中部第 54 经（Sujato 英译）第 2 阅读页 · With Potaliya the Householder · 2/2

And along would come a second person in need of fruit, wandering in search of fruit, carrying a sharp axe.And along would come a second person in need of fruit, wandering in search of fruit, carrying a sharp axe.Having plunged deep into that forest grove, they’d see that tree laden with fruit.Having plunged deep into that forest grove, they’d see that tree laden with fruit.They’d think:They’d think:

‘That tree is laden with fruit, yet none of the fruit has fallen to the ground.‘That tree is laden with fruit, yet none of the fruit has fallen to the ground.But I don’t know how to climb a tree.But I don’t know how to climb a tree.Why don’t I chop this tree down at the root, eat as much as I like, then fill my pouch?’Why don’t I chop this tree down at the root, eat as much as I like, then fill my pouch?’

And so they’d chop the tree down at the root.And so they’d chop the tree down at the root.What do you think, householder?What do you think, householder?If the first person, who climbed the tree, doesn’t quickly come down, when that tree fell wouldn’t they break their hand or arm or other major or minor limb, resulting in death or deadly suffering for them?”If the first person, who climbed the tree, doesn’t quickly come down, when that tree fell wouldn’t they break their hand or arm or other major or minor limb, resulting in death or deadly suffering for them?”

“Yes, sir.”“Yes, sir.”“In the same way, a noble disciple reflects:“In the same way, a noble disciple reflects:‘With the simile of the fruit tree the Buddha said that sensual pleasures give little gratification and much suffering and distress, and they are all the more full of drawbacks.’‘With the simile of the fruit tree the Buddha said that sensual pleasures give little gratification and much suffering and distress, and they are all the more full of drawbacks.’

Having truly seen this with right understanding, they shun equanimity based on diversity and develop only the equanimity based on unity, where all kinds of grasping to the worldly pleasures of the flesh cease without remainder.Having truly seen this with right understanding, they shun equanimity based on diversity and develop only the equanimity based on unity, where all kinds of grasping to the worldly pleasures of the flesh cease without remainder.Relying on this supreme purity of mindfulness and equanimity, that noble disciple recollects their many kinds of past lives.Relying on this supreme purity of mindfulness and equanimity, that noble disciple recollects their many kinds of past lives.That is: one, two, three, four, five, ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, a hundred, a thousand, a hundred thousand rebirths; many eons of the world contracting, many eons of the world expanding, many eons of the world contracting and expanding. … They recollect their many kinds of past lives, with features and details.That is: one, two, three, four, five, ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, a hundred, a thousand, a hundred thousand rebirths; many eons of the world contracting, many eons of the world expanding, many eons of the world contracting and expanding. … They recollect their many kinds of past lives, with features and details.

Relying on this supreme purity of mindfulness and equanimity, that noble disciple, with clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman, sees sentient beings passing away and being reborn—inferior and superior, beautiful and ugly, in a good place or a bad place. … They understand how sentient beings pass on according to their deeds.Relying on this supreme purity of mindfulness and equanimity, that noble disciple, with clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman, sees sentient beings passing away and being reborn—inferior and superior, beautiful and ugly, in a good place or a bad place. … They understand how sentient beings pass on according to their deeds.Relying on this supreme purity of mindfulness and equanimity, that noble disciple realizes the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. And they live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.Relying on this supreme purity of mindfulness and equanimity, that noble disciple realizes the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. And they live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.

That’s how there is the cutting off of business in each and every respect in the Noble One’s training.That’s how there is the cutting off of business in each and every respect in the Noble One’s training.What do you think, householder?What do you think, householder?Do you regard yourself as having cut off business in a way comparable to the cutting off of business in each and every respect in the Noble One’s training?”Do you regard yourself as having cut off business in a way comparable to the cutting off of business in each and every respect in the Noble One’s training?”

“Who am I compared to one who has cut off business in each and every respect in the Noble One’s training?“Who am I compared to one who has cut off business in each and every respect in the Noble One’s training?I am far from that.I am far from that.Sir, I used to think that the wanderers following other religions were thoroughbreds, and I fed them and treated them accordingly, but they were not actually thoroughbreds.Sir, I used to think that the wanderers following other religions were thoroughbreds, and I fed them and treated them accordingly, but they were not actually thoroughbreds.

I thought that the mendicants were not thoroughbreds, and I fed them and treated them accordingly, but they actually were thoroughbreds.I thought that the mendicants were not thoroughbreds, and I fed them and treated them accordingly, but they actually were thoroughbreds.But now I shall understand that the wanderers following other religions are not actually thoroughbreds, and I will feed them and treat them accordingly.But now I shall understand that the wanderers following other religions are not actually thoroughbreds, and I will feed them and treat them accordingly.And I shall understand that the mendicants actually are thoroughbreds, and I will feed them and treat them accordingly.And I shall understand that the mendicants actually are thoroughbreds, and I will feed them and treat them accordingly.

The Buddha has inspired me to have love, confidence, and respect for ascetics!The Buddha has inspired me to have love, confidence, and respect for ascetics!Excellent, sir! Excellent!Excellent, sir! Excellent!As if he were righting the overturned, or revealing the hidden, or pointing out the path to the lost, or lighting a lamp in the dark so people with clear eyes can see what’s there, the Buddha has made the teaching clear in many ways.As if he were righting the overturned, or revealing the hidden, or pointing out the path to the lost, or lighting a lamp in the dark so people with clear eyes can see what’s there, the Buddha has made the teaching clear in many ways.

I go for refuge to the Buddha, to the teaching, and to the mendicant Saṅgha.I go for refuge to the Buddha, to the teaching, and to the mendicant Saṅgha.From this day forth, may the Buddha remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge for life.”From this day forth, may the Buddha remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge for life.”