相应部第 35 相应（Sujato 英译）第 52 阅读页 · SN35.69 · Upasena and the Viper

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Upasena and the ViperUpasena and the ViperAt one time the venerables Sāriputta and Upasena were staying near Rājagaha in the Cool Grove, under the Cobra’s Hood Grotto.At one time the venerables Sāriputta and Upasena were staying near Rājagaha in the Cool Grove, under the Cobra’s Hood Grotto.Now at that time a viper fell on Upasena’s body.Now at that time a viper fell on Upasena’s body.

He addressed the mendicants,He addressed the mendicants,“Come, reverends, lift this body onto a cot and carry it outside“Come, reverends, lift this body onto a cot and carry it outsidebefore it’s scattered right herebefore it’s scattered right here

like a handful of hay.”like a handful of hay.”When he said this, Sāriputta said to him,When he said this, Sāriputta said to him,“But we don’t see any impairment in your body or deterioration of your faculties.“But we don’t see any impairment in your body or deterioration of your faculties.

Yet you say:Yet you say:‘Come, reverends, lift this body onto a cot and carry it outside‘Come, reverends, lift this body onto a cot and carry it outsidebefore it’s scattered right herebefore it’s scattered right here

like a handful of hay.’”like a handful of hay.’”“Reverend Sāriputta, there may be an impairment in body or deterioration of faculties for someone who thinks:“Reverend Sāriputta, there may be an impairment in body or deterioration of faculties for someone who thinks:‘I am the eye’ or ‘the eye is mine.’‘I am the eye’ or ‘the eye is mine.’

Or ‘I am the ear … nose … tongue … body …’Or ‘I am the ear … nose … tongue … body …’Or ‘I am the mind’ or ‘the mind is mine.’Or ‘I am the mind’ or ‘the mind is mine.’But I don’t think like that.But I don’t think like that.

So why would there be an impairment in my body or deterioration of my faculties?”So why would there be an impairment in my body or deterioration of my faculties?”“That must be because Venerable Upasena has long ago totally eradicated I-making, mine-making, and the underlying tendency to conceit.“That must be because Venerable Upasena has long ago totally eradicated I-making, mine-making, and the underlying tendency to conceit.That’s why it doesn’t occur to you:That’s why it doesn’t occur to you:

‘I am the eye’ or ‘the eye is mine.’ Or ‘I am the ear …‘I am the eye’ or ‘the eye is mine.’ Or ‘I am the ear …nose … tongue … body …’nose … tongue … body …’Or ‘I am the mind’ or ‘the mind is mine.’”Or ‘I am the mind’ or ‘the mind is mine.’”

Then those mendicants lifted Upasena’s body onto a cot and carried it outside.Then those mendicants lifted Upasena’s body onto a cot and carried it outside.And his body was scattered right thereAnd his body was scattered right therelike a handful of hay.like a handful of hay.