Samyuktagama (Sanskrit fragments) 723.4
雜阿含經 723.4
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- Classical Chinese
723.4
爾時,世尊告諸比丘:「善哉!比丘!僧人聞法,諸年少比丘供養奉事諸尊長老。所以者何?年少比丘供養奉事長老比丘者,時時得聞深妙之法,聞深法已,二正事成就,身正及心正。爾時修念覺分,修念覺分已,念覺分滿足;念覺滿足已,於法選擇,分別於法,思量於法。爾時,方便修擇法覺分,乃至捨覺分修習滿足。」
It was then that the Bhagavān addressed the monks, “It’s good, monks, to rely on someone to hear the Dharma. Junior monks are to support and serve the venerable elders. Why is that? From time to time, junior monks who support and serve elder monks can hear the profound and subtle Dharma. After hearing the profound Dharma, they’ll achieve two ways of being correct: Correctness of body and correctness of mind.
“At that point, they’ll cultivate the awakening factor of mindfulness. After cultivating the awakening factor of mindfulness, they’ll fulfill the awakening factor of mindfulness. After fulfilling the awakening factor of mindfulness, they’ll discriminate qualities, discern qualities, and deliberate on qualities. At that point, they’ll skillfully cultivate the awakening factor of discriminating qualities … they’ll cultivate the fulfillment of the awakening factor of equanimity.”
Translations (2)
- The Connected Discourses (selected sūtras) — Charles Patton, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation