相应部第 8 相应（Sujato 英译）第 2 阅读页 · SN8.2 · Dissatisfaction

Linked Discourses 8.2Linked Discourses 8.21. With Vaṅgīsa1. With Vaṅgīsa

DissatisfactionDissatisfactionAt one time Venerable Vaṅgīsa was staying near Āḷavī, at Āḷavī’s premier shrine, together with his mentor, Venerable Nigrodhakappa.At one time Venerable Vaṅgīsa was staying near Āḷavī, at Āḷavī’s premier shrine, together with his mentor, Venerable Nigrodhakappa.Now at that time after Venerable Nigrodhakappa had finished his meal, on his return from almsround, he would enter his dwelling and not emerge for the rest of that day, or the next.Now at that time after Venerable Nigrodhakappa had finished his meal, on his return from almsround, he would enter his dwelling and not emerge for the rest of that day, or the next.

And at that time Venerable Vaṅgīsa became dissatisfied, as lust infected his mind.And at that time Venerable Vaṅgīsa became dissatisfied, as lust infected his mind.Then he thought,Then he thought,“It’s my loss, my misfortune,“It’s my loss, my misfortune,

that I’ve become dissatisfied, with lust infecting my mind. How is it possible for someone else to dispel my discontent and give rise to satisfaction?that I’ve become dissatisfied, with lust infecting my mind. How is it possible for someone else to dispel my discontent and give rise to satisfaction?Why don’t I do it myself?”Why don’t I do it myself?”Then, on the occasion of dispelling his own discontent and giving rise to satisfaction, he recited these verses:Then, on the occasion of dispelling his own discontent and giving rise to satisfaction, he recited these verses:

“Giving up desire and discontent,“Giving up desire and discontent,along with all thoughts of domestic life,along with all thoughts of domestic life,they wouldn’t get snarled in anything;they wouldn’t get snarled in anything;

unsnarled, undesiring: that’s a real mendicant.unsnarled, undesiring: that’s a real mendicant.Whatever here is included in form—Whatever here is included in form—on earth, in the sky, or in planet’s deep—on earth, in the sky, or in planet’s deep—

wears out, it is all impermanent:wears out, it is all impermanent:the self-examined live having comprehended this.the self-examined live having comprehended this.People are bound to their attachments,People are bound to their attachments,

to impingement of the seen and heard, and to what is thought.to impingement of the seen and heard, and to what is thought.Unstirred, dispel desire for these things;Unstirred, dispel desire for these things;for one called ‘a sage’ does not cling to them.for one called ‘a sage’ does not cling to them.

Trapped in the sixty wrong views, full of their own opinions,Trapped in the sixty wrong views, full of their own opinions,ordinary people are fixed in wrong principles.ordinary people are fixed in wrong principles.But that mendicant wouldn’t join a sect,But that mendicant wouldn’t join a sect,

still less would they utter lewd speech.still less would they utter lewd speech.Proficient, long serene,Proficient, long serene,free of deceit, alert, without envy,free of deceit, alert, without envy,

the sage has reached the state of peace;the sage has reached the state of peace;quenched, he awaits his time.”quenched, he awaits his time.”