貪婪的比丘 Upanandasakyaputtatthera Vatthu

Upanandasakyaputtatthera Vatthu

Dhammapada Verse 158

Attanameva pathamam
patirupe nivesaye
athannamanusaseyya
na kilisseyya pandito.

Verse 158: One should first establish oneself in what is proper; then only one should teach others. A wise man should not incur reproach.

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The Story of Thera Upananda Sakyaputta

While residing at the Jetavana monastery, the Buddha uttered Verse (158) of this book, with reference to Upananda, a thera of the Sakyan Clan.

Upananda was a very eloquent preacher. He used to preach to others not to be greedy and to have only a few wants and would talk eloquently on the merits of contentment and frugality (appicchata) and austere practices (dhutangas). However, he did not practise what he taught and took for himself all the robes and other requisites that were given up by others.

On one occasion, Upananda went to a village monastery just before the vassa. Some young bhikkhus, being impressed by his eloquence, asked him to spend the vassa in their monastery. He asked them how many robes each bhikkhu usually received as donation for the vassa in their monastery and they told him that they usually received one robe each. So he did not stop there, but he left his slippers in that monastery. At the next monastery, he learned that the bhikkhus usually received two robes each for the vassa; there he left his staff. At the next monastery, the bhikkhus received three robes each as donation for the vassa; there he left his water bottle. Finally, at the monastery where each bhikkhu received four robes, he decided to spend the vassa.

At the end of the vassa, he claimed his share of robes from the other monasteries where he had left his personal effects. Then he collected all his things in a cart and came back to his old monastery. On his way, he met two young bhikkhus who were having a dispute over the share of two robes and a valuable velvet blanket which they had between them. Since they could not come to an amicable settlement, they asked Upananda to arbitrate. Upananda gave one robe each to them and took the valuable velvet blanket for having acted as an arbitrator.

The two young bhikkhus were not satisfied with the decision but they could do nothing about it. With a feeling of dissatisfaction and dejection, they went to the Buddha and reported the matter. To then the Buddha said, "One who teaches others should first teach himself and act as he has taught."

Then the Buddha spoke in verse as follows:

Verse 158: One should first establish oneself in what is proper; then only one should teach others. A wise man should not incur reproach.

At the end of the discourse the two young bhikkhus attained Sotapatti Fruition.

貪婪的比丘

智者自己先奉行正法，然後才教導他人，如此，才能免於犯錯。(偈158)

  優波難陀尊者是雄辯滔滔的弘法法師。他總是告誡別人不可貪婪，欲望要少，同時，他經常說知足、節儉和苦行的功德。但他自己言行不一，信徒供養的袈裟和其它的必需品，他都照單全收。

  有一次，他在結夏安居之前到某一村落精舍去。精舍裡的一些比丘對他的辯才無礙印象深刻，就邀請他在該精舍結夏安居。他問他們結夏安居期間，他們每人約可得到幾件袈裟的供養。他們說只有一件，他就不想在此結夏安居，但卻留下他的拖鞋。然後他到另一座精舍去，當他問清楚每位比丘約可得到兩件袈裟的供養時，他也不想在那裡安居，但也留下他的木杖。然後他又到另外一座精舍去，這裏的比丘約可以得到三件袈裟的供養，他在離開這精舍前留下他的水壺。最後他來到一座精舍，由於這裡的比丘約可以得到四件袈裟的供養，他就決定留下來。

  結夏安居結束後，他到留下東西的所有精舍去拿供養的袈裟，好像他到每座精舍去結夏安居一樣。收齊之後，他就回原來的精舍去，路上，他遇見兩位年輕比丘為了兩件袈裟和一塊天鵝絨地毯的分配問題爭論不休，雙方無法達成和解，就請優波難陀仲裁。他把兩件袈裟平均分給兩人，而拿走天鵝絨地毯做為他仲裁的代價。

  這兩位年輕比丘對他的仲裁不滿意，但又無能為力。失望、沮喪之餘，他們向佛陀敘說事情的始末，佛陀告訴他們：「要教導別人，應該先教導自己，並且親身力行。」

‧摘錄自‧《法句經‧故事集》達摩難陀法師著

Daily Reading of Buddhist Scriptures 每日讀佛經 ཉིན་རེར་དམ་ཆོས་ཀློག་པ། 5 September 2020

Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhasa

禮敬 世尊 阿羅漢 等正覺者（三稱）

南無本師釋迦牟尼佛（三稱）

Dhammapada

《法句經》

ཆོས་ཀྱི་ཚིགས་སུ་བཅད་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་མདོ་བཞུགས་སོ། །

12. Attavagga

Chapter Twelve   The Self

第十二章 自己

བཅུ་གཉིས་པ་བདག་གི་ལེའུ།

158. Attānameva paṭhamaṃ, 

patirūpe nivesaye;

Athaññamanusāseyya, 

na kilisseyya paṇḍito.

