瀕臨死亡的富商 Mahadhanavanija Vatthu

 Mahadhanavanija Vatthu 




Dhammapada Verse 286

Idha vassam vasissami
idha hemantagimhisu
iti balo vicinteti
antarayam na bujjhati.

Verse 286: "Here will I live in the rainy season; here will I live in the cold season and the hot season", so imagines the fool, not realizing the danger (of approaching death).

The Story of Mahadhana, a Merchant

While residing at the Jetavana monastery, the Buddha uttered Verse (286) of this book, with reference to Mahadhana, a merchant from Baranasi.

Once, a merchant from Baranasi came to a festival in Savatthi with five hundred carts fully loaded with textiles and other merchandise. When he reached a river bank near Savatthi the river was in spate; so he could not cross the river. He was held up for seven days as it was raining hard and the water did not subside. By that time, he was already late for the festival, and there was no need for him to cross the river.

Since he had come from a long distance he did not want to return home with his full load of merchandise. So he decided to spend the rainy season, the cold season and the hot season in that place and said so to his assistants. The Buddha while going on an alms-round knew the decision of the merchant and he smiled. Ananda asked the Buddha why he smiled and the Buddha replied, "Ananda, do you see that merchant? He is thinking that he would stay here and sell his goods the whole year. He is not aware that he would die here in seven days' time. What should be done should be done today. Who would know that one would die tomorrow? We have no date fixed with the King of Death. For one who is mindful by day or by night, who is not disturbed by moral defilements and is energetic, to live for just one night is a well-spent life."

Then the Buddha sent Ananda to Mahadhana, the merchant. Ananda explained to Mahadhana that time was running out for him, and that he should practise mindfulness instead of being negligent. On learning about his impending death, Mahadhana was alarmed and frightened. So, for seven days, he invited the Buddha and other bhikkhus for alms-food. On the seventh day, the Buddha expounded a discourse in appreciation (anumodana).

Then the Buddha spoke in verse as follows:

Verse 286: "Here will I live in the rainy season; here will I live in the cold season and the hot season", so imagines the fool, not realizing the danger (of approaching death).

At the end of the discourse Mahadhana the merchant attained Sotapatti Fruition. He followed the Buddha for some distance and returned. On his return, he had a severe headache and passed away soon after. Mahadhana was reborn in the Tusita deva world.


瀕臨死亡的富商


「雨季的時節，我將住在這裡，冬季和夏季的時候我也將住在這裡。」 愚癡的人如此盤算，不知生死無常 (註)。 (偈 286)


　　摩訶答那是波羅奈的商人，有一次他打算在某一節慶的期間，到舍衛城去販賣紡織品和其它商品。但當他抵達靠近舍衛城的河邊時，卻因為洪水高漲而無法過河，只好在這岸等待。這一等就是七天，等他進入舍衛城時，節慶已經結束了。

　　他不想再把商品運回去，就決定在舍衛城多停留幾天，把商品賣完。有一天，佛陀進城化緣時，看見摩訶答那和他的商品，就微微一哂，阿難問佛陀，何以微笑？佛陀說：「阿難！看見那位商人和他的商品嗎？那商人心中想要留在城裡，把商品販賣出去，殊不知自己的生命就快要結束了！今天應該要做的事，今天就要完成。每天正念現前，活力充沛，並且不受煩惱的干擾，才能擁有真正有價值的生命。」

　　阿難把佛陀的忠告轉告給摩訶答那，請他修習正念，不可以無明地過日子。摩訶答那聽到自己的生命即將結束時，大吃一驚，而心生恐懼。所以一連七天，他都邀請佛陀和眾多比丘接受他的供養，並且請佛陀向他說法，協助他解脫生死輪迴。

　　聽完佛陀的說法後，他就證得初果，逝世的時候，他往生兜率天。


註：不知生命危脆的道理。


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《法句經》

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20. Maggavagga

Chapter Twenty  The Path

第二十章 道

ཉི་ཤུ་པ་ལམ་གྱི་ལེའུ།


286. Idha vassaṃ vasissāmi, 

idha hemantagimhisu;

Iti bālo vicinteti, 

antarāyaṃ na bujjhati.


286. "Here shall I live during the rains, here in winter and summer" — thus thinks the fool. He does not realize the danger (that death might intervene).


286.愚者常念：「雨季我要留在這裡，冬季和夏季我也要留在這裡。」懵然不覺死之迫近。


286.愚者常念：“雨季我要留在这里，冬季和夏季我也要留在这里。”懵然不觉死之迫近。


༢༨༦༽ བདག་ནི་འདི་ནི་དབྱར་དགུན་དང་། །ཆར་དུས་བཅས་པར་གནས་སོ་ཞེས། །བླུན་པོ་དག་གིས་སེམས་བྱེད་དེ། །ཉེན་ཁ་ཆེ་བ་མི་ཤེས་སོ། །



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