自说（Sujato 英译）第 38 阅读页 · UD4.8 · With Sundarī

Heartfelt Sayings 4.8Heartfelt Sayings 4.8With SundarīWith Sundarī

So I have heard.So I have heard.At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.Now at that time the Buddha was honored, respected, revered, venerated, and esteemed. And he received robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick.Now at that time the Buddha was honored, respected, revered, venerated, and esteemed. And he received robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick.

And the mendicant Saṅgha was also honored, respected, revered, venerated, and esteemed. And they received robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick.And the mendicant Saṅgha was also honored, respected, revered, venerated, and esteemed. And they received robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick.But the wanderers who followed other religions were not honored, respected, revered, venerated, and esteemed. And they didn’t receive robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick.But the wanderers who followed other religions were not honored, respected, revered, venerated, and esteemed. And they didn’t receive robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick.

Then those wanderers who followed other religions, unable to bear the esteem of the mendicant Saṅgha, approached the female wanderer Sundarī and said,Then those wanderers who followed other religions, unable to bear the esteem of the mendicant Saṅgha, approached the female wanderer Sundarī and said,“Sister, are you able to do something for the welfare of your kin?”“Sister, are you able to do something for the welfare of your kin?”“What can I do, masters?“What can I do, masters?

How can I help?How can I help?I’d even give my life for the welfare of my kin.”I’d even give my life for the welfare of my kin.”“Well then, sister, frequently visit Jeta’s Grove.”“Well then, sister, frequently visit Jeta’s Grove.”

“Yes, masters,” she replied, and did as they asked.“Yes, masters,” she replied, and did as they asked.When those wanderers knewWhen those wanderers knewthat Sundarī had been clearly seen by many people frequently visiting Jeta’s Grove,that Sundarī had been clearly seen by many people frequently visiting Jeta’s Grove,

they killed her and dumped her in the ditch around Jeta’s Grove. Then they went to see King Pasenadi of Kosala and said to him,they killed her and dumped her in the ditch around Jeta’s Grove. Then they went to see King Pasenadi of Kosala and said to him,“Great king, we cannot find the female wanderer Sundarī.”“Great king, we cannot find the female wanderer Sundarī.”“But where do you suspect she is?”“But where do you suspect she is?”

“At Jeta’s Grove, Great King.”“At Jeta’s Grove, Great King.”“Well then, search Jeta’s Grove.”“Well then, search Jeta’s Grove.”So the wanderers searched Jeta’s Grove. They pulled her body up from the ditch where they had dumped it, and lifted it on a bier. Having entered Sāvatthī, they went from street to street and from square to square, complaining to people:So the wanderers searched Jeta’s Grove. They pulled her body up from the ditch where they had dumped it, and lifted it on a bier. Having entered Sāvatthī, they went from street to street and from square to square, complaining to people:

“See the deed of the ascetics who follow the Sakyan!“See the deed of the ascetics who follow the Sakyan!Shameless are these ascetics who follow the Sakyan, immoral and wicked. They are liars and unchaste.Shameless are these ascetics who follow the Sakyan, immoral and wicked. They are liars and unchaste.Sure, they claim to be of principled and moral conduct, to be chaste, truthful, ethical, and of good character.Sure, they claim to be of principled and moral conduct, to be chaste, truthful, ethical, and of good character.

But they have no asceticism, no spirituality.But they have no asceticism, no spirituality.Asceticism and spirituality are lost to them!Asceticism and spirituality are lost to them!Where is their asceticism, where their spirituality?Where is their asceticism, where their spirituality?

They have abandoned asceticism and spirituality!They have abandoned asceticism and spirituality!How on earth can a man, having done a man’s business, kill a woman!”How on earth can a man, having done a man’s business, kill a woman!”Then at that time when the people of Sāvatthī saw the mendicants they abused and insulted them with rude, harsh words:Then at that time when the people of Sāvatthī saw the mendicants they abused and insulted them with rude, harsh words:

“Shameless are these ascetics who follow the Sakyan, immoral, wicked. They are liars and unchaste.“Shameless are these ascetics who follow the Sakyan, immoral, wicked. They are liars and unchaste.Sure, they claim to be of principled and moral conduct, to be chaste, truthful, ethical, and of good character.Sure, they claim to be of principled and moral conduct, to be chaste, truthful, ethical, and of good character.But they have no asceticism, no spirituality.But they have no asceticism, no spirituality.

Asceticism and spirituality are lost to them!Asceticism and spirituality are lost to them!Where is their asceticism, where their spirituality?Where is their asceticism, where their spirituality?They have abandoned asceticism and spirituality!They have abandoned asceticism and spirituality!

How on earth can a man, having done a man’s business, kill a woman!”How on earth can a man, having done a man’s business, kill a woman!”Then several mendicants robed up in the morning and, taking their bowls and robes, entered Sāvatthī for alms.Then several mendicants robed up in the morning and, taking their bowls and robes, entered Sāvatthī for alms.Then, after the meal, when they returned from almsround, they went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and told him what was happening.Then, after the meal, when they returned from almsround, they went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and told him what was happening.

“That rumor, mendicants, won’t last long. It will only be seven days, then it will vanish.“That rumor, mendicants, won’t last long. It will only be seven days, then it will vanish.So you may respond to those critics with this verse:So you may respond to those critics with this verse:A liar goes to hell,A liar goes to hell,

as does one who denies what they did.as does one who denies what they did.Both are equal in the hereafter,Both are equal in the hereafter,those men of base deeds.”those men of base deeds.”

The mendicants memorized that verse in the Buddha’s presence, then used it to respond to those critics.The mendicants memorized that verse in the Buddha’s presence, then used it to respond to those critics.People thought,People thought,“These ascetics who follow the Sakyan didn’t do it, it was not done by them, they swear it.”“These ascetics who follow the Sakyan didn’t do it, it was not done by them, they swear it.”

That rumor didn’t last long. It was seven days, then it vanished.That rumor didn’t last long. It was seven days, then it vanished.Then several mendicants went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him,Then several mendicants went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him,“It’s incredible, sir, it’s amazing!“It’s incredible, sir, it’s amazing!

How well said this was by the Buddha:How well said this was by the Buddha:‘That rumor, mendicants, won’t last long. It will only be seven days, then it will vanish.’‘That rumor, mendicants, won’t last long. It will only be seven days, then it will vanish.’That rumor has vanished, sir.”That rumor has vanished, sir.”

Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment:Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment:“People out of control stab with words,“People out of control stab with words,like they stab a tusker in battle with darts.like they stab a tusker in battle with darts.

When they hear a harsh word spoken,When they hear a harsh word spoken,a mendicant should endure with no anger in heart.”a mendicant should endure with no anger in heart.”