9 -Evil (Dh.116-128) 九、惡品

9 -Evil (Dh.116-128)

116. Hasten to do good and restrain your mind from evil. He who is slow in doing good, his mind delightsin evil. 117. Should a person commit evil, let him not do it again and again. Let him not find pleasure therein, for painful is the accumulation ofevil.

strenuous︰費勁的，費力的。 accumulation︰累積物，累積物。

〈九、惡品〉

116應急速作善，制止罪惡心。怠慢作善者，心則喜於惡。

117若人作惡已，不可數數2作；莫喜於作惡，積惡則受苦。

118. Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good. 119. It may be well with the evil-doer as long as the evil ripens not, but when it does ripen, then the evil-doer sees (the painful results of) his evil deeds. 120. It may be ill with the doer of good as long as the good ripens not. But when it does ripen, then the doer of good sees (the pleasant results of) his good deeds. 121. Think not lightly of evil, saying, “It will not come to me.” 不要以為 ‘只有我的兒子死 ’。所有的有情都會死，眾生的意圖尚未滿足 之前，死王就以大洪水完全的捲入，丟進大海。」佛陀接著說偈頌 (v.287) 吉離舍瞿曇彌就證得須陀洹果。之後，吉離舍瞿曇彌出家，某日觀察油燈 火焰，想︰「一切有情生生死死，只有證得涅槃才不出現 (生死 )。」以此作 所緣，證得阿拉漢果。 A.1.14./I,25.︰「持麤衣者，是翅舍憍答彌 (Kisagotami)。」《增壹阿含 5.1經》(T2.558.3)︰「十一限礙 (頭陀 )，所謂 機梨舍瞿曇彌比丘尼是。」吉離舍瞿曇彌比丘尼另一則偈頌見 287偈。

1最上法：指九出世間法，即：四道、四果及涅槃。

2數數：ㄕㄨㄛˇㄕㄨㄛˇ，經常。

Drop by drop is the water pot filled; likewise, the fool, gathering it little by little, fills himself with evil.

122. Think not lightly of good, saying, “It will not come to me.” Drop by drop is the water pot filled; likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good. 123. Just as a trader with a small escort and great wealth would avoid a perilous route, or just as one desiring to live avoids poison, even so should one shun evil. escort︰n.護衛，護送，陪同。 perilous︰a.危險的，冒險的。

118若人作善已，應複數數作；當喜於作善，積善則受樂。1

〈119~ 120〉 119惡業未成熟，惡者以為樂。惡業成熟時，惡者方見惡。 120善業未成熟，善人以為苦。善業成熟時，善人始見善。

121莫輕於小2惡！謂「我不招報」，須知滴水落，

1曾經供養大迦葉尊者的女人，死後生忉利天，天女會單獨來經精舍為尊 者服務，尊者認為不恰當。天女就在哭泣，被佛陀聽到，佛陀說︰「天 女！我的兒子大迦葉是作防護的考量，而那些熱望作福者認為 ‘這是我們 的利益 ’—考量了作福的受惠，作福則來世是快樂的。」 莫輕於小︰ Mappamabbetha： 1. Ma+appamabbetha莫輕視。

2.Ma+appa+mabbetha莫想少。 亦可滿水瓶，愚夫盈其惡，少許少許積。1

122莫輕於小善！謂「我不招報」，須知滴水落， 亦可滿水瓶，智者完其善，少許少許積。

123商人避險道，伴少而貨多；愛生避毒品2，避惡當亦爾。

124. If on the hand there is no wound, one may even carry poison in it. Poison does not affect one who is free from wounds. For him who does no evil, thereis no ill. 125. Like fine dust thrown against the wind, evil falls back upon thatfoolwho offends an inoffensive, pureand guiltless man. 126. Some are born in the womb; the wicked are born in hell; the devout gotoheaven; thestainless pass into Nibbana. 127. Neither in the sky nor in mid-ocean, nor by entering into 1有位比丘每次從精舍拿椅、凳使用後，就把它留在外面，任日曬雨淋。 其他比丘責備他的粗心大意時，他就反駁：「這只是小事，而且我又不 是故意的。」所以，他依然故我。佛陀知道他的習性後，就告誡他。

2愛生避毒品：愛惜生命則需避開毒害的物品。

3舍衛城有一位摩訶達那富商 (Mahadhanavanija)，一群搶匪計劃搶劫他， 卻苦無下手機會，當他們打聽到摩訶達那將裝滿貴重商品的五百車子外 出時，就先在路上埋伏。摩訶達那抵達搶匪躲藏的森林外圍時，準備停 留幾天之後再上路。這些搶匪知道後，就準備動手搶劫。摩訶達那知道 之後，便決定折回，搶匪探聽到車隊要返回，就埋伏回去的路上。這時 候，摩訶達那得到通風報信，就改變主意，決定在村子裡停留幾天，同 行的眾多比丘因此就先回舍衛城，並向佛陀報告此事。佛陀說出此偈。

mountain clefts, nowhere in the world is there a place where one mayescape fromtheresults of evil deeds.

128. Neither in the sky nor in mid-ocean, nor by entering into mountain clefts, nowhere in the world is there a place where one will notbe overcome by death. 124假若無有瘡傷手，可以其手持毒藥。毒不能患無傷手。 不作惡者便無惡。

125若犯無邪者，清淨無染者，罪惡向愚人，如逆風揚塵。1

1某日早上，獵人可可 (Koka)去打獵。在路上，他遇見一位比丘正在託缽。 他認為這是不祥的預兆，當天，他真的什么也沒獵到。回程，他又遇到 那位比丘託缽回來。他一時憤怒，就放獵狗追咬比丘，還好這比丘跑得 快，爬上樹，獵狗咬不到他，獵人就用弓箭頭去刺他的腳底，比丘疼痛， 無法拉住袈裟，袈裟就滑落下來，正好罩在樹下的獵人。群狗以為比丘 掉下來，便撲上去狂咬，獵人因此被狗咬死。比丘疑惑他是否有破沙門 戒體(samanabhavo)，佛陀說：「你沒破沙門戒體，不須為獵人的死負責。」

126有人生於母胎中，作惡者則墮地獄，正直之人昇天界， 漏盡者證入涅槃。

127非於虛空及海中，亦非入深山洞窟，欲求逃遁惡業者， 世間實無可覓處。

128非於虛空及海中，亦非入深山洞窟，欲求不為死魔制， 世間實無可覓處。