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赤馬經(Rohitassa Sutta)

作者：mindfulness 於 2014-1-31 12:37 發表於最熱鬧的華人社交網路--貝殼村

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關鍵詞：Theravada, Buddhism

赤馬經(Rohitassa Sutta)

相應部2相應26經/赤馬經(天子相應/有偈篇/只夜)(庄春江譯)
　　起源於舍衛城。
在一旁站好后，赤馬天子對世尊這麼說：
「大德！能夠以行走而知道，或看到，或到達，大德！那不被生、不老去、不死去；不去世、不再生之處的世界之邊嗎？」
「朋友！我說，不能夠以行走而知道，或看到，或到達那不被生、不老去、不死去；不去世、不再生之處的世界之邊。」
「不可思議啊，大德！未曾有啊，大德！
　　大德！這被世尊多麼善說：『朋友！我說，不能夠以行走而知道，或看到，或到達那不被生、不老去、不死去；不去世、不再生之處的世界之邊。』
　　大德！從前，我是名為赤馬的仙人，伯渣的兒子，有神通，能在空中行。
　　大德！我的速度是這樣：猶如有善學、靈巧、被徹底調練的、弓術善巧的堅固法弓箭手，能以輕的箭容易地射穿棕櫚樹影；大德！我的一跨步是這樣：猶如從東海到西海。
　　大德！我這樣的欲求生起：『我將以行走到達世界之邊。』
　　大德！具備那樣的速度與那樣的跨步，我除了吃、喝、咀嚼、品嘗，大小便行為，睡覺、排除疲勞外，一百年的壽命；活了一百年；走了一百年後，沒到達世界之邊，在途中就死了。
　　不可思議啊，大德！未曾有啊，大德！
　　大德！這被世尊多麼善說：『朋友！我說，不能夠以行走而知道，或看到，或到達那不被生、不老去、不死去；不去世、不再生之處的世界之邊。』」
「然而，朋友！我說，沒到達世界之邊則得不到苦的結束。
　　又，朋友！就在這一噚之長，有想、有心的身體上，我安立世界、世界集、世界滅、導向世界滅之道跡。」
「任何時候，以行走不能到達世界之邊，
而沒到達世界之邊，則沒有苦的解脫。
因此，確實，世間知者、善慧者到達世界邊，梵行已完成，
寂靜者知道世界之邊后，對這世間與其它的不希求。」
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SN 2.26 Rohitassa Sutta:
Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

On one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Savatthi, in Jeta's Grove, Anathapindika's monastery. Then Rohitassa, the son of a deva, in the far extreme of the night, his extreme radiance lighting up the entirety of Jeta's Grove, went to the Blessed One. On arrival, having bowed down to the Blessed One, he stood to one side. As he was standing there he said to the Blessed One: "Is it possible, lord, by traveling, to know or see or reach a far end of the cosmos where one does not take birth, age, die, pass away or reappear?"

"I tell you, friend, that it is not possible by traveling to know or see or reach a far end of the cosmos where one does not take birth, age, die, pass away, or reappear."

"It is amazing, lord, and awesome, how well that has been said by the Blessed One: 'I tell you, friend, that it is not possible by traveling to know or see or reach a far end of the cosmos where one does not take birth, age, die, pass away, or reappear.' Once I was a seer named Rohitassa, a student of Bhoja, a powerful sky-walker. My speed was as fast as that of a strong archer — well-trained, a practiced hand, a practiced sharp-shooter — shooting a light arrow across the shadow of a palm tree. My stride stretched as far as the east sea is from the west. To me, endowed with such speed, such a stride, there came the desire: 'I will go traveling to the end of the cosmos.' I — with a one-hundred year life, a one-hundred year span — spent one hundred years traveling — apart from the time spent on eating, drinking, chewing & tasting, urinating & defecating, and sleeping to fight off weariness — but without reaching the end of the cosmos I died along the way. So it is amazing, lord, and awesome, how well that has been said by the Blessed One: 'I tell you, friend, that it is not possible by traveling to know or see or reach a far end of the cosmos where one does not take birth, age, die, pass away, or reappear.'"

[When this was said, the Blessed One responded:] "I tell you, friend, that it is not possible by traveling to know or see or reach a far end of the cosmos where one does not take birth, age, die, pass away, or reappear. But at the same time, I tell you that there is no making an end of suffering & stress without reaching the end of the cosmos. Yet it is just within this fathom-long body, with its perception & intellect, that I declare that there is the cosmos, the origination of the cosmos, the cessation of the cosmos, and the path of practice leading to the cessation of the cosmos."

It's not to be reached by traveling, the end of the cosmos — regardless. And it's not without reaching the end of the cosmos that there is release from suffering & stress. So, truly, the wise one, an expert with regard to the cosmos, a knower of the end of the cosmos, having fulfilled the holy life, calmed, knowing the cosmos' end, doesn't long for this cosmos or for any other.