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16 -Affection(Dh.209-220) 十六、喜愛品

16 -Affection(Dh.209-220)

  1. Giving himself to things to be shunned and not exerting where exertion is needed, a seeker after pleasures, having give uphis true welfare, envies those intent upontheirs. 210. Seek no intimacy with the beloved and also not with the unloved, for not to see the beloved and to see the unloved, both are painful.

〈十六、喜愛品〉

〈209~ 211〉 209專事不當事,不事于應修,棄善.趨愛欲,卻羨自勉者2。

1佛陀般涅槃前,在毗舍離附近的鞞羅柧村(Veluvagamake)雨安居。那時 候,他身染血痢(lohitapakkhandikabadha,《諸病源候論》︰「血痢者, 熱毒折受于血,血滲入大腸故也。」 )。帝釋親自前來照顧佛陀,直到佛 陀身體好轉。眾多比丘受到感動,佛陀說出此偈。

2白話中譯:做不該做的事,不做該做的事,執取欲樂而舍棄善法,而妒 嫉精進者的成就。

210莫結交愛人,莫結不愛人。不見愛人苦,見憎人亦苦。 211是故莫愛著,愛別離為苦。若無愛與憎,彼即無羈縛。1

212從喜愛生憂,從喜愛生怖;離喜愛無憂,何處有恐怖。2

  1. From affection springs grief, from affection springs fear. For him who is wholly free from affection there is no grief, whence then fear? 214. From attachment springs grief, from attachment springs fear. For him who is wholly free from attachment there is no grief, whence then fear? 215. From lust springs grief, from lust springs fear. For him who is wholly free fromlust thereis no grief, whence then fear. 216.From craving springs grief, from craving springs fear. For him who is wholly free from craving there is no grief, whence then fear?

  2. People hold dear him who embodies virtue and insight, who is principled, has realized the Truth, and who himself does 1舍衛城一獨子,沒有得到父母許可就去出家。他的父母因為戀子而出家。 他們都住在同一精舍。佛陀說偈告誡他們。 2一位富翁喪子,過度傷心,到火葬場 (ala hanam)去哭,無法控制。佛陀 說偈安慰他。

what he ought tobe doing.

  1. One who is intent upon the Ineffable (Nibbana) and dwells with mind inspired (by supramundane wisdom), and is no more bound by sense pleasures – such a man is called 「One Bound Upstream」. embody︰v.體現,使具體化。 ineffable︰a. n.難以形容。 One Bound Upstream︰a Non-returner(anagami)(不來果 (阿那含 )).

213從親愛生憂,從親愛生怖;離親愛無憂,何處有恐怖。1

214從貪欲生憂,從貪欲生怖;離貪欲無憂,何處有恐怖。

215從欲樂生憂,從欲樂生怖;離欲樂無憂,何處有恐怖。

216從愛欲生憂,從愛欲生怖;離愛欲無憂,何處有恐怖。2

217具戒及正見,住法3知真諦,圓滿自所行,彼為世人愛。

1毘舍佉優婆夷 (Visakha)的孫女蘇達坦 (Sudatta)死亡,佛陀說偈安慰她。

2王舍城中某婆羅門,他是邪見者,某日他去河岸邊耕作,佛陀見到他知 道他具有不久即可證果的潛能。婆羅門見到佛陀不尊崇,保持緘默。佛 陀首先開口聊起來,之後,佛陀都主動跟他打招呼。這婆羅門十分友善, 他也很感謝佛陀的關心。他向佛陀說:「等我田里的稻米成熟後,我會 在收成之後,先分一些給你,我不會在分給你之前,先吃這些米飯。從 現在起,你是我的好朋友。」但佛陀預知他今年不可能有收成,所以不 發一言。在收成的前一天,下大雨,毀掉他的稻米。婆羅門因為無法如 願送佛陀米糧而難過。佛陀去找他,安慰他。佛陀說此偈。

3法:四向、四果、涅槃。

4一個節慶,佛陀跟眾多比丘前往王舍城托缽。沿途,他們遇見幾位手上 都提著糕餅籃子的孩子,他們向佛陀問訊,但卻沒有供養糕餅。佛陀告訴其他比丘等一等,在路邊樹下休息。這時候,迦葉尊者從後面趕來, 這些孩子一見到迦葉尊者,馬上流露出高興的表情,他們向尊者問訊, 並且供養糕餅。迦葉尊者對他們說:「我的老師──佛陀和眾多比丘就 在樹下休息,去供養他們吧。」這些孩子就去供養佛陀。佛陀說:「比 丘若像迦葉尊者一般,天人都會喜愛,也會得到四事供養。」

218渴求離言法1,充滿思慮心,諸欲心不著,是名上流人2。

  1. When, after a long absence, a man safely returns home from afar, his relatives, friends and well-wishers welcome him home onarrival. 220. As kinsmen welcome a dear one on arrival, even so his own good deeds will welcome the doer of good who has gone from this world tothe next.

1離言法:anakkhate (于未宣布)。DhA.:A AAAAn nnnnak akakakakk kkkkh hhhha aaaat tttte eeeeti nibbane.(于未宣布:于 涅槃)。

2上流人:uddhamsoto,向上流去的人,即會生于第四禪的五淨居天的阿 那含聖者。

  1. Overcome the angry by non-anger; overcome the wicked by goodness; overcome the miser by generosity; overcome the liar by truth. 224. Speak the truth; yield not to anger; when asked, give even if you only have a little. By these three means can one reach the presence of thegods. renounce︰v.拋棄。 reins︰n.腰

〈219~ 220〉 219久客異鄉者,自遠處安歸,親友與知識,歡喜而迎彼。 220造福亦如是,從此生彼界,福業如親友,以迎愛者來。1

1有一次,難提耶(Nandiyo)優婆塞聽佛陀說,蓋精舍給比丘住有大利益, 于是他就在波羅奈仙人墮處概一間精舍獻給佛陀。大目犍連到忉利天 時,見到天上有一間難提耶的天宮。《天宮事》 (Vv.PTS:#862.)︰「在波 羅奈,有名為難提耶的優婆塞,不慳貪,慷慨的施主。在人群如太陽輝 耀,住在天宮者即此是此人。」

開佛知見,示佛知見,使悟佛知見,入佛知見也。