At Savatthi. There the Blessed One addressed the monks: |
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The Blessed One said: And if these five means of propagation are not broken, not rotten, not damaged by wind & sun, mature, and well-buried, but there is no earth and no water, would they exhibit growth, increase, & proliferation?" -"No, lord." |
Và này các Tỷ-kheo, nếu năm loại chủng tử này không bị hư hoại, không bị hư thối, không bị gió và nhiệt phá hoại, có lõi cứng, khéo gieo, nhưng không có đất, và không có nước, thời này các Tỷ-kheo, năm loại chủng tử này có thể tăng trưởng, tăng thịnh, lớn mạnh được không? - "Thưa không, bạch Thế Tôn." |
And if these five means of propagation are broken, rotten, damaged by wind & sun, immature, and poorly-buried, but there is earth & water, would they exhibit growth, increase, & proliferation?" |
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And if these five means of propagation are not broken, not rotten, not damaged by wind & sun, mature, and well-buried, and there is earth & water, would they exhibit growth, increase, & proliferation?" |
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Like the earth property, monks, is how the four standing-spots for consciousness should be seen. Like the liquid property is how delight & passion should be seen. Like the five means of propagation is how consciousness together with its nutriment should be seen. |
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"Should consciousness, when taking a stance, stand attached to (a physical) form, supported by form,1 established on form, watered with delight, it would exhibit growth, increase, & proliferation. |
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Should consciousness, when taking a stance, stand attached to feeling, supported by feeling, established on feeling, watered with delight, it would exhibit growth, increase, & proliferation. |
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Should consciousness, when taking a stance, stand attached to perception, supported by perception, established on perception, watered with delight, it would exhibit growth, increase, & proliferation. |
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Should consciousness, when taking a stance, stand attached to fabrications, supported by fabrications, established on fabrications, watered with delight, it would exhibit growth, increase, & proliferation. |
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Were someone to say, 'I will describe a coming, a going, a passing away, an arising, a growth, an increase, or a proliferation of consciousness apart from form, from feeling, from perception, from fabrications,' that would be impossible. |
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-If a monk abandons passion for the property of form, then owing to the abandonment of passion, the support is cut off, and there is no base for form. |
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If a monk abandons passion for the property of consciousness, then owing to the abandonment of passion, the support is cut off, and there is no base for consciousness. Consciousness, thus unestablished, not proliferating, not performing any function, is released. Owing to its release, it is steady. Owing to its steadiness, it is contented. Owing to its contentment, it is not agitated. Not agitated, he (the monk) is totally unbound right within. He discerns that 'Birth is ended, the holy life fulfilled, the task done. There is nothing further for this world. |
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Notes 1. "Supported by form": I.e., having form as its object. Similarly for feeling, perception, and fabrications. |
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Cập nhập ngày: Thứ Sáu 08-11-2006 Kỹ thuật trình bày: Minh Hạnh & Thiện Pháp |