经集（Sujato 英译）第 17 阅读页 · SNP2.2 · Putrefaction

Anthology of Discourses 2.2Anthology of Discourses 2.2PutrefactionPutrefaction

“The good eat properly obtained“The good eat properly obtainedmillet, wild grains, broomcorn,millet, wild grains, broomcorn,greens, tubers, and grapes.greens, tubers, and grapes.

They don’t lie to get what they want.They don’t lie to get what they want.But when you eat delicious food,But when you eat delicious food,nicely cooked and prepared, and offered by others,nicely cooked and prepared, and offered by others,

enjoying a dish of fine rice,enjoying a dish of fine rice,Kassapa, you eat putrefaction.Kassapa, you eat putrefaction.‘Putrefaction is not appropriate for me’—‘Putrefaction is not appropriate for me’—

so you said, O brahmin only by kin.so you said, O brahmin only by kin.Yet here you are enjoying a dish of fine rice,Yet here you are enjoying a dish of fine rice,well prepared with the flesh of fowl.well prepared with the flesh of fowl.

I’m asking you this, Kassapa:I’m asking you this, Kassapa:what do you take to be putrefaction?”what do you take to be putrefaction?”“Killing creatures, mutilation, murder, abduction;“Killing creatures, mutilation, murder, abduction;

stealing, lying, cheating and fraud,stealing, lying, cheating and fraud,learning crooked spells, adultery:learning crooked spells, adultery:this is putrefaction, not eating meat.this is putrefaction, not eating meat.

People here with unbridled sensuality,People here with unbridled sensuality,greedy for tastes, mixed up in impurity,greedy for tastes, mixed up in impurity,nihilists, immoral, intractable:nihilists, immoral, intractable:

this is putrefaction, not eating meat.this is putrefaction, not eating meat.Tough, callous calumniators,Tough, callous calumniators,pitiless and arrogant betrayers of friends,pitiless and arrogant betrayers of friends,

misers who never give anything:misers who never give anything:this is putrefaction, not eating meat.this is putrefaction, not eating meat.Anger, vanity, obstinacy, contrariness,Anger, vanity, obstinacy, contrariness,

deceit, jealousy, boastfulness,deceit, jealousy, boastfulness,haughtiness, intimacy with the wicked:haughtiness, intimacy with the wicked:this is putrefaction, not eating meat.this is putrefaction, not eating meat.

The ill-behaved, debt-evaders, informants,The ill-behaved, debt-evaders, informants,business cheats and con-artists,business cheats and con-artists,vile men committing sin:vile men committing sin:

this is putrefaction, not eating meat.this is putrefaction, not eating meat.People here who can’t stop harming living creatures,People here who can’t stop harming living creatures,taking from others, intent on hurting,taking from others, intent on hurting,

immoral, cruel, harsh, lacking regard for others:immoral, cruel, harsh, lacking regard for others:this is putrefaction, not eating meat.this is putrefaction, not eating meat.Greedy, hostile, aggressive to others,Greedy, hostile, aggressive to others,

and addicted to evil—those beings pass into darkness,and addicted to evil—those beings pass into darkness,falling headlong into hell:falling headlong into hell:this is putrefaction, not eating meat.this is putrefaction, not eating meat.

Not fish or flesh or fasting,Not fish or flesh or fasting,nudity or baldness, or dreadlocks or dirt,nudity or baldness, or dreadlocks or dirt,not rough hides or serving the sacred flame,not rough hides or serving the sacred flame,

or the many endless mortifications in the world,or the many endless mortifications in the world,not hymns or oblations, sacrifices or seasonal observances,not hymns or oblations, sacrifices or seasonal observances,will cleanse a mortal not free of doubt.will cleanse a mortal not free of doubt.

Guarding the streams of sense impressions, wander with faculties understood,Guarding the streams of sense impressions, wander with faculties understood,standing on the teaching, delighting in integrity and tenderness.standing on the teaching, delighting in integrity and tenderness.The attentive have slipped their chains and given up all suffering;The attentive have slipped their chains and given up all suffering;

they don’t cling to the seen and the heard.”they don’t cling to the seen and the heard.”The Buddha explained this matter to him again and again,The Buddha explained this matter to him again and again,until the master of hymns understood it.until the master of hymns understood it.

It was illustrated with colorful versesIt was illustrated with colorful versesby the sage free of putrefaction, unattached, hard to trace.by the sage free of putrefaction, unattached, hard to trace.Having heard the fine words of the Buddha,Having heard the fine words of the Buddha,

that are free of putrefaction, casting aside all suffering;that are free of putrefaction, casting aside all suffering;humbled, he bowed to the Realized One,humbled, he bowed to the Realized One,and right away begged to go forth.and right away begged to go forth.