经集（Sujato 英译）第 41 阅读页 · SNP3.7 · With Sela · 1/2

Anthology of Discourses 3.7Anthology of Discourses 3.7With SelaWith Sela

So I have heard.So I have heard.At one time the Buddha was wandering together with a large Saṅgha of 1,250 mendicants in the land of the Aṅguttarāpans when he arrived at a town of theirs named Āpaṇa.At one time the Buddha was wandering together with a large Saṅgha of 1,250 mendicants in the land of the Aṅguttarāpans when he arrived at a town of theirs named Āpaṇa.The matted-hair ascetic Keṇiya heard:The matted-hair ascetic Keṇiya heard:

“It seems the ascetic Gotama—a Sakyan, gone forth from a Sakyan family—has arrived at Āpaṇa, together with a large Saṅgha of 1,250 mendicants.“It seems the ascetic Gotama—a Sakyan, gone forth from a Sakyan family—has arrived at Āpaṇa, together with a large Saṅgha of 1,250 mendicants.He has this good reputation:He has this good reputation:‘That Blessed One is perfected, a fully awakened Buddha, accomplished in knowledge and conduct, holy, knower of the world, supreme guide for those fit for training, teacher of gods and humans, awakened, blessed.’‘That Blessed One is perfected, a fully awakened Buddha, accomplished in knowledge and conduct, holy, knower of the world, supreme guide for those fit for training, teacher of gods and humans, awakened, blessed.’

He has realized with his own insight this world—with its gods, Māras, and divinities, this population with its ascetics and brahmins, gods and humans—and he makes it known to others.He has realized with his own insight this world—with its gods, Māras, and divinities, this population with its ascetics and brahmins, gods and humans—and he makes it known to others.He teaches Dhamma that’s good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, meaningful and well-phrased. And he reveals a spiritual practice that’s entirely full and pure.He teaches Dhamma that’s good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, meaningful and well-phrased. And he reveals a spiritual practice that’s entirely full and pure.

It’s good to see such perfected ones.”It’s good to see such perfected ones.”So Keṇiya approached the Buddha and exchanged greetings with him.So Keṇiya approached the Buddha and exchanged greetings with him.When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side.When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side.

The Buddha educated, encouraged, fired up, and inspired him with a Dhamma talk.The Buddha educated, encouraged, fired up, and inspired him with a Dhamma talk.Then he said to the Buddha,Then he said to the Buddha,“Would Worthy Gotama together with the mendicant Saṅgha please accept tomorrow’s meal from me?”“Would Worthy Gotama together with the mendicant Saṅgha please accept tomorrow’s meal from me?”

When he said this, the Buddha said to him,When he said this, the Buddha said to him,“The Saṅgha is large, Keṇiya; there are 1,250 mendicants. And you are devoted to the brahmins.”“The Saṅgha is large, Keṇiya; there are 1,250 mendicants. And you are devoted to the brahmins.”For a second time, Keṇiya asked the Buddha to accept a meal offering.For a second time, Keṇiya asked the Buddha to accept a meal offering.

“Never mind that the Saṅgha is large, with 1,250 mendicants, and that I am devoted to the brahmins.“Never mind that the Saṅgha is large, with 1,250 mendicants, and that I am devoted to the brahmins.Would Worthy Gotama together with the mendicant Saṅgha please accept tomorrow’s meal from me?”Would Worthy Gotama together with the mendicant Saṅgha please accept tomorrow’s meal from me?”And for a second time, the Buddha gave the same reply.And for a second time, the Buddha gave the same reply.

For a third time, Keṇiya asked the Buddha to accept a meal offering.For a third time, Keṇiya asked the Buddha to accept a meal offering.“Never mind that the Saṅgha is large, with 1,250 mendicants, and that I am devoted to the brahmins.“Never mind that the Saṅgha is large, with 1,250 mendicants, and that I am devoted to the brahmins.Would Worthy Gotama together with the mendicant Saṅgha please accept tomorrow’s meal from me?”Would Worthy Gotama together with the mendicant Saṅgha please accept tomorrow’s meal from me?”

The Buddha consented with silence.The Buddha consented with silence.Then, knowing that the Buddha had consented, Keṇiya rose from his seat and went to his own hermitage. There he addressed his friends and colleagues, relatives and kin,Then, knowing that the Buddha had consented, Keṇiya rose from his seat and went to his own hermitage. There he addressed his friends and colleagues, relatives and kin,“My friends and colleagues, relatives and kin: please listen!“My friends and colleagues, relatives and kin: please listen!

The ascetic Gotama together with the mendicant Saṅgha has been invited by me for tomorrow’s meal.The ascetic Gotama together with the mendicant Saṅgha has been invited by me for tomorrow’s meal.Please help me out with the manual preparations.”Please help me out with the manual preparations.”“Yes, worthy sir,” they replied. Some dug ovens, some chopped wood, some washed dishes, some set up a water jar, and some spread out seats.“Yes, worthy sir,” they replied. Some dug ovens, some chopped wood, some washed dishes, some set up a water jar, and some spread out seats.

