第2品 狮子吼品
2. Sīhanādavaggo
《狮子吼经》的注释
1. Sīhanādasuttavaṇṇanā
1111. 在第二篇的第一段里,“他前往世尊那里”:他心里想:“如果导师想要出行,现在正是出发的时候。让我为了出行的事去向导师告辞。”这样想过之后,就在比丘僧团的围绕下前往。“尊者,长老攻击了我”:据说,那位比丘看见长老被一大群比丘簇拥着走来,心想:“这些比丘抛开如来,反而围着舍利弗走了,我要打断他的行程。”于是对这件没道理的事心生愤怒,说了这话。其中,“攻击”是指碰触。“不弃舍”是指不请求原谅、不认错。那么他到底是因为什么缘故而生起怨恨呢?据说,长老向十力世尊礼敬后起身离去时,袈裟的一角碰到了那位比丘的身体,也有人说是风吹碰到的。就因为这么一点小事,他便生起怨恨,又看见长老被一大群比丘簇拥着走,心生嫉妒,就说“我要打断他的行程”。“你来,比丘”:导师听到那位比丘的话后,知道“如果我说‘舍利弗并没有攻击这位比丘’,这位比丘就会想:‘尊者,你们偏袒自己的上首弟子,不偏袒我。’从而对我起嗔心,因此堕入恶趣。”于是导师叫来一位比丘,说:“把舍利弗叫来,我要问这件事。”“拿了钥匙”:就是拿了钥匙。“狮子吼”:最殊胜的吼声、首要的吼声、不可逆转的吼声。就这样,被两位大长老告知之后,比丘僧团舍弃了夜间住处和白天住处,来到导师身边。“呵责之法”:就是谈论之法。
11. Dutiyassa paṭhame yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamīti ‘‘sace satthā cārikaṃ pakkamitukāmo assa , imasmiṃ kāle pakkameyya. Handāhaṃ cārikaṃ gamanatthāya satthāraṃ āpucchāmī’’ti cintetvā bhikkhusaṅghaparivuto upasaṅkami. Āyasmā maṃ, bhanteti so kira bhikkhu theraṃ mahatā bhikkhuparivārena gacchantaṃ disvā ‘‘ime bhikkhū tathāgataṃ pahāya sāriputtaṃ parivāretvā nikkhantā, gamanavicchedamassa karissāmī’’ti aṭṭhāne kopaṃ bandhitvā evamāha. Tattha āsajjāti ghaṭṭetvā. Appaṭinissajjāti akkhamāpetvā accayaṃ adesetvā. Kismiṃ pana so kāraṇe āghātaṃ bandhīti? Therassa kira dasabalaṃ vanditvā uṭṭhāya gacchato cīvarakaṇṇo tassa sarīraṃ phusi, vāto paharītipi vadanti. Ettakena āghātaṃ bandhitvā theraṃ mahatā parivārena gacchantaṃ disvā usūyamāno ‘‘gamanavicchedamassa karissāmī’’ti evamāha. Ehi tvaṃ bhikkhūti satthā tassa bhikkhuno vacanaṃ sutvā ‘‘na taṃ bhikkhu sāriputto paharīti vutte, ‘bhante, tumhe attano aggasāvakasseva pakkhaṃ vahatha, na mayha’nti mayi manopadosaṃ katvā apāye nibbatteyyā’’ti ñatvā ‘‘sāriputtaṃ pakkosāpetvā imamatthaṃ pucchissāmī’’ti ekaṃ bhikkhuṃ āmantetvā evamāha. Avāpuraṇaṃ ādāyāti kuñcikaṃ gahetvā. Sīhanādanti seṭṭhanādaṃ pamukhanādaṃ appaṭivattiyanādaṃ. Evaṃ dvīhi mahātherehi ārocito bhikkhusaṅgho rattiṭṭhānadivāṭṭhānāni pahāya satthu santikaṃ agamāsi. Khīyanadhammanti kathādhammaṃ.
“入于粪秽”就是指粪秽本身。其余各项也是同样的道理。“如大地一般”:因为不嗔恼,所以与大地相同。因为大地不会因为有人把干净的东西放在上面就生起喜悦,也不会因为有人把不净的东西放在上面就生起忧恼。他以此显示:“我的心也是如此。”“以广大的”:指不是狭小的。“以大至的”:指达到了广大的状态。“以无量的”:指增长到无量的程度。“以无怨的”:指远离不善的怨敌和众生的怨敌。“以无嗔害的”:指没有痛苦、远离忧恼。“此处的他”:指那位还没有修起身念处的比丘,尚且会这样做;像我这样的人,怎么会做这种事呢,尊者?这就是第一声狮子吼。应当知道,一切处都应这样配合理解。
Gūthagatanti gūthameva. Sesesupi eseva nayo. Pathavīsamenāti akujjhanaṭṭhena pathaviyā samānena. Na hi pathavī ‘‘mayi suciṃ nikkhipantī’’ti somanassaṃ karoti, na ‘‘asuciṃ nikkhipantī’’ti domanassaṃ. Mayhampi evarūpaṃ cittanti dasseti. Vipulenāti aparittena. Mahaggatenāti mahantabhāvaṃ gatena. Appamāṇenāti vaḍḍhitappamāṇena. Averenāti akusalaverapuggalaverarahitena. Abyāpajjhenāti niddukkhena vigatadomanassena. So idhāti so anupaṭṭhitakāyānupassanāsatipaṭṭhāno bhikkhu evaṃ kareyya, mādiso kathaṃ evarūpaṃ karissati, bhanteti paṭhamaṃ sīhanādaṃ nadi. Evaṃ sabbattha yojanā veditabbā.
尘拂,就是扫尘的布,也叫擦脚布,这是它的名称。手持小锅,就是手里拿着篮子或小锅。穿破布衣的人,就是穿着边缘破烂的碎布衣。善净,就是戒行清净,具有柔和自制的品质。善调,就是已经很好地调伏了。善练,就是已经得到了良好的训练。不伤害任何人,就是即使有人抓住它的角或抚摸它的背,它也不伤害任何人。如同断了角的公牛一样,就是心意像断了角的公牛那样。
Rajoharaṇanti rajasammajjanacoḷakaṃ, pādapuñchanti, tasseva nāmaṃ. Kaḷopihatthoti pacchihattho ukkhalihattho vā. Nantakavāsīti antacchinnapilotikavasano. Sūratoti sucisīlo soraccena samannāgato. Sudantoti suṭṭhu damathaṃ upagato. Suvinītoti suṭṭhu sikkhito. Na kañci hiṃsatīti visāṇādīsu gaṇhantampi piṭṭhiṃ parimajjantampi na kañci viheṭheti. Usabhachinnavisāṇasamenāti usabhassa chinnavisāṇassa cittasadisena.
