雜阿含經 377
English (machine translation) 377
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377.1
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377.2
Thus have I heard:
377.3
At one time the Buddha was staying in Śrāvastī at the Jetavana Anāthapiṇḍadārāma.
377.4
At that time the Bhagavat addressed the bhikṣus: "There are four nutriments that sustain sentient beings, causing them to abide in the world and being taken in for nourishment. What are the four? The first is edible food, the second is contact as food, the third is mental volition as food, and the fourth is consciousness as food. Bhikṣus, when there is lust and delight regarding these four nutriments, consciousness becomes established and increases, and so on up to the arising of this whole great mass of duḥkha. For example, bhikṣus, in an upper chamber or a palace, long and broad from north to west, with windows on the east and west, when the sun rises in the east, where should it shine?"
377.5
The bhikṣus said to the Buddha: "It should shine upon the western wall."
377.6
The Buddha said to the bhikṣus: "Just so, when there is lust and delight regarding the four nutriments, consciousness becomes established and increases, and so on up to the arising of such a great mass of duḥkha. If regarding the four nutriments there is no lust and no delight, there is also no establishment or increase of consciousness, and so on up to the cessation of such a whole great mass of duḥkha. For example, bhikṣus, if a painter or a painter's apprentice gathered various colors, wanting to paint pictures in empty space, would he be able to paint them or not?"
377.7
The bhikṣus said to the Buddha: "He could not, Bhagavat. Why is that? Because that empty space is not rūpa, without resistance, and invisible."
377.8
"In this way, bhikṣus, regarding these four nutriments, when there is no lust and no delight, there is also no establishment or increase of consciousness, and so on up to the cessation of such a whole great mass of duḥkha."
377.9
When the Buddha had spoken this sūtra, the bhikṣus, having heard what the Buddha had spoken, rejoiced and put it into practice.
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