相应部第 10 相应（Sujato 英译）第 7 阅读页 · SN10.7 · With Punabbasu

Linked Discourses 10.7Linked Discourses 10.71. With Indaka1. With Indaka

With PunabbasuWith PunabbasuAt 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.Now at that time the Buddha was educating, encouraging, firing up, and inspiring the mendicants with a Dhamma talk about extinguishment.Now at that time the Buddha was educating, encouraging, firing up, and inspiring the mendicants with a Dhamma talk about extinguishment.

And those mendicants were paying attention, applying the mind, concentrating wholeheartedly, and actively listening.And those mendicants were paying attention, applying the mind, concentrating wholeheartedly, and actively listening.Then the native spirit Punabbasu’s Mother soothed her little children, saying:Then the native spirit Punabbasu’s Mother soothed her little children, saying:“Hush, little Uttarā!“Hush, little Uttarā!

Hush, Punabbasu!Hush, Punabbasu!For I want to listen to the teachingFor I want to listen to the teachingof the Teacher, the supreme Buddha.of the Teacher, the supreme Buddha.

Extinguishment, the Blessed One said,Extinguishment, the Blessed One said,is the release from all ties.is the release from all ties.I have a lasting loveI have a lasting love

for this teaching.for this teaching.In this world, your own child is dear;In this world, your own child is dear;in this world, your own husband is dear;in this world, your own husband is dear;

but even greater than that is my lovebut even greater than that is my lovefor this teaching’s quest.for this teaching’s quest.For neither son nor husband,For neither son nor husband,

dear as they are, can free you from suffering;dear as they are, can free you from suffering;as listening to the true teachingas listening to the true teachingfrees living creatures from suffering.frees living creatures from suffering.

In this world mired in suffering,In this world mired in suffering,fettered by old age and death,fettered by old age and death,I want to listen to the teachingI want to listen to the teaching

through which the Buddha awakened,through which the Buddha awakened,which frees you from old age and death.which frees you from old age and death.So hush, Punabbasu!”So hush, Punabbasu!”

“Mom, I’m not speaking,“Mom, I’m not speaking,and Uttarā is silent, too.and Uttarā is silent, too.Focus just on the teaching,Focus just on the teaching,

for it’s nice to listen to the true teaching.for it’s nice to listen to the true teaching.And it’s because we haven’t understood the teachingAnd it’s because we haven’t understood the teachingthat we live in suffering, Mom.that we live in suffering, Mom.

He is a beacon for those who are lostHe is a beacon for those who are lostamong gods and humans.among gods and humans.The Buddha, bearing his final body,The Buddha, bearing his final body,

the Clear-eyed One teaches Dhamma.”the Clear-eyed One teaches Dhamma.”“It’s good that my child’s so astute,“It’s good that my child’s so astute,this child I bore and suckled!this child I bore and suckled!

My child loves the pure teachingMy child loves the pure teachingof the supreme Buddha.of the supreme Buddha.Punabbasu, may you be happy!Punabbasu, may you be happy!

Today, I rise.Today, I rise.Hear me too, Uttarā:Hear me too, Uttarā:I have seen the noble truths!”I have seen the noble truths!”