若感到厌嫌,就是被逼恼、被折磨。若感到羞惭,就是觉得丢脸。若感到厌恶,就是生起厌嫌。
Aṭṭīyeyyāti aṭṭo pīḷito bhaveyya. Harāyeyyāti lajjeyya. Jiguccheyyāti jigucchaṃ āpajjeyya.
“油脂盘”是指屠夫们为了沥出肉汁,到处钻孔的那种盘子。所谓“带着走”,就是装满肉以后提起来走。“布满孔洞”是说有大大小小的孔。“向上涌出”是说肉汁从上面的孔往外流;“向下滴流”是说肉汁从下面的孔往下滴。这样一来,他全身就会被肉汁涂满。这里“布满孔洞”是指有九个疮口,有大大小小的孔洞。长老就这样借第八和第九这两种情形,说明自己对身体已经没有了欲贪。
Medakathālikanti medakathālikā vuccati sūnakārakehi yūsanikkhamanatthāya tattha tattha katachiddā thālikā. Parihareyyāti maṃsassa pūretvā ukkhipitvā gaccheyya. Chiddāvachiddanti parittamahantehi chiddehi samannāgataṃ. Uggharantanti uparimukhehi chiddehi nikkhamamānayūsaṃ. Paggharantanti adhomukhehi nikkhamamānayūsaṃ. Evamassa sakalasarīraṃ yūsamakkhitaṃ bhaveyya. Chiddāvachiddanti navahi vaṇamukhehi parittamahanta chiddaṃ. Evamettha aṭṭhamanavamehi dvīhi aṅgehi thero attano sarīre nicchandarāgataṃ kathesi.
那时,在长老以九种理由发出狮子吼之后,那位比丘。“过失”就是罪过。“他压倒了我”是指他越过我、压制我而发生了。“请接受”就是请原谅。“为未来防护”是指为了未来的防护,为了不再犯同样的过失。“确实”是必定如此。“你如法对治”:你依法而行,这就是求取原谅的意思。“我们接受你的那个”意思是我们接受你的那个过失。“比丘,这是圣律中的增长”:比丘,在圣律中,在佛陀世尊的教法中,这便称为增长。是怎样的增长呢?就是见到过失为过失,如法对治,并在未来生起防护。当以个人为对象发露时,便说:若见到过失为过失,如法对治,并在未来防护自身。“破裂”:如果长老不原谅,那位比丘的头当场就会裂成七分。所以世尊这样说。“如果我”是指如果这位比丘说“请原谅我”。“也请原谅我”是指这位长老也请原谅我,这样长老接受了那位比丘的过失之后,自己也在大师面前请求那位比丘原谅。
Atha kho so bhikkhūti evaṃ therena navahi kāraṇehi sīhanāde nadite atha so bhikkhu. Accayoti aparādho. Maṃ accagamāti maṃ atikkamma abhibhavitvā pavatto. Patiggaṇhatūti khamatu. Āyatiṃ saṃvarāyāti anāgate saṃvaraṇatthāya, puna evarūpassa aparādhassa akaraṇatthāya. Tagghāti ekaṃsena. Yathādhammaṃ paṭikarosīti yathā dhammo ṭhito, tatheva karosi, khamāpesīti vuttaṃ hoti. Taṃ te mayaṃ paṭiggaṇhāmāti taṃ tava aparādhaṃ mayaṃ khamāma. Vuddhihesā bhikkhu ariyassa vinayeti esā bhikkhu ariyassa vinaye buddhassa bhagavato sāsane vuḍḍhi nāma. Katamā? Accayaṃ accayato disvā yathādhammaṃ paṭikaritvā āyatiṃ saṃvarāpajjanā. Desanaṃ pana puggalādhiṭṭhānaṃ karonto yo accayaṃ accayatodisvā yathādhammaṃ paṭikaroti, āyatiṃ saṃvaraṃ āpajjatīti āha. Phalatīti sace hi thero na khameyya, tassa bhikkhuno tattheva sattadhā muddhā phaleyya. Tasmā bhagavā evamāha. Sace maṃ soti sace maṃ ayaṃ bhikkhu khamāhīti evaṃ vadati. Khamatu ca me soti ayampi cāyasmā mayhaṃ khamatūti evaṃ thero tassa accayaṃ paṭiggaṇhitvā sayampi taṃ satthu sammukhe khamāpesīti.
《有余经》注释
2. Saupādisesasuttavaṇṇanā
12第十二,在第二部经中,“有余”是指还有执取的残余。“无余”是指没有执取的残余,也就是没有执取。“以量而作”是指只做到有限的程度,而不是圆满做到。舍利弗,这法门还没有显现出来——这并不是说世尊没有辩才,而是说“我还没有宣说这法门”,这里是这个意思。“你们听了这法门之后不要放逸”是指:那些人心想“我们据说已经从四恶趣中解脱了”,于是不再为更高的阿罗汉果位精进,不应陷入放逸。世尊说明,这是按照你所问问题的意趣而说的,是按照所问问题的本来性质而说的。为了断除这九种人对各种存在的欲贪,世尊就以这件事作为因缘,宣说了这部经:“诸比丘,譬如极少量的粪便也是臭的;同样地,诸比丘,我不赞叹哪怕极微少的‘有’,哪怕只有弹指一瞬间那么短。”而且不只是这九种人的投生去处是固定的,那些家族——已经固定积累了种种善业,比如受持三皈依、五戒,作一次指定供养、一次半月供养、一次雨安居供养,建一座池塘、一处住所——他们的投生去处也是固定的,这些家族就等同于入流者。
12. Dutiye saupādisesanti saupādānasesaṃ. Anupādisesanti upādānasesarahitaṃ niggahaṇaṃ. Mattaso kārīti pamāṇakārī na paripūrakārī. Na tāvāyaṃ, sāriputta, dhammapariyāyo paṭibhāsīti appaṭibhānaṃ nāma bhagavato natthi, na tāvāhaṃ imaṃ dhammapariyāyaṃ kathesinti ayaṃ panettha attho. Māyimaṃ dhammapariyāyaṃ sutvā pamādaṃ āhariṃsūti ‘‘mayaṃ kira catūhi apāyehi muttā’’ti upari arahattatthāya vīriyaṃ akarontā mā pamādaṃ āpajjiṃsu. Pañhādhippāyena bhāsitoti tayā pucchitapañhassa sabhāvena kathitoti dasseti. Imesaṃ pana navannaṃ puggalānaṃ bhavesu chandarāgavinodanatthaṃ etameva atthuppattiṃ katvā – ‘‘seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, appamattakopi gūtho duggandho hoti, evameva kho khvāhaṃ, bhikkhave, appamattakampi bhavaṃ na vaṇṇemi antamaso accharāsaṅghātamattampī’’ti imaṃ suttaṃ (a. ni. 1.321) abhāsi. Na kevalañca etesaṃyeva navannaṃ puggalānaṃ gati nibaddhā, yesaṃ pana kulānaṃ tīṇi saraṇāni pañca sīlāni ekaṃ salākabhattaṃ ekaṃ pakkhiyabhattaṃ ekaṃ vassāvāsikaṃ ekā pokkharaṇī eko āvāso, evarūpāni nibaddhapuññāni atthi. Tesampi gati nibaddhā, sotāpannasadisāneva tāni kulāni.
