended the defilements has given these up, cut them off at the root, made them like a palm stump, and obliterated them, so they are unable to arise in the future.The unshakable release of the heart is said to be the best kind of signless release of the heart.The unshakable release of the heart is said to be the best kind of signless release of the heart.That unshakable release of the heart is empty of greed, hate, and delusion.That unshakable release of the heart is empty of greed, hate, and delusion.

This is the way in which they mean the same thing, and differ only in the phrasing.”This is the way in which they mean the same thing, and differ only in the phrasing.”That is what Venerable Sāriputta said.That is what Venerable Sāriputta said.Satisfied, Venerable Mahākoṭṭhita approved what Sāriputta said.Satisfied, Venerable Mahākoṭṭhita approved what Sāriputta said.