Meanwhile, Keṇiya set up the pavilion himself.Meanwhile, Keṇiya set up the pavilion himself.Now at that time the brahmin Sela was residing in Āpaṇa. He had mastered the three Vedas, together with their vocabularies and ritual performance, their phonology and word classification, and the testaments as fifth. He knew them word-by-word, and their grammar. He was well versed in cosmology and the marks of a great man. And he was teaching three hundred young students to recite the hymns.Now at that time the brahmin Sela was residing in Āpaṇa. He had mastered the three Vedas, together with their vocabularies and ritual performance, their phonology and word classification, and the testaments as fifth. He knew them word-by-word, and their grammar. He was well versed in cosmology and the marks of a great man. And he was teaching three hundred young students to recite the hymns.

And at that time Keṇiya was devoted to Sela.And at that time Keṇiya was devoted to Sela.Then Sela, while going for a walk escorted by the three hundred young students, approached Keṇiya’s hermitage.Then Sela, while going for a walk escorted by the three hundred young students, approached Keṇiya’s hermitage.He saw the preparations going on,He saw the preparations going on,

and said to Keṇiya,and said to Keṇiya,“Worthy Keṇiya, is your son or daughter being married? Or are you setting up a grand sacrifice? Or has King Seniya Bimbisāra of Magadha been invited for tomorrow’s meal?”“Worthy Keṇiya, is your son or daughter being married? Or are you setting up a grand sacrifice? Or has King Seniya Bimbisāra of Magadha been invited for tomorrow’s meal?”“There is no marriage, Worthy Sela, and the king is not coming.“There is no marriage, Worthy Sela, and the king is not coming.

Rather, I am setting up a grand sacrifice.Rather, I am setting up a grand sacrifice.The ascetic Gotama has arrived at Āpaṇa, together with a large Saṅgha of 1,250 mendicants.The ascetic Gotama has arrived at Āpaṇa, together with a large Saṅgha of 1,250 mendicants.He has this good reputation:He has this good reputation:

‘That Blessed One is perfected, a fully awakened Buddha, accomplished in knowledge and conduct, holy, knower of the world, supreme guide for those fit for training, teacher of gods and humans, awakened, blessed.’‘That Blessed One is perfected, a fully awakened Buddha, accomplished in knowledge and conduct, holy, knower of the world, supreme guide for those fit for training, teacher of gods and humans, awakened, blessed.’He has been invited by me for tomorrow’s meal together with the mendicant Saṅgha.”He has been invited by me for tomorrow’s meal together with the mendicant Saṅgha.”“Did you say ‘the awakened one’?”“Did you say ‘the awakened one’?”

“I said ‘the awakened one’.”“I said ‘the awakened one’.”“Did you say ‘the awakened one’?”“Did you say ‘the awakened one’?”“I said ‘the awakened one’.”“I said ‘the awakened one’.”

Then Sela thought:Then Sela thought:“It’s hard to even find the word ‘awakened one’ in the world.“It’s hard to even find the word ‘awakened one’ in the world.The thirty-two marks of a great man have been handed down in our hymns. A great man who possesses these has only two possible destinies, no other.The thirty-two marks of a great man have been handed down in our hymns. A great man who possesses these has only two possible destinies, no other.

If he stays at home he becomes a king, a wheel-turning monarch, a just and principled king. His dominion extends to all four sides, he achieves stability in the country, and he possesses the seven treasures.If he stays at home he becomes a king, a wheel-turning monarch, a just and principled king. His dominion extends to all four sides, he achieves stability in the country, and he possesses the seven treasures.He has the following seven treasures:He has the following seven treasures:the wheel, the elephant, the horse, the jewel, the woman, the householder, and the commander as the seventh treasure.the wheel, the elephant, the horse, the jewel, the woman, the householder, and the commander as the seventh treasure.

He has over a thousand sons who are valiant and heroic, crushing the armies of his enemies.He has over a thousand sons who are valiant and heroic, crushing the armies of his enemies.After conquering this land girt by sea, he reigns by principle, without rod or sword.After conquering this land girt by sea, he reigns by principle, without rod or sword.But if he goes forth from the lay life to homelessness, he becomes a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha, who has cast off the world’s veil.”But if he goes forth from the lay life to homelessness, he becomes a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha, who has cast off the world’s veil.”

He said, “But Keṇiya, where is the Blessed One at present, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha?”He said, “But Keṇiya, where is the Blessed One at present, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha?”When he said this, Keṇiya pointed with his right arm and said,When he said this, Keṇiya pointed with his right arm and said,“There, worthy Sela, at that line of blue forest.”“There, worthy Sela, at that line of blue forest.”

