精神不集中的信徒 Panca Upasaka Vatthu

Panca Upasaka Vatthu  


Dhammapada Verse 251

Natthi ragasamo aggi
natthi dosasamo gaho
natthi mohasamam jalam
natthi tanhaisama nadi1.

Verse 251: There is no fire like passion, there is no grip like ill will, there is no net like ignorance, there is no river like craving.

1. natthi tanhasama nadi: There is no river like craving. This is because although a river can be full at times, craving can never be full, ie., satiated.

The Story of Five Lay-disciples

While residing at the Jetavana monastery, the Buddha uttered Verse (251) of this book, with reference to five lay disciples.

On one occasion, five lay-disciples were present while the Buddha was expounding the Dhamma at the Jetavana monastery. One of them was asleep while sitting, the second one was drawing lines with his fingers on the ground, the third was trying to shake a tree, the fourth was looking up at the sky. The fifth was the only one who was respectfully and attentively listening to the Buddha. Thera Ananda, who was near the Buddha fanning him saw the different behaviour of the five disciples and said to the Buddha, "Venerable Sir! While you were expounding the Dhamma like big drops of rain falling from the sky, only one out of those five people were listening attentively." Then Thera Ananda described the different behaviour of the other four to the Buddha and asked why they were behaving thus.

The Buddha then explained to Thera Ananda, "Ananda, these people could not get rid of their old habits. In their past existences, the first one was a snake; as a snake usually coils itself up and goes to sleep, so also, this man goes to sleep while listening to the Dhamma. The one who was scratching the earth with his hand was an earthworm, the one who was shaking the tree was a monkey, the one who was gazing up at the sky was an astronomer and the one who was listening attentively to the Dhamma was a learned astrologer. In this connection, Ananda, you must remember that one must be attentive to be able to understand the Dhamma and that there are many people who cannot follow what was being said."

Thera Ananda then asked the Buddha, "Venerable Sir! What are the things that prevent people from being able to take in the Dhamma?" And the Buddha replied, "Ananda, passion (raga), ill will (dosa) and ignorance (moha) are the three things that prevent people from taking in the Dhamma. Passion burns one; there is no fire like passion. The world may burn up when seven suns rise in the sky, but that happens very rarely. Passion burns always and without any break."

Then the Buddha spoke in verse as follows:

Verse 251: There is no fire like passion, there is no grip like ill will, there is no net like ignorance, there is no river like craving.

At the end of the discourse the one who was listening attentively attained Sotapatti Fruition.


精神不集中的信徒


沒有任何火比得上貪欲，沒有任何執著比得上瞋恚，沒有任何繫縛比得上愚癡，沒有任何河流比得上愛欲。 (偈 251)


　　有一次，佛陀在祇樹給孤獨園講授佛法時，大眾中有五位在家信徒。其中一位坐著睡著了；第二位用手指頭刮地上；第三位，用手搖樹；第四位仰頭向天；只有第五位專心恭敬地聽佛說法。阿難尊者看見他們不同的行為舉止時，告訴佛陀：「世尊，你在說法時，這五人之中只有一位專心聽講。」阿難也向佛陀敘述其他四位的舉止，並且請教佛陀，為什麼他們有這種表現呢？

　　佛陀說，這是因為他們無法改變舊有的習氣。在過去世時，第一位比丘是一隻蛇，因為蛇總是捲曲著身子睡覺，所以才會在聽聞說法時睡覺；刮地的信徒在前世是地下生物；搖樹的是隻猴子；仰頭向天的是星象學家；專心聽法的人則是學識豐富的婆羅門。

　佛陀接著說：「阿難！記住！人必須專心聽講才能了解佛法，而且很多人不了解佛法。」

　 「世尊！障礙人們證悟佛法的是什麼？」阿難進一步發問。

　「阿難！貪、瞋、癡障礙眾生證悟佛法。眾火中，欲望之火最是厲害，貪欲永不止息地炙燒眾生。」


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Dhammapada

《法句經》

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


18.Malavagga

Chapter Eighteen   Impurity

第十八章  污垢

བཅོ་བརྒྱད་པ་དྲི་མའི་ལེའུ།


251. Natthi rāgasamo aggi, 

natthi dosasamo gaho;

Natthi mohasamaṃ jālaṃ, 

natthi taṇhāsamā nadī.


251. There is no fire like lust; there is no grip like hatred; there is no net like delusion; there is no river like craving.


251.無火比得上愛欲（那麼猛烈），無執著比得上瞋恨（那麼緊握不捨）， 無羅網比得上無明（那麼難逃），無河流比得上渴愛（那麼深遠長久）。


251.无火比得上爱欲（那么猛烈），无执着比得上瞋恨（那么紧握不舍）， 无罗网比得上无明（那么难逃），无河流比得上渴爱（那么深远长久）。


༢༥༡༽ འདོད་ཆགས་འདྲ་བའི་མེ་མེད་དེ། །ཞེ་སྡང་འདྲ་བའི་དམ་འཛིན་མེད། །གཏི་མུག་འདྲ་བའི་དྲ་བ་མེད། །སྲེད་པ་འདྲ་བའི་ཆུ་ཀླུང་མེད། །



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