相应部第 35 相应（Sujato 英译）第 80 阅读页 · SN35.96 · Liable to Decline

Linked Discourses 35.96Linked Discourses 35.9610. The Sixes10. The Sixes

Liable to DeclineLiable to Decline“Mendicants, I will teach you who is liable to decline, who is not liable to decline, and the six fields of mastery.“Mendicants, I will teach you who is liable to decline, who is not liable to decline, and the six fields of mastery.Listen …Listen …

And how is someone liable to decline?And how is someone liable to decline?When a mendicant sees a sight with their eyes, bad, unskillful phenomena arise: memories and thoughts that tighten the fetters.When a mendicant sees a sight with their eyes, bad, unskillful phenomena arise: memories and thoughts that tighten the fetters.Suppose that mendicant tolerates them and doesn’t give them up, dispel them, eliminate them, and obliterate them. They should understand:Suppose that mendicant tolerates them and doesn’t give them up, dispel them, eliminate them, and obliterate them. They should understand:

‘My skillful qualities are declining.‘My skillful qualities are declining.For this is what the Buddha calls decline.’For this is what the Buddha calls decline.’Furthermore, when a mendicant hears a sound … smells an odor … tastes a flavor … encounters a touch …Furthermore, when a mendicant hears a sound … smells an odor … tastes a flavor … encounters a touch …

knows an idea with their mind, bad, unskillful phenomena arise: memories and thoughts that tighten the fetters.knows an idea with their mind, bad, unskillful phenomena arise: memories and thoughts that tighten the fetters.If that mendicant tolerates them and doesn’t give them up, dispel them, eliminate them, and obliterate them, they should understand:If that mendicant tolerates them and doesn’t give them up, dispel them, eliminate them, and obliterate them, they should understand:‘My skillful qualities are declining.‘My skillful qualities are declining.

For this is what the Buddha calls decline.’For this is what the Buddha calls decline.’That’s how someone is liable to decline.That’s how someone is liable to decline.And how is someone not liable to decline?And how is someone not liable to decline?

When a mendicant sees a sight with their eyes, bad, unskillful phenomena arise: memories and thoughts that tighten the fetters.When a mendicant sees a sight with their eyes, bad, unskillful phenomena arise: memories and thoughts that tighten the fetters.Suppose that mendicant doesn’t tolerate them but gives them up, dispels them, eliminates them, and obliterates them. They should understand:Suppose that mendicant doesn’t tolerate them but gives them up, dispels them, eliminates them, and obliterates them. They should understand:‘My skillful qualities are not declining.‘My skillful qualities are not declining.

For this is what the Buddha calls non-decline.’For this is what the Buddha calls non-decline.’Furthermore, when a mendicant hears a sound … smells an odor … tastes a flavor … encounters a touch …Furthermore, when a mendicant hears a sound … smells an odor … tastes a flavor … encounters a touch …knows an idea with their mind, bad, unskillful phenomena arise: memories and thoughts that tighten the fetters.knows an idea with their mind, bad, unskillful phenomena arise: memories and thoughts that tighten the fetters.

Suppose that mendicant doesn’t tolerate them but gives them up, dispels them, eliminates them, and obliterates them. They should understand:Suppose that mendicant doesn’t tolerate them but gives them up, dispels them, eliminates them, and obliterates them. They should understand:‘My skillful qualities are not declining.‘My skillful qualities are not declining.For this is what the Buddha calls non-decline.’For this is what the Buddha calls non-decline.’

That’s how someone is not liable to decline.That’s how someone is not liable to decline.And what are the six fields of mastery?And what are the six fields of mastery?When a mendicant sees a sight with their eyes, bad, unskillful phenomena don’t arise: memories and thoughts that tighten the fetters.When a mendicant sees a sight with their eyes, bad, unskillful phenomena don’t arise: memories and thoughts that tighten the fetters.

They should understand:They should understand:‘This sense field has been mastered.‘This sense field has been mastered.For this is what the Buddha calls a field of mastery.’ …For this is what the Buddha calls a field of mastery.’ …

Furthermore, when a mendicant knows an idea with their mind, bad, unskillful phenomena don’t arise: memories and thoughts that tighten the fetters.Furthermore, when a mendicant knows an idea with their mind, bad, unskillful phenomena don’t arise: memories and thoughts that tighten the fetters.They should understand:They should understand:‘This sense field has been mastered.‘This sense field has been mastered.

For this is what the Buddha calls a field of mastery.’For this is what the Buddha calls a field of mastery.’These are the six fields of mastery.”These are the six fields of mastery.”