增壹阿含經 11
The Numbered Discourses (selected sūtras) 11
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Contents
- 11.1 Non-Returning — 7 parts
- 11.2 Non-Returning (2) — 7 parts
- 11.3 Non-Returning (3) — 7 parts
- 11.4 Non-Returning (4) — 7 parts
- 11.5 Heart — 6 parts
- 11.6 Heart (2) — 6 parts
- 11.7 Alms — 6 parts
- 11.8 Alms (2) — 6 parts
- 11.9 Devadatta — 8 parts
- 11.10 Devadatta (2) — 24 parts
Non-Returning
11.1.p1
Thus I have heard: One time, the Buddha was staying at Anāthapiṇḍada’s Park in Jeta’s Grove of Śrāvastī.
11.1.p2
It was then that the Bhagavān addressed the monks, “If someone were to cease one thing, I’d bear witness that they’ve become a non-returner. What’s that one thing? It’s greed. Monks, you should cease greed, then I’ll bear witness that you’ve become non-returners.”
11.1.p3
The Buddha then spoke this verse:
11.1.p4
“The stain of greed
Makes sentient beings fall to bad destinies.
One should endeavor to abandon greed,
Then they’ll become a non-returner.”
11.1.p5
When the monks heard what the Buddha taught, they rejoiced and approved.
11.1.p6
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11.1.p7
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Non-Returning (2)
11.2.p1
Thus I have heard: One time, the Buddha was staying at Anāthapiṇḍada’s Park in Jeta’s Grove of Śrāvastī.
11.2.p2
It was then that the Bhagavān addressed the monks, “If someone were to cease one thing, I’d bear witness that they’ve become a non-returner. What is that one thing? It’s anger. Monks, you should cease anger, then I’ll bear witness that you’ve become non-returners.”
11.2.p3
The Buddha then spoke this verse:
11.2.p4
“The stain of anger
Makes sentient beings fall to bad destinies.
One should endeavor to abandon anger,
Then they’ll become a non-returner.”
11.2.p5
When the monks heard what the Buddha taught, they rejoiced and approved.
11.2.p6
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11.2.p7
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Non-Returning (3)
11.3.p1
Thus I have heard: One time, the Buddha was staying at Anāthapiṇḍada’s Park in Jeta’s Grove of Śrāvastī.
11.3.p2
It was then that the Bhagavān addressed the monks, “If someone were to cease one thing, I’d bear witness that they’ve become a non-returner. What is that one thing? It’s delusion. Monks, you should cease delusion, then I’ll bear witness that you’ve become non-returners.”
11.3.p3
The Buddha then spoke this verse:
11.3.p4
“The stained of delusion
Makes sentient beings fall to bad destinies.
One should endeavor to abandon delusion,
Then they’ll become a non-returner.”
11.3.p5
When the monks heard what the Buddha taught, they rejoiced and approved.
11.3.p6
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11.3.p7
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Non-Returning (4)
11.4.p1
Thus I have heard: One time, the Buddha was staying at Anāthapiṇḍada’s Park in Jeta’s Grove of Śrāvastī.
11.4.p2
It was then that the Bhagavān addressed the monks, “If someone were to cease one thing, I’d bear witness that they’ve become a non-returner. What is that one thing? It’s stinginess. Monks, you should cease stinginess, then I’ll bear witness that you’ve become non-returners.”
11.4.p3
The Buddha then spoke this verse:
11.4.p4
“The stain of stinginess
Makes sentient beings fall to bad destinies.
One should endeavor to abandon stinginess,
Then they’ll become a non-returner.”
11.4.p5
When the monks heard what the Buddha taught, they rejoiced and approved.
11.4.p6
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11.4.p7
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Heart
11.5.p1
Thus I have heard: One time, the Buddha was staying at Anāthapiṇḍada’s Park in Jeta’s Grove of Śrāvastī.
11.5.p2
It was then that the Bhagavān addressed the monks, “From the start, I don’t see in this assembly a single thing that’s uncontrollable and which is sure to bring a result of suffering when its difficult to control. That thing is the heart. Monks, this heart is uncontrollable. When its difficult to gain control of it, it surely brings a result of suffering.
11.5.p3
“Therefore, monks, one should discern their heart. They should pay attention to their heart and be well aware of its roots of goodness. Thus, monks, you should train yourselves.”
11.5.p4
When the monks heard what the Buddha taught, they rejoiced and approved.