《拘絺罗经》注释
3. Koṭṭhikasuttavaṇṇanā
13在第三经里,现法受指就在这一世的生命中成熟的业。后身受指在下一世的生命中成熟的业。乐受指能产生乐受的业。苦受指能产生苦受的业。已熟受指已经获得果报机会的业。未熟受指还没有获得果报机会的业。多受指能带来众多果报的业。少受指不能带来众多果报的业。非受指不带来果报感受的业。这部经讲的是轮回与还灭。
13. Tatiye diṭṭhadhammavedanīyanti imasmiṃ yevattabhāve vipaccanakakammaṃ. Samparāyavedanīyanti dutiye attabhāve vipaccanakakammaṃ. Sukhavedanīyanti sukhavedanājanakakammaṃ. Dukkhavedanīyanti dukkhavedanājanakakammaṃ. Paripakkavedanīyanti laddhavipākavāraṃ. Aparipakkavedanīyanti aladdhavipākavāraṃ. Bahuvedanīyanti bahuvipākadāyakaṃ. Appavedanīyanti na bahuvipākadāyakaṃ. Avedanīyanti vipākavedanāya adāyakaṃ. Imasmiṃ sutte vaṭṭavivaṭṭaṃ kathitaṃ.
《三弥提经》的注释4.
4. Samiddhisuttavaṇṇanā
1414. 在第四经中,“三弥提”:这位长老因为身体圆满,所以得到这个名字,他是长老的共住弟子比丘。“以什么为条件”是指以什么为条件。“意图之寻”是指以意图为本质的寻。“名色为条件”是指以名色为条件。这里指出,四种非色蕴以及四大种所造色,是寻的条件。“在哪里变得种种不同”是指在什么地方获得不同的自性和差别状态。“在诸界中”即在色界等当中。因为色寻确实是一类,声寻等则是另一类。“触集起”是指以相应的触为条件。“受会合”是指三种受的会合。到这里,善、不善和混杂的法都已经说完。然而,“定为首”等则应当理解为属于减损的一方。其中,因为定在这些法中最先、最殊胜,所以说“定为首”;因为念在这些法中最殊胜、是主导之因,所以说“念增上”;因为道慧在这些法中最上首,所以说“慧为上首”。到达果解脱之后,它们就达到了核心,所以说“以解脱为核心”。以所缘的方式沉入不死的涅槃,并在那里安住,所以说“沉入不死”。而“不要因此自负”是指:不要因为那个回答——“我回答了上首弟子所问的问题”——而产生自负或傲慢。
14. Catutthe samiddhīti attabhāvasamiddhatāya evaṃladdhanāmo therassa saddhivihārikatthero. Kimārammaṇāti kiṃpaccayā. Saṅkappavitakkāti saṅkappabhūtā vitakkā. Nāmarūpārammaṇāti nāmarūpapaccayā. Iminā cattāro arūpakkhandhā bhūtupādāyarūpañca vitakkānaṃ paccayoti dasseti. Kva nānattaṃ gacchantīti kasmiṃ ṭhāne nānāsabhāvataṃ vemattaṃ gacchanti. Dhātusūti rūpadhātuādīsu. Aññoyeva hi rūpavitakko, aññe saddavitakkādayoti. Phassasamudayāti sampayuttaphassapaccayā. Vedanāsamosaraṇāti tisso vedanā samosaraṇā. Ettakena kusalākusalamissakā kathitā. Samādhippamukhātiādayo pana apacayapakkhikāti veditabbā. Tattha pubbaṅgamaṭṭhena jeṭṭhakaṭṭhena vā samādhi pamukhaṃ etesanti samādhippamukhā. Jeṭṭhakakāraṇaṭṭhena sati adhipateyyā etesanti satādhipateyyā. Maggapaññā uttarā etesanti paññuttarā. Phalavimuttiṃ patvā sārappattā hontīti vimuttisārā. Ārammaṇavasena amataṃ nibbānaṃ ogāhitvā tattha patiṭṭhitāti amatogadhā. Tena ca mā maññīti tena vissajjanena ‘‘ahaṃ aggasāvakena pucchite pañhe vissajjesi’’nti mā mānaṃ vā dappaṃ vā akāsi.
《疮经》等经的注释
5-6. Gaṇḍasuttādivaṇṇanā
15-16第五经中,三年、四年是年的计数,他有许多年的计数,所以叫“多年计数”。他可能会有,意思是他将会拥有。不破裂之口,是指不是被任何人弄破而造成的,纯粹只是业所生起的疮口。唯可厌逆,是指唯一应当厌离、唯一令人反感。四大所造的,是指由四大种所构成的。饭粥所积的,是指由饭和粥积聚、增长起来的。无常、涂摩、挤压、破裂、离散法:以生起之后归于不存在的含义,是无常法;为了消除恶臭和烦恼而用薄薄涂香涂抹,是涂摩法;为了消除四肢和肢节的病痛而用轻柔按摩,是挤压法;或者在幼年时让他躺在大腿上,因为曾经住在胎中,那些四肢和肢节未能妥善安立,为了使其形状端正,以按压揉捏等方式按摩——这也是挤压法。这样保养维护,它仍然具有破裂、离散的性质,其本性就是破坏消散,这就是它的含义。在这里,以无常这个词,以及破裂、离散这两个词,说明了它的坏灭;以其余的词,说明了它的生起。应当厌离,是显示应当厌患、应当舍弃这个身体。如此,在这部经中宣说了强有力的观。第六经和前面所说的方式相同。不过在这里,是以“想”为标题,而实际所说的是“智”。
15-16. Pañcame tīṇi cattāri vassāni vassagaṇā, aneke vassagaṇā uppannā assāti anekavassagaṇiko. Tassassūti tassa bhaveyyuṃ. Abhedanamukhānīti na kenaci bhinditvā katāni, kevalaṃ kammasamuṭṭhitāneva vaṇamukhāni. Jegucchiyaṃyevāti jigucchitabbameva paṭikūlameva. Cātumahābhūtikassāti catumahābhūtamayassa. odanakummāsūpacayassāti odanena ceva kummāsena ca upacitassa vaḍḍhitassa. Aniccucchādanaparimaddanabhedanaviddhaṃsanadhammassāti hutvā abhāvaṭṭhena aniccadhammassa, duggandhavighātatthāya tanuvilepanena ucchādanadhammassa, aṅgapaccaṅgābādhavinodanatthāya khuddakasambāhanena parimaddanadhammassa, daharakāle vā ūrūsu sayāpetvā gabbhavāsena dussaṇṭhitānaṃ tesaṃ tesaṃ aṅgapaccaṅgānaṃ saṇṭhānasampādanatthaṃ añchanapīḷanādivasena parimaddanadhammassa, evaṃ pariharitassāpi ca bhedanaviddhaṃsanadhammassa, bhijjanavikiraṇasabhāvassevāti attho. Ettha ca aniccapadena ceva bhedanaviddhaṃsanapadehi cassa atthaṅgamo kathito, sesehi samudayo. Nibbindathāti ukkaṇṭhatha pajahatha imaṃ kāyanti dasseti. Evamimasmiṃ sutte balavavipassanā kathitā. Chaṭṭhaṃ vuttanayameva. Saññāsīsena panettha ñāṇameva kathitaṃ.