Then Sela, together with his young students, approached the Buddha.Then Sela, together with his young students, approached the Buddha.He said to his young students,He said to his young students,“Come quietly, gentlemen, tread gently.“Come quietly, gentlemen, tread gently.

For the Buddhas are intimidating, like a lion living alone.For the Buddhas are intimidating, like a lion living alone.When I’m consulting with the ascetic Gotama, don’t interrupt.When I’m consulting with the ascetic Gotama, don’t interrupt.Wait until I’ve finished speaking.”Wait until I’ve finished speaking.”

Then Sela went up to the Buddha, and exchanged greetings with him.Then Sela went up to the Buddha, and exchanged greetings with him.When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side,When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side,and scrutinized the Buddha’s body for the thirty-two marks of a great man.and scrutinized the Buddha’s body for the thirty-two marks of a great man.

He saw all of them except two,He saw all of them except two,which he had doubts about:which he had doubts about:whether the private parts were sheathed in a foreskin, and the largeness of the tongue.whether the private parts were sheathed in a foreskin, and the largeness of the tongue.

Then it occurred to the Buddha,Then it occurred to the Buddha,“Sela sees all the marks except two,“Sela sees all the marks except two,which he has doubts about:which he has doubts about:

whether the private parts are sheathed in a foreskin, and the largeness of the tongue.”whether the private parts are sheathed in a foreskin, and the largeness of the tongue.”The Buddha used his psychic power to will that Sela would see his private parts sheathed in a foreskin.The Buddha used his psychic power to will that Sela would see his private parts sheathed in a foreskin.And he stuck out his tongue and stroked back and forth on his ear holes and nostrils, and covered his entire forehead with his tongue.And he stuck out his tongue and stroked back and forth on his ear holes and nostrils, and covered his entire forehead with his tongue.

Then Sela thought,Then Sela thought,“The ascetic Gotama possesses the thirty-two marks completely, lacking none.“The ascetic Gotama possesses the thirty-two marks completely, lacking none.But I don’t know whether or not he is an awakened one.But I don’t know whether or not he is an awakened one.

I have heard that brahmins of the past who were elderly and senior, the tutors of tutors, said,I have heard that brahmins of the past who were elderly and senior, the tutors of tutors, said,‘Those who are perfected ones, fully awakened Buddhas reveal themselves when praised.’‘Those who are perfected ones, fully awakened Buddhas reveal themselves when praised.’Why don’t I extoll him in his presence with fitting verses?”Why don’t I extoll him in his presence with fitting verses?”

Then Sela extolled the Buddha in his presence with fitting verses:Then Sela extolled the Buddha in his presence with fitting verses:“O Blessed One, your body’s perfect,“O Blessed One, your body’s perfect,you’re radiant, handsome, lovely to behold;you’re radiant, handsome, lovely to behold;

golden colored,golden colored,with teeth so white; you’re strong.with teeth so white; you’re strong.The characteristicsThe characteristics

of a handsome man,of a handsome man,the marks of a great man,the marks of a great man,are all found on your body.are all found on your body.

Your eyes are clear, your face is fair,Your eyes are clear, your face is fair,you’re formidable, upright, majestic.you’re formidable, upright, majestic.In the midst of the Saṅgha of ascetics,In the midst of the Saṅgha of ascetics,

you dazzle like the sun.you dazzle like the sun.You’re a mendicant fine to see,You’re a mendicant fine to see,with skin that shines like lustrous gold.with skin that shines like lustrous gold.

But with such excellent appearance,But with such excellent appearance,what do you want with the ascetic life?what do you want with the ascetic life?You’re fit to be a king,You’re fit to be a king,

a wheel-turning monarch, chief of charioteers,a wheel-turning monarch, chief of charioteers,victorious in the four quarters,victorious in the four quarters,lord of the Black Plum Tree Land.lord of the Black Plum Tree Land.

Aristocrats, nobles, and kingsAristocrats, nobles, and kingsought follow your rule.ought follow your rule.Gotama, may you reignGotama, may you reign

as king of kings, lord of mankind!”as king of kings, lord of mankind!”“I am a king, Sela”,“I am a king, Sela”,said the Buddha,said the Buddha,

“the supreme king of the teaching.“the supreme king of the teaching.By the teaching I roll forth the wheelBy the teaching I roll forth the wheelwhich cannot be rolled back.”which cannot be rolled back.”

“You claim to be awakened,”“You claim to be awakened,”said Sela the brahmin,said Sela the brahmin,“the supreme king of the teaching.“the supreme king of the teaching.

‘I roll forth the teaching’:‘I roll forth the teaching’:so you say, Gotama.so you say, Gotama.Then who is your general,Then who is your general,