经集（Sujato 英译）第 36 阅读页 · SNP3.4 · With Bhāradvāja of Sundarikā on the Sacrificial Cake · 2/2

“Let my oblation be a true offering,“Let my oblation be a true offering,since I have found such a knowledge master!since I have found such a knowledge master!I see divinity in person! Accept my offering, Blessed One:I see divinity in person! Accept my offering, Blessed One:

please eat my sacrificial cake.”please eat my sacrificial cake.”“Food enchanted by a verse isn’t fit for me to eat.“Food enchanted by a verse isn’t fit for me to eat.That’s not the principle of those who see, brahmin.That’s not the principle of those who see, brahmin.

The Buddhas cast aside things enchanted with verses.The Buddhas cast aside things enchanted with verses.Since there is such a principle, brahmin, that’s how they live.Since there is such a principle, brahmin, that’s how they live.Serve with other food and drinkServe with other food and drink

the consummate one, the great seer,the consummate one, the great seer,with defilements ended and remorse stilled.with defilements ended and remorse stilled.For he is the field for the seeker of merit.”For he is the field for the seeker of merit.”

“Please, Blessed One, help me understand:“Please, Blessed One, help me understand:now that I have found your teaching,now that I have found your teaching,when I look for someone during a sacrifice,when I look for someone during a sacrifice,

who should eat the religious donation of one like me?”who should eat the religious donation of one like me?”“One who is rid of aggression,“One who is rid of aggression,whose mind is unclouded,whose mind is unclouded,

who is liberated from sensual pleasures,who is liberated from sensual pleasures,and who has cast aside dullness.and who has cast aside dullness.One who has erased perimeters and limits,One who has erased perimeters and limits,

expert in birth and death,expert in birth and death,a sage, blessed with sagacity.a sage, blessed with sagacity.When such a person comes to the sacrifice,When such a person comes to the sacrifice,

get rid of your scowl!get rid of your scowl!Honor them with cupped palms,Honor them with cupped palms,and venerate them with food and drink,and venerate them with food and drink,

and in this way your religious donation will succeed.”and in this way your religious donation will succeed.”“The Buddha is worthy of the sacrificial cake,“The Buddha is worthy of the sacrificial cake,he is the supreme field of merit,he is the supreme field of merit,

recipient of gifts from the whole world;recipient of gifts from the whole world;what’s given to the worthy one is very fruitful.”what’s given to the worthy one is very fruitful.”Then the brahmin Bhāradvāja of Sundarikā said to the Buddha,Then the brahmin Bhāradvāja of Sundarikā said to the Buddha,

“Excellent, worthy Gotama! Excellent!“Excellent, worthy Gotama! Excellent!As if he were righting the overturned, or revealing the hidden, or pointing out the path to the lost, or lighting a lamp in the dark so people with clear eyes can see what’s there, worthy Gotama has made the teaching clear in many ways.As if he were righting the overturned, or revealing the hidden, or pointing out the path to the lost, or lighting a lamp in the dark so people with clear eyes can see what’s there, worthy Gotama has made the teaching clear in many ways.I go for refuge to the worthy Gotama, to the teaching, and to the mendicant Saṅgha.I go for refuge to the worthy Gotama, to the teaching, and to the mendicant Saṅgha.

May I receive the going forth, the ordination in the worthy Gotama’s presence?”May I receive the going forth, the ordination in the worthy Gotama’s presence?”And the brahmin Bhāradvāja of Sundarikā received the going forth, the ordination in the Buddha’s presence.And the brahmin Bhāradvāja of Sundarikā received the going forth, the ordination in the Buddha’s presence.And soon after, he became one of the perfected.And soon after, he became one of the perfected.