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title: 難陀的故事 The Story of Nanda
description: "Prince Siddhattha and Prince Nanda were half-brothers; Siddhattha』s mother was Mahā Māyā, and Nanda』s was Mahā Pajāpati "
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The Story of Nanda

難陀的故事

Prince Siddhattha and Prince Nanda were half-brothers; Siddhattha』s mother was Mahā Māyā, and Nanda』s was Mahā Pajāpati Gotamī. Their mothers were sisters, both married to King Suddhodana. When Mahā Māyā died seven days after the birth of Siddhattha, Mahā Pajāpati Gotamī left her own son in the care of royal wet-nurses, and brought up Siddhattha, breast-feeding him herself.

悉達多王子和難陀王子是同父異母兄弟；悉達多的母親是Mahā Māyā，難陀的母親是Mahā Pajāpati Gotamī。他們的母親是姐妹，都嫁給了淨飯王。悉達多出生七天後，Mahā Māyā去世了。Mahā Pajāpati Gotamī把親生兒子交給了王室的奶媽照看，自己撫養悉達多，親自給他哺乳。

Prince Siddhattha became the Buddha, and came to Rājagaha to spend the first Rains Retreat there. Three days after his arrival, King Suddhodana arranged a prenuptial feast for his second son, Prince Nanda, betrothed to Princess Janapada Kalyānī. As the Buddha was invited, he came to the palace where the meal was offered to him. When he was about to return to the monastery, he told Prince Nanda to take his (the Buddha』s) bowl, and follow him. In awe of his elder brother, Nanda did as he was told, expecting the Buddha to take his bowl and discharge him sooner or later. As he was about to leave the palace, Princess Janapada Kalyānī called out, 「My Lord, come back soon!」

悉達多王子成為了佛陀，來到王舍城，在那里安度第一個雨安居。在他來後三天後，淨飯王為他第二個兒子難陀安排結婚宴會，難陀和Princess Janapada Kalyānī訂了婚。因為佛陀受了邀請，他來到了王宮提供他膳食的地方。佛陀將要返回寺院時，告訴難陀，帶上他的缽，跟他走。出于對兄長的敬畏，難陀照佛陀說的去做了，以為佛陀遲早會拿走自己的缽，讓他回去。在難陀將要離開王宮時，Princess Janapada Kalyānī大聲地呼喊，「我的夫君，快回來！」

Once at the monastery, the Buddha asked his younger brother if he would become a monk. The prince had no mind to put on the robe, but being overwhelmed with awe he said, 「yes.」 So he was ordained, but he was not happy at all. One day he complained, 「I am unhappy in this noble practice. I cannot stay any longer. I will revert to lay life.」

到了寺院，佛陀問他弟弟，是否願意成為僧侶。難陀沒有意願脫下他的禮服，但是他被敬畏淹沒了，說到，「是的。」所以他是被命令的，但是他一點也不快樂。一天，他抱怨到，「在這神聖的修行中，我感受不到快樂，我無法繼續呆在這里了。我要回到世俗的生活。」

The Buddha knew of Nanda』s discontent, so asked him why he was unhappy. Nanda told him that Janapada Kalyānī』s words were ringing in his ears.

佛陀知道難陀的不滿，問他為什麼不快樂。難陀告訴他，Janapada Kalyānī的話語總在他耳朵邊迴響。

The Buddha took his younger brother by the hand and led him to a desolate place, recently burnt by a forest fire, and showed him a maimed old hag of a monkey sitting by a smouldering log. From there he took him to Tāvatimsā, and introduced the love-lorn prince to a bevy of five hundred deities. The Buddha asked Nanda who was more beautiful, Janapada or any one of the deities. Nanda replied, 「Venerable sir, compared to these deities, Janapada is like that old monkey I saw previously.」

佛陀拉著弟弟的手，帶到一個沒有人煙的地方，那里剛剛發生了一場森林大火。佛陀給他指了指，在一根燒焦的圓木上，正坐著一只受傷的又老又丑的猴子。從那里出發，佛陀又把他帶到了忉利天，把這位正在害相思病的王子介紹給一群五百位的女神。佛陀問難陀：「誰更漂亮，Janapada還是女神中的任何一位？」難陀回答道：「世尊，和這些女神比起來，Janapada就像那只剛剛看到的老猴子。」

「Nanda,」 said the Buddha, 「remain as a bhikkhu. I promise you that you will win one of the beauties you can see now.」 When they came back from Tāvatimsa, Nanda became diligent in the practice, hoping that one day he would get one of the deities.

「難陀」，佛陀說，「繼續當比庫吧。我答應你，你將會贏得你現在看到的美女中的一位。」從忉利天回來後，難陀變得勤奮地禪修，希望有一天他能得到這些女神中的一位。

Word went around the monastery that Nanda was practising the Dhamma with an eye to getting a beautiful deity for a wife. He was teased by his fellow monks as being like a daily wage-earner, or even a bonded slave, who worked for material benefits. He was mortified by these remarks. Secluding himself, he practised meditation with the utmost effort and determination until all his defilements had dried up. Finally, he won the Path and its Fruition, becoming an Arahant.

傳言在寺院中流傳開來，說難陀修習佛法，是為了得到一位漂亮的女神當妻子。他被同修取笑，說他就像每天領工資的工人，甚至是抵押了財物的奴隸，他只是為物質利益而工作。這些談論讓他感到苦惱。他把自己隔離開來，盡最大努力地禪修，決心直到所有煩惱都被燒盡為止。最終，他贏得了道和道果，成為阿羅漢。

The lesson to be learned from this story is that if one is unable to note with mindfulness the sound that one hears, one tends to recall it again and again. Then it gets stuck in the mind. The mind imbibes all the feelings conjured up by craving.

從這個故事學到的教訓是，如果某人無法正念地注意他聽到的聲音，他就趨向于一次又一次地回憶它。然後，聲音黏住了心。心吸收由渴愛變幻出來所有感受。

「Tassa vaddhanti vedanā, anekā saddasambhavā;
Abhijjhā ca vihesā ca, cittamassūpahaññati.
Evamācinato dukkham, ārā nibbāna, vuccati.」

「A multitude of passions such as covetousness and rage, springing from sound, torments one who takes a firm hold of it, with the result that his mind becomes burdened with vexation. Therefore, nibbāna remains remote from one who would rather carry the burden of suffering than practise meditation.」

「許多染著，比如貪婪與惱怒，因為聲的觸發而生起，折磨牢固地抓取聲的人，導致他的心負擔著苦惱。因此，涅槃停駐在寧願承受苦的重擔也不練習禪修的人的遠方。」

This needs no further elucidation as enough has been said about the attitude of mind on seeing, which may be substituted by hearing in the present context.

這行不需要更多的說明，在解說看到時心的狀態的時候，所說已經很充分了，只是上下文中「看」和「聽」的替換問題。