11.5.p5
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11.5.p6
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Heart (2)
11.6.p1
Thus I have heard: One time, the Buddha was staying at Anāthapiṇḍada’s Park in Jeta’s Grove of Śrāvastī.
11.6.p2
It was then that the Bhagavān addressed the monks, “From the start, I do not see in this assembly a single thing that’s easily controlled and which brings a good result when its easily controlled. That thing is the heart.
11.6.p3
“[Therefore,] monks, one should discern their heart and be well aware of its good roots. Thus, monks, you should train yourselves.”
11.6.p4
When the monks heard what the Buddha taught, they rejoiced and approved.
11.6.p5
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11.6.p6
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Alms
11.7.p1
Thus I have heard: One time, the Buddha was staying at Anāthapiṇḍada’s Park in Jeta’s Grove of Śrāvastī.
11.7.p2
It was then that the Bhagavān addressed the monks, “There was a person thinking in this assembly, and I fully knew it. Afterward, it wasn’t possible for this person to eat their meal, for they had spoken falsely in the great assembly. On some other occasion, I examined this person, and they had become obsessed with thoughts about valuable things. Then, they spoke falsely to the great assembly. Why was that? Monks, obsessions with valuable things are very difficult to abandon. They cause people to fall to the three bad destinations and not reach the unconditioned state.
11.7.p3
“Therefore, monks, one must abandon these thoughts that have arisen. If they have yet to arise, then don’t create anymore thoughts that are obsessed with valuable things. Thus, monks, you should train yourselves.”
11.7.p4
When the monks heard what the Buddha taught, they rejoiced and approved.
11.7.p5
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11.7.p6
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Alms (2)
11.8.p1
Thus I have heard: One time, the Buddha was staying at Anāthapiṇḍada’s Park in Jeta’s Grove of Śrāvastī.
11.8.p2
It was then that the Bhagavān addressed the monks, “Someone was thinking in this assembly. Even if their lives would end, they wouldn’t have spoken falsely to the assembly. On some other occasion, I examined this person, and they had become obsessed with thoughts about valuable things. Then, they spoke falsely to the great assembly. Why was that? Monks, obsessions with valuable things are very difficult to abandon. They cause people to fall to the three bad destinations and not reach the unconditioned state.
11.8.p3
“Therefore, monks, one must abandon these thoughts that have arisen. If they have yet to arise, then don’t create anymore thoughts that are obsessed with valuable things. Thus, monks, you should train yourselves.”
11.8.p4
When the monks heard what the Buddha taught, they rejoiced and approved.
11.8.p5
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11.8.p6
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Devadatta
11.9.p1
Thus I have heard: One time, the Buddha was staying at Kalandaka Bamboo Park of Rājagṛha. He was accompanied by a large assembly of five hundred monks.
11.9.p2
It was then that the Bhagavān addressed the monks, “How is it, monks? Does anyone see Devadatta’s teaching as clean? Still, Devadatta’s evil is quite grave, and he’ll get a punishment for an eon, which cannot be cured. I do not see a thread’s breadth of goodness in my Dharma that someone could describe of him. Because of this, I now say that the source of Devadatta’s punishment cannot be cured.
11.9.p3
“He’s like a man who fell into a deep latrine. His whole body was submerged in it, and nowhere is he clean. Someone comes along to save his life and put him somewhere clean. Looking all around the sides of the latrine and that man, would they see a clean place? [The man asks,] ‘I’d like to grab something and pull myself out.’ But after looking over that place where nothing is clean for something the man could grab, they would give up and leave.
11.9.p4
“Thus, monks, do I regard that fool Devadatta. I do not see a thread’s breadth of goodness that someone could describe of him. He’ll get a punishment for an eon that cannot be cured. Why is that? Devadatta was focused on foolishness. Inclined to being attached to profit, he committed the five terrible sins, and he was born in a bad destiny when his body broke up and his life ended. Thus, monks, profit is a grave thing that causes people not to find the place of safety.
11.9.p5
“Therefore, monks, thoughts of profit that have arisen must be abandoned. If they have yet to arise, then don’t create anymore thoughts obsessed with it. Thus, monks, you should train yourselves.”
11.9.p6
When the monks heard what the Buddha taught, they rejoiced and approved.
11.9.p7
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11.9.p8
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Devadatta (2)
11.10.p1
Thus I have heard: One time, the Buddha was staying at the Kalandaka Bamboo Park of Rājagṛha. He was accompanied by a large group of five hundred monks.
