Vasijatasutta 6.1-8
Vāsijaṭasutta 6.1-8
- Language
- Pāli
6.1
Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, palagaṇḍassa vā palagaṇḍantevāsissa vā vāsijaṭe dissanteva aṅgulipadāni dissati aṅguṭṭhapadaṃ.
Suppose a mason or their apprentice sees the marks of his fingers and thumb on the handle of his adze.
6.2
No ca khvassa evaṃ ñāṇaṃ hoti:
They don’t know
6.3
‘ettakaṃ vata me ajja vāsijaṭassa khīṇaṃ, ettakaṃ hiyyo, ettakaṃ pare’ti.
how much of the handle was worn away today, how much yesterday, and how much previously.
6.4
Atha khvassa khīṇe khīṇantveva ñāṇaṃ hoti.
They just know what has been worn away.
6.5
Evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhāvanānuyogaṃ anuyuttassa bhikkhuno viharato kiñcāpi na evaṃ ñāṇaṃ hoti:
In the same way, when a mendicant is committed to development, they don’t know
6.6
‘ettakaṃ vata me ajja āsavānaṃ khīṇaṃ, ettakaṃ hiyyo, ettakaṃ pare’ti, atha khvassa khīṇe khīṇantveva ñāṇaṃ hoti.
how much of the defilements were worn away today, how much yesterday, and how much previously. They just know what has been worn away.
6.7
Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, sāmuddikāya nāvāya vettabandhanabaddhāya vassamāsāni udake pariyādāya hemantikena thalaṃ ukkhittāya vātātapaparetāni vettabandhanāni. Tāni pāvusakena meghena abhippavuṭṭhāni appakasireneva paṭippassambhanti pūtikāni bhavanti;
Suppose there was a sea-faring ship bound together with ropes. For six months they deteriorated in the water. Then in the cold season it was hauled up on dry land, where the ropes were weathered by wind and sun. When the monsoon clouds soaked it with rain, the ropes would readily collapse and rot away.
6.8
evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhāvanānuyogaṃ anuyuttassa bhikkhuno viharato appakasireneva saṃyojanāni paṭippassambhanti pūtikāni bhavantī”ti.
In the same way, when a mendicant is committed to development their fetters readily collapse and rot away.”
Translations (3)
- The Adze — English
- Die Axt — German
- 101. Kirvis — lt
Linked texts (2)
- Bhāvanāsutta — Pāli
- 雜阿含經 — Classical Chinese