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title: 摩羅迦子經講記 A Discourse on the Mālukyaputta Sutta 引言 Introduction
description: "A Discourse on the Mālukyaputta Sutta"
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A Discourse on the Mālukyaputta Sutta

摩羅迦子經講記

Introduction

引言

The Mālukyaputta Sutta gives us the fundamental knowledge about the principles of insight meditation (vipassanā). It is found in the Samyuttanikāya of the Sutta Pitaka, and the twenty verses it contains can also be found in the Vīsatinipāta of the Theragāthā. It was given by the Buddha to Bhikkhu Mālukyaputta, at his request. He was the son of a female devotee by the name of Mālukyā, or Mālunkyā according to the Sri Lankan edition of the texts. His request to the Buddha was as follows:

摩羅迦子(Mālukyaputta)經帶給我們關于內觀(vipassanā) 禪修原則的基礎知識。該經位于經藏的相應部，同時該經含有的那二十條經句在小部長老偈(Theragāthā)的第二十偈集(Vīsatinipāta)中也能找到。它是佛陀應比庫摩羅迦子的請求而開示的。摩羅迦子是女居士摩羅迦(Mālukyā)的兒子，或者依據斯里蘭卡版本的經文，他母親名字是Mālunkyā。他如此請求佛陀：

「Sādhu me bhante bhagavā samkhittena dhammam desetu, yamaham bhagavato dhammam sutvā eko vūpakattho appamatto ātāpī pahitatto vihareyyan」ti.

「Venerable sir, it would be good if you would teach me the Dhamma in brief. Having heard the essence of Dhamma, I will practise it in solitude, abiding vigilant, strenuous, and with single purpose.」

「世尊，請簡要地給我教導法。聽了法的要點後，我將獨處地、持久警醒地、精勤地、專念地修習。那就好了！」

In effect, Mālukyaputta was asking the Buddha to prescribe a subject of meditation, which he wanted to practise in the right way at a quiet place. Solitude is essential for meditation, as it is an aid to concentration, which may be disturbed if one lives with others. However, if one cannot get it, one should mind one』s own business while others mind theirs. In such circumstances one should not speak, nor even look at others to see what they are doing, focusing one』s mind fully on the Dhamma.

實際上，摩羅迦子是向佛陀請求開示禪修的問題，他想依據開示在一個安靜的地方用正確的方式來修習。獨處是禪修的基礎，因為它對定有幫助。如果和其他人住在一起，可能會受到干擾。然而，如果無法達成這點，他就應該只留意自己的事情，同時其他人留意各自的事。在這樣一個環境里，不應該說話，甚至不要去看別人在干什麼，應該把自己的心完全地專注于禪修業處。