相应部第 36 相应（Sujato 英译）第 4 阅读页 · SN36.4 · The Abyss

Linked Discourses 36.4Linked Discourses 36.41. With Verses1. With Verses

The AbyssThe Abyss“Mendicants, when an unlearned ordinary person says that“Mendicants, when an unlearned ordinary person says thatthere’s an abyss under the ocean,there’s an abyss under the ocean,

they’re speaking of something that doesn’t exist.they’re speaking of something that doesn’t exist.‘Abyss’ is a term for painful physical feelings.‘Abyss’ is a term for painful physical feelings.When an unlearned ordinary person experiences painful physical feelings they sorrow and wail and lament, beating their breast and falling into confusion.When an unlearned ordinary person experiences painful physical feelings they sorrow and wail and lament, beating their breast and falling into confusion.

They’re called an unlearned ordinary person who hasn’t stood up in the abyss and has found no footing.They’re called an unlearned ordinary person who hasn’t stood up in the abyss and has found no footing.When a learned noble disciple experiences painful physical feelings they don’t sorrow or wail or lament, beating their breast and falling into confusion.When a learned noble disciple experiences painful physical feelings they don’t sorrow or wail or lament, beating their breast and falling into confusion.They’re called a learned noble disciple who has stood up in the abyss and found a footing.They’re called a learned noble disciple who has stood up in the abyss and found a footing.

If you can’t abideIf you can’t abidethose painful physical feelingsthose painful physical feelingsthat arise and sap your vitality;that arise and sap your vitality;

if you tremble at their touch,if you tremble at their touch,weeping and wailing,weeping and wailing,a weakling lacking strength—a weakling lacking strength—

you won’t stand up in the abyssyou won’t stand up in the abyssand find a footing.and find a footing.If you can endureIf you can endure

those painful physical feelingsthose painful physical feelingsthat arise and sap your vitality;that arise and sap your vitality;if you don’t tremble at their touch—if you don’t tremble at their touch—

you stand up in the abyssyou stand up in the abyssand find a footing.”and find a footing.”