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雜阿含經 The Related Discourses
(一)陰相應 1. The Aggregates
(二七) 法次法向 33 (27). Going from One Thing to the Next
如是我聞: Thus I have heard:
一時,佛住舍衛國、祇樹、給孤獨園。 One time, the Buddha was staying at Anāthapiṇḍada’s Park in Jeta’s Grove of Śrāvastī.
爾時,有異比丘來詣佛所。 There was then a certain monk who came to visit the Buddha.
頭面作禮,却住一面,白佛言: He bowed his head, withdrew to stand at one side, and said to the Buddha,
「如世尊說『法次法向』。 “The Bhagavān says ‘going from one thing to the next.’
云何法次法向?」 How does one go from one thing to the next?”
佛告比丘: The Buddha told the monk,
「善哉,善哉!汝今欲知法次法向耶?」 “Good, good! Do you want now to know about going from one thing to the next?”
比丘白佛: The monk said to the Buddha,
「唯然,世尊。」 “Indeed, Bhagavān.”
佛告比丘: The Buddha told the monk,
「諦聽,善思。 “[Listen closely!] Listen closely, and consider it well.
當為汝說。 I will explain this for you.
比丘,於色向厭、離欲、滅盡是名法次法向。 Monk, heading for disillusionment with form, becoming free of desire for it, and completely ceasing it is called going from one thing to the next.
如是受、想、行、識⋯於識向厭、離欲、滅盡是名法次法向。」 It’s the same with feeling, conception, volition, and awareness … heading for disillusionment with awareness, becoming free of desire for it, and completely ceasing it is called going from one thing to the next.”
時,彼比丘聞佛所說踊躍,歡喜。 When that monk heard what the Buddha taught, he celebrated and rejoiced.
作禮而去。 He then bowed and departed.