《家经》等经的注释
7-8. Kulasuttādivaṇṇanā
17-1817-18. 第七经中,“不以悦意起身相迎”是指:不用那种让心增长、让心贴近的姿态从座位上站起来迎接。“不以悦意顶礼”是指:不用五体投地的方式礼拜。“不恭敬地布施”是指:以不用心的态度布施。“不亲手布施”是指:不亲手给。“不靠近坐下听法”是指:心里不想“我们要听法”,所以不坐到近旁。“不听受”是指:就像把水倒在扣着的盆底上,水一翻转就流走了(法也留不住)。第八经中,按照所度化者的意乐,把慈心修习纳入之后,说为“具备九分教”。
17-18. Sattame na manāpena paccuṭṭhentīti manavaḍḍhanena manaṃ allīyanākārena āsanā vuṭṭhāya paccuggamanaṃ na karonti. Na manāpena abhivādentīti na pañcapatiṭṭhitena vandanti. Asakkaccaṃ dentīti acittīkārena denti. No sakkaccanti sahatthā na denti. Na upanisīdanti dhammasavanāyāti ‘‘dhammaṃ suṇissāmā’’ti na samīpe nisīdanti. Na sussūsantīti ghaṭapiṭṭhe āsittaudakaṃ viya vivaṭṭetvā gacchati. Aṭṭhame veneyyajjhāsayavasena mettābhāvanaṃ pakkhipitvā navaṅgasamannāgatoti vuttaṃ.
《天人经》的注释
9. Devatāsuttavaṇṇanā
19第九经中,“生悔”是指我们陷入了懊悔和羞愧的状态。“低劣的身体”是指相对于上层天界而言,下面这个身体被称为低劣。所谓“没有随能力、随力量分享”,是指没有按照自己的能力和力量,相应地分给持戒者之后才食用。
19. Navame vippaṭisāriniyoti vippaṭisāritaṃ maṅkubhāvaṃ āpajjimha. Hīnaṃ kāyanti uparidevalokaṃ upādāya heṭṭhimo hīnoti vuccati. No ca kho yathāsatti yathābalaṃ saṃvibhajimhāti attano sattiyā ca balassa ca anurūpena sīlavantānaṃ saṃvibhāgaṃ katvā na bhuñjimhā.
《韦拉马经》的注释
10. Velāmasuttavaṇṇanā
20在第十问里,世尊问“居士,你家里也有布施吗?”并不是在问布施给比丘僧团的事。因为长者家里一直都给比丘僧团供养精美的食物,导师不可能不知道这件事。他问的是给一般世间大众的布施——那种布施很粗糙,不能让长者心里欢喜。所以他说“我要问的是这个”。“Kaṇājaka”是指带糠的饭,是用带碎粒的米煮成的。“Biḷaṅgadutiya”是指配着酸粥吃。“不恭敬地施”是指不尊重地给。“不存敬意”是指对受供者没有恭敬而以轻慢之心给。“不亲手施”是指不亲手布施,而是假借他人之手,仅作吩咐罢了。“像丢弃一样地施”是指并非恒常不断地施与,就像一年仅办一次的酒祭供养那样。“持无来见而施”是指不相信有业和果报而去布施。
20. Dasame api nu te, gahapati, kule dānaṃ dīyatīti nayidaṃ bhagavā bhikkhusaṅghassa dānaṃ sandhāya pucchati. Seṭṭhissa hi ghare bhikkhusaṅghassa niccaṃ paṇītadānaṃ dīyati, na taṃ satthā na jānāti. Lokiyamahājanassa pana diyyamānadānaṃ atthi, taṃ lūkhaṃ hoti, seṭṭhissa cittaṃ na pīṇeti. Taṃ pucchāmīti pucchati. Kaṇājakanti sakuṇḍakabhattaṃ, sakuṇḍakehipi kaṇikataṇḍuleheva pakkaṃ. Biḷaṅgadutiyanti kañjiyadutiyaṃ. Asakkaccaṃ detīti asakkaritvā deti. Acittīkatvāti acittīkārena dakkhiṇeyya agāravena deti. Asahatthā detīti sahatthena adatvā parahatthena deti, āṇattimattameva karotīti attho. Apaviddhaṃ detīti na nirantaraṃ deti, saṃvaccharikaṃ soṇḍabali viya hoti. Anāgamanadiṭṭhiko detīti na kammañca phalañca saddahitvā deti.
