相应部第 48 相应（Sujato 英译）第 39 阅读页 · SN48.39 · The Simile of the Fire Sticks

Linked Discourses 48.39Linked Discourses 48.394. The Pleasure Faculty4. The Pleasure Faculty

The Simile of the Fire SticksThe Simile of the Fire Sticks“Mendicants, there are these five faculties.“Mendicants, there are these five faculties.What five?What five?

The faculties of pleasure, pain, happiness, sadness, and equanimity.The faculties of pleasure, pain, happiness, sadness, and equanimity.The faculty of pleasure arises dependent on a contact to be experienced as pleasant.The faculty of pleasure arises dependent on a contact to be experienced as pleasant.When in a state of pleasure, you understand: ‘I’m in a state of pleasure.’When in a state of pleasure, you understand: ‘I’m in a state of pleasure.’

With the cessation of that contact to be experienced as pleasant, you understand that the corresponding faculty of pleasure that had arisen ceases and stops.With the cessation of that contact to be experienced as pleasant, you understand that the corresponding faculty of pleasure that had arisen ceases and stops.The faculty of pain arises dependent on a contact to be experienced as painful.The faculty of pain arises dependent on a contact to be experienced as painful.When in a state of pain, you understand: ‘I’m in a state of pain.’When in a state of pain, you understand: ‘I’m in a state of pain.’

With the cessation of that contact to be experienced as painful, you understand that the corresponding faculty of pain that had arisen ceases and stops.With the cessation of that contact to be experienced as painful, you understand that the corresponding faculty of pain that had arisen ceases and stops.The faculty of happiness arises dependent on a contact to be experienced as happiness.The faculty of happiness arises dependent on a contact to be experienced as happiness.When in a state of happiness, you understand: ‘I’m in a state of happiness.’When in a state of happiness, you understand: ‘I’m in a state of happiness.’

With the cessation of that contact to be experienced as happiness, you understand that the corresponding faculty of happiness that had arisen ceases and stops.With the cessation of that contact to be experienced as happiness, you understand that the corresponding faculty of happiness that had arisen ceases and stops.The faculty of sadness arises dependent on a contact to be experienced as sadness.The faculty of sadness arises dependent on a contact to be experienced as sadness.When in a state of sadness, you understand: ‘I’m in a state of sadness.’When in a state of sadness, you understand: ‘I’m in a state of sadness.’

With the cessation of that contact to be experienced as sadness, you understand that the corresponding faculty of sadness that had arisen ceases and stops.With the cessation of that contact to be experienced as sadness, you understand that the corresponding faculty of sadness that had arisen ceases and stops.The faculty of equanimity arises dependent on a contact to be experienced as equanimous.The faculty of equanimity arises dependent on a contact to be experienced as equanimous.When in a state of equanimity, you understand: ‘I’m in a state of equanimity.’When in a state of equanimity, you understand: ‘I’m in a state of equanimity.’

With the cessation of that contact to be experienced as equanimous, you understand that the corresponding faculty of equanimity that had arisen ceases and stops.With the cessation of that contact to be experienced as equanimous, you understand that the corresponding faculty of equanimity that had arisen ceases and stops.When you rub two sticks together, heat is generated and fire is produced. But when you part the sticks and lay them aside, any corresponding heat ceases and stops.When you rub two sticks together, heat is generated and fire is produced. But when you part the sticks and lay them aside, any corresponding heat ceases and stops.In the same way, the faculty of pleasure arises dependent on a contact to be experienced as pleasant.In the same way, the faculty of pleasure arises dependent on a contact to be experienced as pleasant.

When in a state of pleasure, you understand: ‘I’m in a state of pleasure.’When in a state of pleasure, you understand: ‘I’m in a state of pleasure.’With the cessation of that contact to be experienced as pleasant, you understand that the corresponding faculty of pleasure that arises ceases and stops.With the cessation of that contact to be experienced as pleasant, you understand that the corresponding faculty of pleasure that arises ceases and stops.The faculty of pain …The faculty of pain …

happiness …happiness …sadness …sadness …equanimity arises dependent on a contact to be experienced as equanimous.equanimity arises dependent on a contact to be experienced as equanimous.

When in a state of equanimity, you understand: ‘I’m in a state of equanimity.’When in a state of equanimity, you understand: ‘I’m in a state of equanimity.’With the cessation of that contact to be experienced as equanimous, you understand that the corresponding faculty of equanimity that arises ceases and stops.”With the cessation of that contact to be experienced as equanimous, you understand that the corresponding faculty of equanimity that arises ceases and stops.”