解脫心 A Heart Released 十二、三根本說法

§12. The Mulatika Discourse.

十二、三根本說法

Tika means three. Mula means root. Together they mean ‘things that are roots in sets of three.’ Passion, aversion, and delusion are three, termed the roots of what is unwise. Craving comes in threes: sensual craving, craving for becoming, and craving for no becoming. The floods and effluents (asava) of the mind each come in threes: sensuality, states of becoming, and unawareness. If a person falls in with these sorts of threes, then,

　　　Tika意即『三』，意為『根部』，合起來意即『根植于三的事物』，也就是貪、嗔、痴，稱為三不善根。渴愛來自三者：感官的渴愛(中譯注：欲愛)，形成(中譯注：有)的渴愛(中譯注：色愛)，和不形成的渴愛(中譯注：無色愛)，心意的泛 濫和流出都來自三者：感官、形成狀態和無明，如果一個人陷入這三類之中，然後就會 tiparivatta’三轉』：

tiparivattam:

He or she will have to keep spinning around in threes, and so the three realms — the realms of sensuality, form, and formlessness — will have to continue as they are, for these threes are the roots of the three realms.

　　他或她就會在這三者之中旋轉不停，因此三界─感官的世界(中譯注：欲界)，形象的世界(中譯注：色界)，無形象的世界(中譯注：無色界)─就一定會隨著他們持續下去，因為這三者就是三界的根本。

The remedy also comes in threes: virtue, concentration, and discernment. When people practice in line with the virtue, concentration, and discernment forming the cure, then,

　　治療的方法也是來自三者：美德(中譯注：戒)，專注(中譯注：定)和辨識力(中譯注：慧)。當人們的修習與戒、定、慧一致時，那就構成了療效，然後就 na tipariv-atta：『非三轉』：

na tiparivattam:

They won’t have to keep spinning in threes. The three realms won’t exist. In other words, they will gain utter release from the three realms.

　　他們不必在三者之中持續旋轉。三界不存在了，也就是他們將從三界中得到絕對的解脫。