相应部第 7 相应（Sujato 英译）第 18 阅读页 · SN7.18 · Collecting Firewood

Linked Discourses 7.18Linked Discourses 7.182. Lay Followers2. Lay Followers

Collecting FirewoodCollecting FirewoodAt one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Kosalans in a certain forest grove.At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Kosalans in a certain forest grove.Then several students, pupils of one of the Bhāradvāja brahmins, approached a forest grove while collecting firewood. They saw the Buddha sitting down cross-legged at the root of a certain sal tree, his body set straight, and mindfulness brought to the present. Seeing this, they went up to Bhāradvāja and said to him,Then several students, pupils of one of the Bhāradvāja brahmins, approached a forest grove while collecting firewood. They saw the Buddha sitting down cross-legged at the root of a certain sal tree, his body set straight, and mindfulness brought to the present. Seeing this, they went up to Bhāradvāja and said to him,

“Please sir, you should know this.“Please sir, you should know this.In such-and-such forest grove the ascetic Gotama is sitting down cross-legged, his body set straight, and mindfulness brought to the present.”In such-and-such forest grove the ascetic Gotama is sitting down cross-legged, his body set straight, and mindfulness brought to the present.”Then Bhāradvāja together with those young students went to that forest groveThen Bhāradvāja together with those young students went to that forest grove

where he saw the Buddha sitting down cross-legged, his body set straight, and mindfulness brought to the present.where he saw the Buddha sitting down cross-legged, his body set straight, and mindfulness brought to the present.He went up to the Buddha and addressed him in verse:He went up to the Buddha and addressed him in verse:“Deep in the jungle so full of terrors,“Deep in the jungle so full of terrors,

you’ve plunged into the empty, desolate wilderness.you’ve plunged into the empty, desolate wilderness.Still, steady, and graceful:Still, steady, and graceful:how beautifully you meditate, mendicant!how beautifully you meditate, mendicant!

Where there is no song or music,Where there is no song or music,a lonely sage resorts to the wilderness.a lonely sage resorts to the wilderness.This strikes me as an amazing thing,This strikes me as an amazing thing,

that you dwell so joyfully alone in the jungle.that you dwell so joyfully alone in the jungle.I suppose you wish to be reborn in the companyI suppose you wish to be reborn in the companyof the supreme world-sovereign of the Third Heaven.of the supreme world-sovereign of the Third Heaven.

Is that why you resort to the desolate wilderness,Is that why you resort to the desolate wilderness,to practice fervor for attaining divinity?”to practice fervor for attaining divinity?”“Any wishes and hopes that are always attached“Any wishes and hopes that are always attached

to the many and various realms—to the many and various realms—the prayers sprung from the root of unknowing—the prayers sprung from the root of unknowing—I’ve eliminated them all down to the root.I’ve eliminated them all down to the root.

So I’m wishless, unattached, uninvolved;So I’m wishless, unattached, uninvolved;amongst all things, my vision is clear.amongst all things, my vision is clear.I’ve attained the state of grace, the supreme awakening;I’ve attained the state of grace, the supreme awakening;

I meditate alone, brahmin, and self-assured.”I meditate alone, brahmin, and self-assured.”When he had spoken, Bhāradvāja said to the Buddha,When he had spoken, Bhāradvāja said to the Buddha,“Excellent, worthy Gotama! Excellent! …“Excellent, worthy Gotama! Excellent! …

From this day forth, may the worthy Gotama remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge for life.”From this day forth, may the worthy Gotama remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge for life.”