无论在哪一种家世圆满中,在哪一家里。对于“不乐于上妙的饮食受用”等:当种种不同滋味、芳香的好米饭菜被端上来时,他的心不倾向这些,说“把这招病的东西拿走”,于是和随便一个卑贱之人一起,把碎米粥当作甘露一样,吃得津津有味。当迦尸等地出产的殊胜衣服被端上来时,他说“把这些拿走,穿的人连遮都遮不住,披在身上也挂不住”,却对像椰壳、树皮一样的粗布衣服说“穿这些,既知道自己在穿着,也能遮住该遮的地方”,于是满心欢喜地穿上。当象乘、马乘、车乘、金轿等被端上来时,他说“把这些拿走,摇摇晃晃的,根本没法坐在上面”,而当破旧的小车被送来时,他说“这个稳当,坐在上面舒服”,就接受了它。对于“不乐于殊胜的五种欲乐”:他看到打扮装饰、容貌美丽的女子,就说“怕是女夜叉吧,想吃人呢,要她们干什么”,就这样随随便便地打发日子。“不乐听闻”,就是不想听,也就是不信的意思。“不倾耳听”,就是为了听所说的话,不倾注耳根的净色。“恭敬”等词,应按照前面所说的相反意思来理解。
Yattha yatthāti tīsu kulasampadāsu yasmiṃ yasmiṃ kule. Na uḷārāya bhattabhogāyātiādīsu nānaggarasasugandhasālibhojane upanīte cittaṃ na namati, ‘‘harathetaṃ rogavaḍḍhana’’nti vatvā yena vā tena vā ḍākena saddhiṃ sakuṇḍakabhattaṃ amataṃ viya sampiyāyamāno bhuñjati. Kāsikādīsu varavatthesu upanītesu ‘‘harathetāni nivāsentassa paṭicchādetumpi na sakkonti, gattesupi na saṇṭhahantī’’ti vatvā nāḷikerasāṭakamūlatacasadisāni pana thūlavatthāni ‘‘imāni nivāsento nivatthabhāvampi jānāti, paṭicchādetabbampi paṭicchādentī’’ti sampiyāyamāno nivāseti. Hatthiyānaassayānarathayānasuvaṇṇasivikādīsu upanītesu ‘‘harathetāni calācalāni, na sakkā ettha nisīditu’’nti vatvā jajjararathake upanīte ‘‘ayaṃ niccalo, ettha sukhaṃ nisīditu’’nti taṃ sādiyati. Na uḷāresu pañcasu kāmaguṇesūti alaṅkatapaṭiyattā rūpavatiyo itthiyo disvā ‘‘yakkhiniyo maññe, etā khāditukāmā, kiṃ etāhī’’ti yathāphāsukeneva vītināmeti. Na sussūsantīti sotuṃ na icchanti, na saddahantīti attho. Na sotaṃ odahantīti kathitassa savanatthaṃ na sotapasādaṃ odahanti. Sakkaccantiādīni vuttavipariyāyena veditabbāni.
韦拉摩这个名号,是因为他具足了超越出身、种姓、容貌、财富、信仰、智慧等一切限度的殊胜功德,才得到这样的名字。他做了这样的布施,也就是大布施。关于这件事,有一段前后连贯的讲述——据说,他前世在波罗奈城的国师家里投生,人们给他取名叫韦拉摩王子。他十六岁那年,和波罗奈城的王子一起去塔迦尸喇学技艺。他们两人在一位名望极高的老师门下开始学习。和他们一样,赡部洲其他八万四千位王子也来了。菩萨在自己学习的那个地方充当助教,教导这八万四千位王子,而他自己原本要十六年才能学会的技艺,三年就学完了。老师知道韦拉摩王子的技艺已经纯熟,就说:孩子们,韦拉摩已经通晓我所知道的一切了,你们大家一起去他那里学吧。于是把八万四千位王子都交给了菩萨。
Velāmoti jātigottarūpabhogasaddhāpaññādīhi mariyādavelaṃ atikkantehi uḷārehi guṇehi samannāgatattā evaṃladdhanāmo. So evarūpaṃ dānaṃ adāsi mahādānanti ettha ayaṃ anupubbīkathā – so kira atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ purohitagehe paṭisandhiṃ gaṇhi, velāmakumārotissa nāmaṃ akaṃsu. So soḷasavassakāle bārāṇasirājakumārena saddhiṃ sippuggahaṇatthaṃ takkasilaṃ agamāsi. Te ubhopi disāpāmokkhassa ācariyassa santike sippaṃ paṭṭhapayiṃsu. Yathā ca te, evaṃ aññepi jambudīpe caturāsītisahassarājakumārā. Bodhisatto attanā gahitaṭṭhāne piṭṭhiācariyo hutvā caturāsīti rājakumārasahassāni sikkhāpeti, sayampi soḷasavassehi gahetabbasippaṃ tīhi vassehi uggaṇhi. Ācariyo ‘‘velāmakumārassa sippaṃ paguṇa’’nti ñatvā, ‘‘tātā, velāmo mayā ñātaṃ sabbaṃ jānāti, tumhe sabbepi samaggā gantvā etassa santike sippaṃ uggaṇhathā’’ti caturāsīti kumārasahassāni bodhisattassa niyyādesi.
菩萨向老师行礼后,带着八万四千名王子随行,出发前往一座邻近的城市,教导那里的城主王子。等这位王子技艺纯熟后,就让他留在当地。用同样的办法,他走遍八万四千座城市,让八万四千位王子都精通技艺,每到一座城就把相应的王子留在那里,最后带着波罗奈王子回到波罗奈城。人们为这位学成技艺的王子灌顶立为国王,并授予韦拉摩国师之位。那八万四千位王子也各自在自己的王国接受了灌顶,此后每年都来侍奉波罗奈国王。他们拜见国王后,就到韦拉摩面前说:老师,我们都已经在自己的王国站稳脚跟了,您有什么需要就尽管吩咐。说完便离开。可是在他们往来的时候,随从们强夺车乘、牛、牛车、鸡、猪等,地方上因此受到极大的骚扰。于是众多百姓聚集到王宫庭院里哭诉。
Bodhisatto ācariyaṃ vanditvā caturāsīti kumārasahassaparivāro nikkhamitvā ekaṃ āsannanagaraṃ patvā nagarasāmikaṃ rājakumāraṃ uggaṇhāpetvā tassa sippe paguṇe jāte taṃ tattheva nivattesi. Etenupāyena caturāsīti nagarasahassāni gantvā caturāsītiyā rājakumārānaṃ sippaṃ paguṇaṃ kāretvā tasmiṃ tasmiṃ nagare taṃ taṃ nivattetvā bārāṇasirājakumāraṃ ādāya bārāṇasiṃ paccāgañchi. Manussā kumāraṃ pariyositasippaṃ rajje abhisiñciṃsu, velāmassa purohitaṭṭhānaṃ adaṃsu. Tepi caturāsītisahassarājakumārā sakesu sakesu rajjesu abhisekaṃ patvā anusaṃvaccharaṃ bārāṇasirañño upaṭṭhānaṃ āgacchanti. Te rājānaṃ disvā velāmassa santikaṃ gantvā, ‘‘ācariya, amhe rajjesu patiṭṭhitā, vadeyyātha yenattho’’ti vatvā gacchanti. Tesaṃ gamanāgamanakāle sakaṭasandamānikagāvigoṇakukkuṭasūkarādayo gaṇhantānaṃ janapado ativiya uupadduto hoti, mahājano sannipatitvā rājaṅgaṇe kandati.
