雜阿含經 24: 30 (24). Rāhula’s Question (2)
The Connected Discourses (selected sūtras) 24
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30 (24). Rāhula’s Question (2)
24.p1
Thus I have heard: One time, the Buddha was staying at the Squirrels’ Bamboo Grove of Rājagṛha.
24.p2
It was then that the Bhagavān addressed Rāhula, “In what way does a monk know and see this body of awareness of ours and all the signs of the external world to have no binding attachments to views of self and what belongs to self or to the tendency of self-conceit?”
24.p3
Rāhula said to the Buddha, “The Bhagavān is the Dharma lord, the guide, and the refuge. It would be good, Bhagavān, if you would give a detailed discourse on this subject for the monks! After they hear it, the monks will accept and approve of it.”
24.p4
The Buddha told Rāhula, “Listen closely! Listen closely, and consider it well. I will explain it for you.
24.p5
Rāhula said to the Buddha, “Very well, I’ll accept the teaching.”
24.p6
The Buddha told Rāhula, “You should observe that whatever forms there are, whether they are past, future, or present, internal or external, crude or fine, beautiful or ugly, distant or near, they are all not self, not different from self, and neither is present in the other. They are truly observed with equitable wisdom in this way.
24.p7
“In this way, whatever feelings … conceptions … volitions … instances of awareness there are, whether they are past, future, or present, internal or external, crude or fine, beautiful or ugly, or distant or near, they are all not self, not different from self, and neither is present in the other. They are truly observed with equitable wisdom in this way.
24.p8
“A monk who knows and sees this body of awareness of ours and all the signs of the external world in this way will have no binding attachments to views of self and what belongs to self or to the tendency of self-conceit.
24.p9
“Rāhula, if a monk has no binding attachments to views of self and what belongs to self or to the tendency of self-conceit regarding this body of awareness of ours and all the signs of the external world, he goes beyond doubts, becomes free of these signs, and is peacefully liberated. That monk is called one who has stopped craving desires and turned away from the bonds. Right at that moment, he reaches the final end of suffering.”
24.p10
When Rāhula heard what the Buddha taught, he rejoiced and approved.
24.p11
Summary Verse
24.p12
[21] Tendencies, [22] increasing numbers, [23] Not mine, [24] not another’s, [25-26] Tying bonds, [what affects,] and [27] shaken, [28] Kappa’s question, And [29-30] two sūtras on Rāhula’s question.
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- 雜阿含經 — Classical Chinese