158. One should first establish oneself in what is proper; then only should one instruct others. Thus the wise man will not be reproached.

158.智者先奉行正法，然後才教導別人，如此，才不致遭受責難。

158.智者先奉行正法，然后才教导别人，如此，才不致遭受责难。

༡༥༨༽ ཐོག་མར་རང་ཉིད་ཚུལ་མཐུན་གྱི། །སྤྱོད་པར་གནས་དགོས་དེ་ནས་ནི། །གཞན་ལ་གདམས་པར་བྱ་བ་སྟེ། །དེ་འདྲའི་མཁས་པར་སྐུར་འདེབས་མེད། །

Ratana Sutta

Discourse on the Jewels

《三寶經》

1. 任何來此聚會的眾生，無論是住在地上或天空的，但願一切眾生都快樂，願他們細心聆聽我說。

2. 因此一切眾生請諦聽，應向眾人類散播慈愛，他們日夜來供養你們，故應精勤地保護他們。

3. 無論在這世間或其他世間(這是指天界、梵天界或其它世界系)的任何財寶，或在天界的任何殊勝珠寶，都沒有和如來(佛陀)同等的。在佛陀裡有此殊勝寶。以此真實語願得安樂。

4. 寧靜的釋迦牟尼已徹悟滅盡、離欲、不死與殊勝。沒有任何東西能和法同等。在法裡有此殊勝寶。以此真實語願得安樂。

5. 至上佛所讚歎的清淨被稱為無間隔的􏰈。找不到和此􏰈同等的東西。在法裡有此殊勝寶。以此真實語願得安樂。

6. 具德者讚歎的八種人組成四雙，他們這些應供者是如來的弟子。布施給他們會帶來大果報。在僧團裡有此殊勝寶。以此真實語願得安樂。

7. 以穩固的心透徹地修行，在喬達摩(佛)的教法裡不再有貪欲，他們已證應證之法。進入了不死，他們輕易地享受所證悟的寧靜。在僧團裡有此殊勝寶。以此真實語願得安樂。

8. 正如深置地裡的柱子不能被四風動搖，我說，已經徹見聖諦的善士也是如此。在僧團裡有此殊勝寶。以此真實語願得安樂。

9. 清楚地觀照由擁有深奧智慧者善巧教導之聖諦的人，無論他們多麼放逸，也不會有第八次投生。在僧團裡有此殊勝寶。以此真實語願得安樂。

10. 對於證得知見者，有三法已被他斷除，即身見、疑與如果他有的戒禁取見。他已完全解脫了四惡道，絕對不會造六種大惡。在僧團裡有此殊勝寶。以此真實語願得安樂。

11. 無論他透􏰉過身或口或意所造的任何惡業，他都不會覆藏它，所謂見道者絕不會這麼做。在僧團裡有此殊勝寶。 以此真實語願得安樂。

12. 佛陀所教、導向涅槃、帶來最高等利益的至上法，就像夏天第一個月的樹林盛開著花。在佛陀裡有此殊勝寶。 以此真實語願得安樂。

13. 至上者、知至上者、給予至上者、帶來至上者教導無比至上法。在佛陀裡有此殊勝寶。以此真實語願得安樂。

14. 舊的已滅，新的不再生起，他們的心不執著未來生，有的種子已滅，他們不再生起對生命的慾望。那些智者像燈(滅那樣)熄滅。在僧團裡有此殊勝寶。以此真實語願得安樂。

15. 任何來此聚會的眾生，無論是住在地上或天空的，禮敬 人天尊敬的如來佛，願得安樂。

16. 任何來此聚會的眾生，無論是住在地上或天空的，禮敬 人天尊敬的如來法，願得安樂。

17. 任何來此聚會的眾生，無論是住在地上或天空的，禮敬 人天尊敬的如來僧，願得安樂。