相应部第 1 相应（Sujato 英译）第 35 阅读页 · SN1.35 · Fault-Finding Deities

Linked Discourses 1.35Linked Discourses 1.354. The Host of a Hundred Felicities4. The Host of a Hundred Felicities

Fault-Finding DeitiesFault-Finding DeitiesAt 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.Then, late at night, several glorious deities of the host of the fault-finders, lighting up the entire Jeta’s Grove, went up to the Buddha, and stood in the air.Then, late at night, several glorious deities of the host of the fault-finders, lighting up the entire Jeta’s Grove, went up to the Buddha, and stood in the air.

Standing in the air, one deity spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence:Standing in the air, one deity spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence:“Someone who pretends“Someone who pretendsto be other than they really are,to be other than they really are,

is like a cheating gambleris like a cheating gamblerwho enjoys what was gained by theft.who enjoys what was gained by theft.You should only say what you would do;You should only say what you would do;

you shouldn’t say what you wouldn’t do.you shouldn’t say what you wouldn’t do.The wise will recognizeThe wise will recognizeone who talks without doing.”one who talks without doing.”

“Not just by speaking,“Not just by speaking,nor solely by listening,nor solely by listening,are you able to progressare you able to progress

on this hard path,on this hard path,by which the attentive practicing absorptionby which the attentive practicing absorptionare released from Māra’s bonds.are released from Māra’s bonds.

The attentive certainly don’t act like that,The attentive certainly don’t act like that,for they understand the way of the world.for they understand the way of the world.The attentive are quenched by understanding,The attentive are quenched by understanding,

they’ve crossed over clinging to the world.”they’ve crossed over clinging to the world.”Then those deities landed on the ground, bowed with their heads to the Buddha’s feet and said,Then those deities landed on the ground, bowed with their heads to the Buddha’s feet and said,“We made a mistake, sir. It was foolish, stupid, and unskillful of us to presume to attack the Buddha!“We made a mistake, sir. It was foolish, stupid, and unskillful of us to presume to attack the Buddha!

Please, sir, accept our mistake for what it is, so we will restrain ourselves in future.”Please, sir, accept our mistake for what it is, so we will restrain ourselves in future.”At that, the Buddha smiled.At that, the Buddha smiled.Then those deities, becoming even more fault-finding, flew up in the air.Then those deities, becoming even more fault-finding, flew up in the air.

One deity spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence:One deity spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence:“If you don’t give your pardon“If you don’t give your pardonwhen a mistake is confessed,when a mistake is confessed,

with hidden anger and heavy hate,with hidden anger and heavy hate,you’re stuck in your enmity.”you’re stuck in your enmity.”“Suppose no mistake were found,“Suppose no mistake were found,

and no one here had gone astray:and no one here had gone astray:if enmities were not settled,if enmities were not settled,how could that be skillful?”how could that be skillful?”

“Who makes no mistakes?“Who makes no mistakes?Who doesn’t go astray?Who doesn’t go astray?Who doesn’t fall into confusion?Who doesn’t fall into confusion?

Who is attentive, ever mindful?”Who is attentive, ever mindful?”“The Realized One, the Buddha,“The Realized One, the Buddha,sympathetic for all beings:sympathetic for all beings:

that’s who makes no mistakes,that’s who makes no mistakes,and that’s who doesn’t go astray.and that’s who doesn’t go astray.He doesn’t fall into confusion,He doesn’t fall into confusion,

for he’s attentive, ever mindful.for he’s attentive, ever mindful.If you don’t give your pardonIf you don’t give your pardonwhen a mistake is confessed,when a mistake is confessed,

with hidden anger and heavy hate,with hidden anger and heavy hate,you’re stuck in your enmity.you’re stuck in your enmity.I don’t approve of such enmity,I don’t approve of such enmity,

and so I pardon your mistake.”and so I pardon your mistake.”