国王把韦拉摩叫来,说:“老师,地方上受了骚扰。那些国王来来去去的时候大肆抢掠,百姓实在受不了。请您想个办法,把地方上的苦难平息下来。”韦拉摩说:“好的,大王,我来想办法。您需要哪些地方,就把它划出来、拿去吧。”国王照办了。韦拉摩于是为八万四千位国王划分各自的地方,就像把辐条插进轮毂一样,把他们一一安置在国王自己的地盘里。从那时起,那些国王无论来还是去,都只在自己的地盘内通行,心想“这是我们的地方”,不再抢掠。出于对国王的尊重,他们也不侵扰国王的地盘。地方上的人们因此安定下来,没有了喧闹,没有了吵嚷。所有国王都满心欢喜,纷纷邀请他说:“老师,您有什么需要,就告诉我们吧。”
Rājā velāmaṃ pakkositvā, ‘‘ācariya, upadduto janapado, rājāno gamanāgamanakāle mahāvilopaṃ karonti, manussā sandhāretuṃ na sakkonti, janapadapīḷāya upasamaṃ ekaṃ upāyaṃ karothā’’ti . Sādhu mahārāja, upāyaṃ karissāmi, tumhākaṃ yattakena janapadena attho, taṃ paricchinditvā gaṇhathāti. Rājā tathā akāsi. Velāmo caturāsītiyā rājasahassānaṃ janapade vicāretvā cakkanābhiyaṃ are viya rañño janapadasmiṃ oropesi. Tato paṭṭhāya te rājāno āgacchantāpi gacchantāpi attano attano janapadeneva sañcaranti, amhākaṃ janapadoti vilopaṃ na karonti. Rājagāravena rañño janapadampi na pīḷenti. Janapadā sannisinnā nissaddā niravā ahesuṃ. Sabbe rājāno haṭṭhatuṭṭhā ‘‘yena vo, ācariya, attho, taṃ amhākaṃ vadethā’’ti pavārayiṃsu.
韦拉摩洗完头后,让人打开自己内宅中装满七宝的库房之门,查看为延续七代家族所积存的财富,盘算收支之后,心想:“我应当做一场足以震动整个赡部洲的大布施。”他禀告国王后,在恒河岸边造了长达十二由旬的一排排灶台,又在各处建起大仓库,用来存放酥油、蜂蜜、糖浆、油、芝麻、大米等物。他安排众人说:“每个地方都安排足够的人手,凡是人们该得到的东西,只要缺了任何一样,就来报告我。”部署好人员后,又让人在城中击鼓宣告:“从某日起,大家来吃韦拉摩婆罗门的布施吧!”当负责布施的人报告“施场已经准备好了”时,他穿上价值千金的衣服,把价值五百金的衣服搭在一肩上,佩戴一切装饰,为了检验这场布施,将金瓶盛满水晶般清澈的水,立下誓言:“如果这世上真有堪受这份布施的应供之人,愿这水流出、落在地上;如果没有,就照旧停住。”说完便把金瓶口朝下倾倒。那水像被鼓风吹住一样,没有流出来。菩萨没有生起懊悔,心想:“唉,赡部洲真是空虚,竟连一个堪受布施的人都没有。”他又想:“如果这份布施能因施主本身而清净,愿水流出、落在地上。”那水晶般清澈的水便流了出来,落在地上。他想:“现在我要开始布施了。”于是来到施场,察看布施的布置,到了喝粥的时候让人送粥,到了吃点心的时候让人送点心,到了吃饭的时候让人送饭。就这样,一天又一天地行施。
Velāmo sīsaṃnhāto attano antonivesane sattaratanaparipūrānaṃ gabbhānaṃ dvārāni vivarāpetvā yāva sattamā kulaparivaṭṭā ṭhapitaṃ dhanaṃ oloketvā āyavayaṃ upadhāretvā ‘‘mayā sakalajambudīpaṃ khobhentena dānaṃ dātuṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti rañño ārocetvā gaṅgātīre dvādasayojanikā uddhanapantiyo kāretvā tasmiṃ tasmiṃ ṭhāne sappimadhuphāṇitatelatilataṇḍulādīnaṃ ṭhapanatthāya mahākoṭṭhāgārāni patiṭṭhāpetvā ‘‘ekekasmiṃ ṭhāne ettakā ettakā janā saṃvidahatha, yaṃkiñci manussānaṃ laddhabbaṃ nāma atthi, tato ekasmimpi asati mayhaṃ āroceyyāthā’’ti manusse saṃvidhāya ‘‘asukadivasato paṭṭhāya velāmabrāhmaṇassa dānaṃ bhuñjantū’’ti nagare bheriṃ carāpetvā ‘‘dānaggaṃ pariniṭṭhita’’nti dānayuttehi ārocite sahassagghanakaṃ vatthaṃ nivāsetvā pañcasatagghanakaṃ ekaṃsaṃ katvā sabbālaṅkārabhūsito dānavīmaṃsanatthāya phalikavaṇṇassa udakassa suvaṇṇabhiṅgāraṃ pūretvā ‘‘imasmiṃ loke sace imaṃ dānaṃ paṭiggahetuṃ yuttarūpā dakkhiṇeyyapuggalā atthi, idaṃ udakaṃ nikkhamitvā pathaviṃ gaṇhātu. Sace natthi, evameva tiṭṭhatū’’ti saccakiriyaṃ katvā bhiṅgāraṃ adhomukhaṃ akāsi. Udakaṃ dhamakaraṇena gahitaṃ viya ahosi. Bodhisatto ‘‘suñño vata, bho, jambudīpo, ekapuggalopi dakkhiṇaṃ paṭiggahetuṃ yuttarūpo natthī’’ti vippaṭisāraṃ akatvā ‘‘sace dāyakassa vasenāyaṃ dakkhiṇā visujjhissati, udakaṃ nikkhamitvā pathaviṃ gaṇhātū’’ti cintesi. Phalikavaṇṇasadisaṃ udakaṃ nikkhamitvā pathaviṃ gaṇhi . ‘‘Idāni dānaṃ dassāmī’’ti dānaggaṃ patvā dānaṃ oloketvā yāguvelāya yāguṃ, khajjakavelāya khajjakaṃ, bhojanavelāya bhojanaṃ dāpesi. Eteneva nīhārena divase divase dānaṃ dīyati.
