雜阿含經 286

English (machine translation) 286

Language: English

286.3

At one time, the Buddha was staying in Śrāvastī at the Jetavana Anāthapiṇḍadārāma.

At that time, the Bhagavat said to the bhikṣus: 'I recall in the past, before I had attained Samyaksaṃbodhi, when I was alone in a quiet place, single-mindedly meditating…' expounded in full as above. The difference is: 'Just as if there were loads of firewood—ten bundles, twenty bundles, thirty bundles, forty bundles, fifty bundles, a hundred bundles, a thousand bundles, a hundred thousand bundles—piled up and burning, making a great mass of fire; and if someone were further to add dry grass and firewood to it, bhikṣus, what do you think? Would this fire continue burning brightly through the long night?'

286.5

The bhikṣus said to the Buddha, 'Just so, Bhagavat!'

286.6

'Just so, bhikṣus, toward dharmas that are grasped, if one relishes, cherishes, and is mentally bound, increasing craving is the condition for grasping; grasping is the condition for becoming… up to this entire great mass of duḥkha arises. Bhikṣus, if that mass of fire were burning brightly, and one did not add firewood and grass, bhikṣus, what do you think? Would that fire go out?'

286.7

They replied, 'Just so, Bhagavat!'

286.8

"In this way, bhikṣus, contemplating the phenomena that are grasped as impermanent, arising and ceasing, fading away, cessation, and abandonment, the mind does not look back upon them with longing nor is it bound to them; then craving ceases. With the cessation of craving, grasping ceases..." and so on at length, down to: "the cessation of this whole great mass of suffering."

286.9

When the Buddha had spoken this sūtra, the bhikṣus heard what the Buddha had said, rejoiced, and faithfully put it into practice.

Translations (1)

The Connected Discourses (selected sūtras) — Charles Patton, English

Linked texts (1)

雜阿含經 — Classical Chinese