[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [分別功德論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507) › 5.10 # 分別功德論 5.10 分別功德論 5.10 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507.5.10) 所以稱婆陀先比丘所說和悅不傷人意者，此比丘常慎口，不犯四過。夫士處世，斧在口中，所以斬身由其惡言。此比丘於是麁獷之言永已除盡，常擇言徐語思而後露，發言投意必令歡喜。若在長老、中年、幼稚，隨其所好皆能可悅。所以稱此比丘能善言者，有比丘已得羅漢，雖復漏盡，由有口過。因行渡江，水漸欲深，便發惡言曰：「弊婢婬種物。」時江神女聞此惡言，心念曰：「此比丘乃發惡聲如是。」正欲推著水中，「以是比丘故，且當問佛。」即行問佛：「有比丘渡，江水小深，便罵詈言弊婢婬種。比丘法應罵耶？」佛即遣一比丘呼此罵比丘來。比丘即來，佛告比丘：「汝為沙門，何以罵耶？」比丘對曰：「弟子不罵，直言婢婬種耳。」江神女曰：「看此比丘已復罵歟。願世尊說此本末。羅漢故有瞋恚在耶？何以罵耶？」佛言：「羅漢無復瞋恚，直以口串故耳。此比丘曾為婆羅門，婆羅門法喜罵詈，曰胎中奴，不必瞋罵，直自口慣習耳。又復前五百世為汝夫時，常罵汝為婢。是以宿識不除，故復罵耳。」江女曰：「雖復羅漢故有口過。我不用羅漢，願我後求無上正真道，度脫一切如佛無異。」佛語比丘：「汝向此女人懺悔。」比丘即悔，女亦向比丘懺悔，作禮已各別去。雖復漏盡猶有麁言，況於凡夫而不慎言也。以是因緣，知是比丘護口第一也。 > As for why the monk Bhaddaji is said to speak harmoniously and pleasantly without hurting people's feelings: this monk was always prudent with his mouth, not committing the four faults of speech. When a person dwells in the world, an axe is in his mouth; that by which he cuts his own body is his own evil speech. In this monk, coarse and harsh words had been eradicated forever; he always chose his words and spoke slowly, thinking before revealing them, and whenever he spoke, it suited others' minds and certainly caused them joy. Whether in the presence of the elderly, the middle-aged, or the young, he was capable of pleasing them in accordance with what they liked. As for why this monk is praised for being good in speech: there was an arhat monk who, although his outflows were ended, still had faults of speech. Traveling across a river, as the water gradually became deeper, he uttered harsh words, saying: "Wretched slave, creature of wanton seed!" At that time, the goddess of the river, hearing these harsh words, thought to herself: "How could this monk utter such an evil sound?" She was just about to push him into the water, \[but thought:\] "Because he is a monk, I should first ask the Buddha." She went at once to ask the Buddha: "There was a monk crossing over; when the river became slightly deep, he reviled me, saying 'Wretched slave, wanton seed!' In the Dharma of monks, should one revile people?" The Buddha then sent a monk to summon the reviling monk. The monk arrived, and the Buddha told him: "You are a śramaṇa; why did you revile her?" The monk replied: "Your disciple did not revile her; I merely said, 'Slave of wanton seed.'" The goddess said: "Look! This monk has reviled me yet again. May the World-Honoured One explain the origins of this. Does an arhat still have anger remaining? Why does he revile me?" The Buddha said: "An arhat has no anger remaining; it is simply habitual speech. This monk was once a brāhmaṇa, and by brāhmaṇa custom, they are fond of reviling, saying 'Slave in the womb!' It was not necessarily spoken in anger, but merely out of habit of the mouth. Furthermore, in the past five hundred lifetimes, when he was your husband, he constantly reviled you as a slave. Therefore, because past habit was not eliminated, he reviled you again." The river woman said: "Even though he is an arhat, he still has faults of speech. I have no use for arhatship; may I in the future seek the unsurpassed, correct, and true Path, delivering all without difference from the Buddha." The Buddha said to the monk: "Repent to this woman." The monk repented at once, and the woman also repented to the monk; having paid homage, they departed in different directions. If even one whose outflows are ended still has coarse words, how much more should an ordinary person be prudent with speech! By this cause and condition, we know that this monk is foremost in guarding his speech. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507.5.9) - [Next: 5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507.5.11) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507~en-mt.5.10) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507.5.10) · Pramāṇa