在那样的布施场合里,并没有“这个有、那个没有”这种话可说。这时他想:现在这场布施如果只做到这个程度,是不会圆满的。于是让人取出赤金,打造金盘。为了筹办八万四千只金盘等物,他派人送信给八万四千位国王。国王们都说:我们长久以来一直受到老师的关照。于是把一切都备办齐全,送了回来。就在不断布施的过程中,七年七个月过去了。这时,婆罗门心想:我要把金银财物分配好再行布施。便让人在宽敞的地方准备好布施。准备好之后,以八万四千只金盘为首,从一端开始布施出去。
Tasmiṃ kho pana dānagge ‘‘idaṃ nāma atthi, idaṃ nāma natthī’’ti vattabbaṃ natthi. Idāni taṃ dānaṃ ettakamatteneva na niṭṭhaṃ gamissatīti rattasuvaṇṇaṃ nīharāpetvā suvaṇṇapātiyo kāretvā caturāsītisuvaṇṇapātisahassādīnaṃ atthāya caturāsītirājasahassānaṃ sāsanaṃ pahiṇi. Rājāno ‘‘cirassaṃ vata mayaṃ ācariyena anuggahitā’’ti sabbaṃ sampādetvā pesesuṃ. Dāne diyyamāneyeva satta vassāni satta māsā atikkantā. Atha brāhmaṇo ‘‘hiraññaṃ bhājetvā dānaṃ dassāmī’’ti mahante okāse dānaṃ sajjāpesi. Sajjāpetvā caturāsīti suvaṇṇapātisahassāni ādiṃ katvā koṭito paṭṭhāya adāsi.
这里,“装满银的”是指装满银片、银块和银钱。不过,不应该认为那些盘子很小:在一块大约一迦梨沙大小的地面上,只放了四个盘子。盘子的中央凸起部分是九宝做的,从盘口边缘往下是八宝。盘口边缘宽到能让一辆套着六匹良马的马车绕行。施主布施时,把接受布施的人一组一组安置在盘子外侧边缘,先把盘中装的东西布施出去,然后从接缝处一一拆开,连盘子一起布施。就这样,他布施了全部八万四千只盘子。银盘等物品也是同样的做法。这里“装满金的”是指装满金片、金块和金钱。“装满钱财的”是指装满七种宝物的。“金庄严具”就是黄金做的装饰品。“带着铜制挤奶桶的”是指带着银制挤奶桶的母牛。那些母牛的角都包上了金套,脖子上戴着素馨花环,四蹄戴着脚镯,背上盖着上好的布料,脖颈上系着金铃。“百亿件衣”:按世俗的说法,二十套衣服算一俱胝,这里说的是十件衣。“细亚麻布”等物品中,凡是哪种最精细,他就布施哪一种。至于那些通常不被认为是布施的——比如施舍女人、施舍公牛、施舍酒、施舍歌舞娱乐——他也都布施了。这样做是为了堵住别人说“韦拉摩的布施里没有这个那个”的话,作为附属一并施出。“犹如河流般流溢”,就是像河流一样流淌。
Tattha rūpiyapūrānīti rajatataṭṭirajataphālarajatamāsakehi pūrāni. Pātiyo pana khuddikāti na sallakkhetabbā, ekakarīsappamāṇe bhūmibhāge catassova pātiyo ṭhapayiṃsu. Pātimakuḷaṃ navaratanaṃ hoti, mukhavaṭṭito paṭṭhāya aṭṭharatanaṃ, pātimukhavaṭṭiyā chayutto ājaññaratho anupariyāyati, dadamāno pātiyā bāhirantena vaggavagge paṭiggāhake ṭhapetvā paṭhamaṃ pātiyā pakkhittaṃ datvā pacchā sandhisandhito viyojetvā pātinti evaṃ caturāsīti pātisahassāni adāsi. Rūpiyapātiādīsupi eseva nayo. Etthapi ca suvaṇṇapūrānīti suvaṇṇataṭṭisuvaṇṇaphālasuvaṇṇamāsakehi pūrāni. Hiraññapūrānīti sattavidharatanapūrāni. Sovaṇṇālaṅkārānīti suvaṇṇālaṅkārāni. Kaṃsūpadhāraṇānīti rajatamayakhīrapaṭicchakāni. Tāsaṃ pana dhenūnaṃ siṅgāni suvaṇṇakosakapariyonaddhāni ahesuṃ, gīvāya sumanadāmaṃ piḷandhiṃsu, catūsu pādesu nupūrāni, piṭṭhiyaṃ varadukūlaṃ pārutaṃ, kaṇṭhe suvaṇṇaghaṇṭaṃ bandhiṃsu. Vatthakoṭisahassānīti lokavohārato vīsativatthayugāni ekā koṭi , idha pana dasa sāṭakāti vuttaṃ. Khomasukhumānantiādimhi khomādīsu yaṃ yaṃ sukhumaṃ, taṃ tadeva adāsi. Yāni panetāni itthidānaṃ usabhadānaṃ majjadānaṃ samajjādānanti adānasammatāni, tānipi esa ‘‘velāmassa dānamukhe idaṃ nāma natthī’’ti vacanapathaṃ pacchindituṃ parivāratthāya adāsi. Najjo maññe vissandantīti nadiyo viya vissandanti.
世尊讲完韦拉摩的布施之后,为了进一步为这位长者开示法义,说道:居士,那场大布施不是别人做的,是我做的。可是,即使我做了那样的大布施,也没能找到真正值得接受布施的人。如今有像我一样的佛陀出现在世间,你正在做布施,为什么还要担心呢?接着又说了“或许对你来说……”等话,这样展开对长者的开示。
有人问:难道那时的色、受、想、行、识不都已经灭去了吗?为什么世尊还说“我在那时是韦拉摩婆罗门”呢?
回答说:因为相续没有中断。那些色法等在灭去时,把力量传给了后面的法才灭去,这样前后不断,形成了相续,所以世尊才那样说。
所谓“没有人能清净那份布施”,是说没有哪个沙门、婆罗门,或者天人、魔罗,能站出来说“我能清净那份布施”。因为要清净那份布施,最高的标准是佛陀,最低也得像法将舍利弗长老那样的圣弟子才行。
Iminā satthā velāmassa dānaṃ kathetvā, ‘‘gahapati, etaṃ mahādānaṃ nāñño adāsi, ahaṃ adāsiṃ. Evarūpaṃ pana dānaṃ dadantopi ahaṃ paṭiggahetuṃ yuttarūpaṃ puggalaṃ nālatthaṃ, tvaṃ mādise buddhe lokasmiṃ diṭṭhamāne dānaṃ dadamāno kasmā cintesī’’ti seṭṭhissa desanaṃ vaḍḍhento siyā kho pana tetiādimāha. Nanu ca yāni tadā ahesuṃ rūpavedanāsaññāsaṅkhāraviññāṇāni, tāni niruddhāni? Kasmā ‘‘ahaṃ tena samayena velāmo brāhmaṇo’’ti āhāti? Paveṇiyā avicchinnattā. Tāni hi rūpādīni nirujjhamānāni imesaṃ paccaye datvā niruddhāni aparāparaṃ avicchinnaṃ paveṇiṃ gahetvā evamāha. Na taṃ koci dakkhiṇaṃ sodhetīti koci samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā devo vā māro vā uṭṭhāya taṃ dakkhiṇaṃ sodhetīti vattabbo nāhosi. Tañhi dakkhiṇaṃ sodhento uttamakoṭiyā buddho, heṭṭhimakoṭiyā dhammasenāpatisāriputtattherasadiso sāvako sodheyya.