11.10.p2
At the time, there was a monk who heard the Tathāgata predict: “Devadatta will receive a punishment for an eon that cannot be cured.” That monk then went to Venerable Ānanda, exchanged greetings with him, and sat to one side. The monk then asked Ānanda, “How is it, Ānanda? Did the Tathāgata examine all of Devadatta’s past before predicting this incurable punishment that he’ll receive for an eon? Or did he derive this prediction from another source?”
11.10.p3
Ānanda then told him, “What the Tathāgata says is never false. There’s no difference between what he does physically or verbally. The Tathāgata truly predicted how Devadatta will receive a grave punishment for an eon that cannot be cured.”
11.10.p4
Venerable Ānanda then rose from his seat and went to the Bhagavān. He bowed his head at the Buddha’s feet and stood to one side. Ānanda then said to the Bhagavān, “There was a monk who came to me and said: ‘How is it, Ānanda? Did the Tathāgata examine all of Devadatta’s past before predicting this incurable punishment that he’ll receive for an eon? Or did he derive this prediction from another source?’ After discussing it, we each took our leave.”
11.10.p5
The Bhagavān told him, “That’s sure to be a monk who was a latecomer to the training when he left home; it just hasn’t been long since he came to my teaching. What the Tathāgata says is never false. How could he be unsure about it?”
11.10.p6
The Bhagavān then said to Ānanda, “Go and tell that monk, ‘The Tathāgata has summoned you.’”
11.10.p7
Ānanda replied, “Yes, Bhagavān.” Ānanda then accepted the Bhagavān’s instruction and went to that monk. Arriving there, he said to that monk, “The Bhagavān has summoned you.”
11.10.p8
That monk replied, “Yes, Venerable.” The monk then got dressed and went with Ānanda to see the Bhagavān. Upon arriving, he bowed his head at the Bhagavān’s feet and sat to one side.
11.10.p9
The Bhagavān then asked that monk, “How is it, foolish man? Do you not believe what the Tathāgata says? What the Tathāgata says is never false. Are you trying to find something false about the Tathāgata?”
11.10.p10
That monk then said to the Bhagavān, “The monk Devadatta possessed great spiritual power and great authority. How could the Bhagavān predict that he’ll be punished so severely for an eon?”
11.10.p11
The Buddha told the monk, “Be careful what you say! Don’t spend a long time experiencing measureless suffering!”
11.10.p12
The Bhagavān then spoke in verse:
11.10.p13
“Traversing the dhyānas and worldly understanding,
One will lack liberation at the end.
Not taking the steps to complete cessation,
One falls back into Hell.
11.10.p14
“If I would see that Devadatta had a hair’s breadth of goodness, I’d never predict that he’ll receive a punishment for an eon that cannot be cured. Therefore, foolish man, I don’t see that Devadatta has a hair’s breadth of goodness. Because of that, I predicted that Devadatta will receive a punishment for an eon that cannot be cured.
11.10.p15
“Why is that? Devadatta was foolish and greedy for profit. He became obsessed, and then he committed the five terrible sins. When his body broke up and his life ended, he went to Hell. Why is that? Thoughts of profit seriously ruin a person’s roots of goodness and prevent them from reaching the place of safety.
11.10.p16
“Therefore, monks, when thoughts of profit arise, one must seek their cessation. If one doesn’t have these thoughts, then they shouldn’t create these obsessive ideas. Thus, monks, you should train yourselves.”
11.10.p17
That monk then rose from his seat, adjusted his robes, bowed at the Bhagavān’s feet, and said, “Now, I apologize for this. Please forgive me! I was being foolish and did something unskillful. The Tathāgata’s teaching doesn’t have any duplicity, but I was a fool who had such ideas as this. Please, Bhagavān, accept my apology and restore me so I may continue my cultivation!” He repeated this three times.
11.10.p18
The Bhagavān told him, “Good, monk! You are sorry for that thought, but that isn’t enough for forgiveness. Don’t produce such ideas about the Tathāgata. Now, I accept your apology. Don’t let it happen again.” He said this three times.
11.10.p19
The Bhagavān then spoke in verse:
11.10.p20
“If someone commits a serious misdeed,
And they apologize and don’t do it again,
This person should observe the precepts
And root out the source of that misdeed.”
11.10.p21
When that monks and the fourfold saṅgha heard what the Buddha taught, they rejoiced and approved.
11.10.p22
Four kinds of non-returning,
Two on heart, two on alms,
And two sūtras about Devadatta,
Which the wise ought to know.
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11.10.p23
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11.10.p24
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