中部第 49 经（Sujato 英译）第 2 阅读页 · On the Invitation of Divinity · 2/2

my voice would extend so that divinity, his assembly, and his retinue would hear me, but they would not see me.my voice would extend so that divinity, his assembly, and his retinue would hear me, but they would not see me.And while vanished I spoke this verse:And while vanished I spoke this verse:‘Seeing the danger in existence—‘Seeing the danger in existence—

that life in any existence will cease to be—that life in any existence will cease to be—I didn’t affirm any kind of existence,I didn’t affirm any kind of existence,and didn’t grasp at relishing.’and didn’t grasp at relishing.’

Then the Divinity, his assembly, and his retinue, their minds full of wonder and amazement, thought,Then the Divinity, his assembly, and his retinue, their minds full of wonder and amazement, thought,‘Oh lord, how incredible, how amazing!‘Oh lord, how incredible, how amazing!The ascetic Gotama has such psychic power and might! We’ve never before seen or heard of any other ascetic or brahmin with psychic power and might like the ascetic Gotama, who has gone forth from the Sakyan clan.The ascetic Gotama has such psychic power and might! We’ve never before seen or heard of any other ascetic or brahmin with psychic power and might like the ascetic Gotama, who has gone forth from the Sakyan clan.

Though people enjoy continued existence, loving it so much, he has extracted it, root and all.’Though people enjoy continued existence, loving it so much, he has extracted it, root and all.’Then Māra the Wicked took possession of a member of the retinue of Divinity and said this to me,Then Māra the Wicked took possession of a member of the retinue of Divinity and said this to me,‘If such is your understanding, good fellow, do not present it to your disciples or those gone forth!‘If such is your understanding, good fellow, do not present it to your disciples or those gone forth!

Do not teach this Dhamma to your disciples or those gone forth!Do not teach this Dhamma to your disciples or those gone forth!Do not wish this for your disciples or those gone forth!Do not wish this for your disciples or those gone forth!There have been ascetics and brahmins before you, mendicant, who claimed to be perfected ones, fully awakened Buddhas.There have been ascetics and brahmins before you, mendicant, who claimed to be perfected ones, fully awakened Buddhas.

They presented, taught, and wished this for their disciples and those gone forth.They presented, taught, and wished this for their disciples and those gone forth.When their bodies broke up and their breath was cut off they were established in a lower realm.When their bodies broke up and their breath was cut off they were established in a lower realm.But there have also been other ascetics and brahmins before you, mendicant, who claimed to be perfected ones, fully awakened Buddhas.But there have also been other ascetics and brahmins before you, mendicant, who claimed to be perfected ones, fully awakened Buddhas.

They did not present, teach, or wish this for their disciples and those gone forth.They did not present, teach, or wish this for their disciples and those gone forth.When their bodies broke up and their breath was cut off they were established in a higher realm.When their bodies broke up and their breath was cut off they were established in a higher realm.So, mendicant, I tell you this:So, mendicant, I tell you this:

please, good fellow, remain passive, dwelling in blissful meditation in this life, for this is better left unsaid. Good fellow, do not instruct others.’please, good fellow, remain passive, dwelling in blissful meditation in this life, for this is better left unsaid. Good fellow, do not instruct others.’When he had spoken, I said to Māra,When he had spoken, I said to Māra,‘I know you, Wicked One. Do not think,‘I know you, Wicked One. Do not think,

“He doesn’t know me.”“He doesn’t know me.”You are Māra the Wicked.You are Māra the Wicked.You don’t speak to me like this out of sympathy,You don’t speak to me like this out of sympathy,

but with no sympathy.but with no sympathy.For you think,For you think,“Those who the ascetic Gotama teaches will go beyond my reach.”“Those who the ascetic Gotama teaches will go beyond my reach.”

Those who formerly claimed to be fully awakened Buddhas were not in fact fully awakened Buddhas.Those who formerly claimed to be fully awakened Buddhas were not in fact fully awakened Buddhas.But I am.But I am.The Realized One remains such whether or not he teaches disciples.The Realized One remains such whether or not he teaches disciples.

The Realized One remains as such whether or not he presents the teaching to disciples.The Realized One remains as such whether or not he presents the teaching to disciples.Why is that?Why is that?Because the Realized One has given up the defilements that are corrupting, leading to future lives, hurtful, resulting in suffering and future rebirth, old age, and death.Because the Realized One has given up the defilements that are corrupting, leading to future lives, hurtful, resulting in suffering and future rebirth, old age, and death.

He has cut them off at the root, made them like a palm stump, obliterated them so they are unable to arise in the future.He has cut them off at the root, made them like a palm stump, obliterated them so they are unable to arise in the future.Just as a palm tree with its crown cut off is incapable of further growth,Just as a palm tree with its crown cut off is incapable of further growth,the Realized One has given up the defilements that are corrupting, leading to future lives, hurtful, resulting in suffering and future rebirth, old age, and death.the Realized One has given up the defilements that are corrupting, leading to future lives, hurtful, resulting in suffering and future rebirth, old age, and death.

He has cut them off at the root, made them like a palm stump, obliterated them so they are unable to arise in the future.’”He has cut them off at the root, made them like a palm stump, obliterated them so they are unable to arise in the future.’”And so, because of the silencing of Māra, and because of the invitation of the Divinity, the name of this discussion is “On the Invitation of Divinity”.And so, because of the silencing of Māra, and because of the invitation of the Divinity, the name of this discussion is “On the Invitation of Divinity”.