“具足见者”,就是指具足见的人,也就是入流者。“这比那个果报更大”,是说:把布施送给一位入流者,比起有人用七年又七个月的时间,一直舍弃那么多金银财宝,把它们布施给世间的凡夫大众,前者果报更大。
Diṭṭhisampannanti dassanasampannaṃ sotāpannaṃ. Idaṃ tato mahapphalataranti idaṃ sotāpannassa dinnadānaṃ lokiyamahājanassa sattamāsādhikāni satta saṃvaccharāni ettakaṃ hiraññasuvaṇṇaṃ pariccajantena dinnadānato mahapphalaṃ.
对于“若对一百位具见者”这一句,应当以一位一来者为基准,把人数算成一百零一位入流者,从而理解入流者的数量。按照这个方法,在每一句中,对于往下依次出现的较低位次,都应把紧挨着它的上一级补特伽罗的数目乘以一百,来理解补特伽罗的数量。
Yo ca sataṃ diṭṭhisampannānanti ettha ekassa sakadāgāmissa vasena ekuttarasataṃ sotāpanne katvā sotāpannagaṇanā veditabbā. Iminā upāyena sabbavāresu heṭṭhā heṭṭhā āgate anantarena sataguṇaṃ katvā puggalagaṇanā veditabbā.
“以佛陀为首”在这里的意思是:僧团把正等正觉者当作僧团中的长老,这样坐着的僧团,就应当理解为“以佛陀为首的僧团”。“为四方僧团”在这里是指:所谓“为四方僧团而建的住处”,就是那里安放着塔,举行说法,比丘们从四方和四维来,不用先请示,自己洗脚、拿钥匙开门、整理住处,住下之后,想走就按自己方便离开。哪怕只是一座四肘大的草屋,也仍然叫作“为四方僧团而建的住处”。
Buddhappamukhanti ettha sammāsambuddhaṃ saṅghattheraṃ katvā nisinno saṅgho buddhappamukho saṅghoti veditabbo. Cātuddisaṃ saṅghaṃ uddissāti ettha cātuddisaṃ saṅghaṃ uddissa katavihāro nāma yattha cetiyaṃ patiṭṭhitaṃ hoti, dhammassavanaṃ karīyati, catūhi disāhi anudisāhi ca bhikkhū āgantvā appaṭipucchitvāyeva pāde dhovitvā kuñcikāya dvāraṃ vivaritvā senāsanaṃ paṭijaggitvā vasitvā yathāphāsukaṃ gacchanti. So antamaso caturataniyā paṇṇasālāpi hotu, cātuddisaṃ saṅghaṃ uddissa katavihārotveva vuccati.
皈依:这里指的是通过圣道所证得、不再退转的皈依。另有一派说:因为把自己奉献出去而作布施,所以皈依的果报比那布施更大。受持学处:就是受持五戒。这里所说的戒,也是指通过圣道所证得的不退转戒。另有一派说:因为把无畏布施给一切众生,所以持戒的果报比那布施更大。仅涂香之量:就是仅仅涂抹香粉的量,用两根手指撮起一点香粉,只是闻一闻而已。另有一派则说巴利文是gaddohanamattaṃ,意为仅挤牛乳之量,解释为从母牛身上挤一次奶的量。慈心:就是遍及一切众生、希望他们得到利益的慈心。不过这是就安止定来说的。无常想:是指作为圣道无间缘而达到顶峰的强力观智。
Saraṇaṃ gaccheyyāti ettha maggenāgataṃ anivattanasaraṇaṃ adhippetaṃ. Apare panāhu – attānaṃ niyyādetvā dinnattā saraṇāgamanaṃ tato mahapphalataranti vuttaṃ. Sikkhāpadāni samādiyeyyāti pañca sīlāni gaṇheyya. Sīlampi maggena āgataṃ anivattanasīlameva kathitaṃ. Apare panāhu – sabbasattānaṃ abhayadānassa dinnattā sīlaṃ tato mahapphalataranti vuttaṃ. Gandhohanamattanti gandhaūhanamattaṃ, dvīhaṅgulīhi gaṇḍapiṇḍaṃ gahetvā upasiṅghanamattaṃ. Apare pana ‘‘gaddohanamatta’’nti pāḷiṃ vatvā gāviyā ekavāraṃ thanaañchanamattanti atthaṃ vadanti. Mettacittanti sabbasattānaṃ hitānupharaṇacittaṃ. Taṃ pana appanāvaseneva gahitaṃ. Aniccasaññanti maggassa anantarapaccayabhāvena sikhāpattabalavavipassanaṃ.
不过,这些布施等功德应当通过譬喻来理解:假如把整个赡部洲铺得像鼓面一样平整,从一端开始铺满坐具,请圣者们坐在上面——其中入流者有十排,一来者有五排,不来者有两排半,漏尽者有一排半,独觉佛有一排,而正自觉者只有一个人。供养这么多人所得到的功德,比起供养正自觉者一个人的功德,还是供养正自觉者的果报更大。至于其余的——
Upamāto pana imāni dānādīni puññāni evaṃ veditabbāni – sacepi hi jambudīpaṃ bheritalasadisaṃ samatalaṃ katvā koṭito paṭṭhāya pallaṅke attharitvā ariyapuggale nisīdāpeyya, tattha sotāpannānaṃ dasa pantiyo assu, sakadāgāmīnaṃ pañca, anāgāmīnaṃ aḍḍhateyyā, khiṇāsavānaṃ diyaḍḍhā, paccekabuddhānaṃ ekā panti bhaveyya, sammāsambuddho ekakova. Ettakassa janassa dinnadānato sammāsambuddhassa dinnameva mahapphalaṃ. Itaraṃ pana –
布施住处、恭敬礼拜、修学、修习慈心——
前述布施住处、皈依、持戒、修慈等功德,连以灭尽观照者的功德的十六分之一都抵不上。
‘‘Vihāradānaṃ paṇipāto, sikkhā mettāya bhāvanā; Khayato sammasantassa, kalaṃ nāgghati soḷasiṃ’’.
正因为这样,世尊在即将般涅槃时说道:“依循法、随法而行,才是无上的供养。”其余各处都很容易理解。
Teneva bhagavā parinibbānasamaye ‘‘dhammānudhammappaṭipatti anuttarā pūjā’’ti āha. Sesaṃ sabbattha uttānatthamevāti.