在嗅時未能觀照香 Failure to Meditate on Odour While Smelling

Failure to Meditate on Odour While Smelling

在嗅時未能觀照香

The Buddha, satisfied with Mālukyaputta』s answer, said, 「Well said,」 and uttered the four stanzas in the same manner as before.

佛陀對摩羅迦子的回答感覺滿意，說到，「善說」，然後誦出和之前相同風格的四行經句。

「Gandham ghatvā sati mutthā, piyam nimittam manasi karoto. Sārattacitto vedeti, tañca ajjhossa titthati.」

「Having smelled an odour, one loses mindfulness. Getting involved in the attraction of it, one feels the onset of desire that tries to imbibe it.」

「嗅到香，失去正念。作意香的可意相，他感受到貪著的侵襲，努力地粘著香。」

Meditators rarely enjoy fragrant odours. Mostly they have to endure disagreeable odours. So it is not unusual for them to long for fragrance. This is attachment, which makes one unmindful of the Dhamma.

禪修者很少喜歡芬芳的氣味。他們通常不得不忍耐不可意的氣味。他們一般不會渴望香氣，這是一種執著，會讓人對法失去正念。

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

「A multitude of passions such as covetousness and rage, springing from odours, 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，因為香的觸發而生起，折磨牢固地抓取香的人，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。」

Here, as before, the emphasis is on the fact that failure to meditate keeps nibbāna remote.

這里，如同之前，強調的是沒有禪修就會遠離涅槃的事實。