"There are in the Himalayas, the king of mountains, difficult, uneven areas where neither monkeys nor human beings wander. |
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There are difficult, uneven areas where monkeys wander, but not human beings. |
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There are level stretches of land, delightful, where both monkeys and human beings wander. In such spots hunters set a tar trap in the monkeys' tracks, in order to catch some monkeys. Those monkeys who are not foolish or careless by nature, when they see the tar trap, will keep their distance. But any monkey who is foolish & careless by nature comes up to the tar trap and grabs it with its paw, which then gets stuck there. Thinking, 'I'll free my paw,' he grabs it with his other paw. That too gets stuck. Thinking, 'I'll free both of my paws,' he grabs it with his foot. That too gets stuck. Thinking, 'I'll free both of my paws and my foot,' he grabs it with his other foot. That too gets stuck. Thinking, 'I'll free both of my paws and my feet as well,' he grabs it with his mouth. That too gets stuck. |
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So the monkey, snared in five ways, lies there whimpering, having fallen on misfortune, fallen on ruin, a prey to whatever the hunter wants to do with him. Then the hunter, without releasing the monkey, skewers him right there, picks him up, and goes off as he likes. |
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"This is what happens to anyone who wanders into what is not his proper range and is the territory of others. |
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"For this reason, you should not wander into what is not your proper range and is the territory of others. In one who wanders into what is not his proper range and is the territory of others, Mara gains an opening, Mara gains a foothold. And what, for a monk, is not his proper range and is the territory of others? The five strands of sensuality. Which five? |
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"Wander, monks, in what is your proper range, your own ancestral territory. In one who wanders in what is his proper range, his own ancestral territory, Mara gains no opening, Mara gains no foothold. And what, for a monk, is his proper range, his own ancestral territory? The four frames of reference. Which four? |
Này các Tỷ-kheo, hăy đi đến chỗ hành xứ của ḿnh, chỗ cảnh giới của cha mẹ ḿnh. Này các Tỷ-kheo, đi đến chỗ hành xứ của ḿnh, đến cảnh giới của cha mẹ ḿnh, thời Ác ma không nắm được cơ hội, không nắm được đối tượng. Và này các Tỷ-kheo, chỗ nào là chỗ hành xứ của Tỷ-kheo? Chỗ nào là cảnh giới của cha mẹ? Chính là bốn niệm xứ. Thế nào là bốn? |
See also: SN 47.6 |
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Cập nhập ngày: Thứ Sáu 08-11-2006 Kỹ thuật tŕnh bày: Minh Hạnh & Thiện Pháp |