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雜阿含經 The Related Discourses
(一)陰相應 1. The Aggregates
(二九) 三蜜離提問 35 (29). Samṛddhi’s Question
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,有異比丘名三蜜離提,來詣佛所。 There was then a certain monk named Samṛddhi who came to visit the Buddha.
頭面禮足,却住一面,白佛言: He bowed his head at the Buddha’s feet, withdrew to stand to one side, and said to the Buddha,
「如世尊說『說法師』。 “The Bhagavān says ‘the teaching of a Dharma teacher.’
云何名為說法師?」 What’s called the teaching of a Dharma teacher?”
佛告比丘: The Buddha said to the monk,
「汝今欲知『說法師』義耶?」 “[Good, good!] Do you want now to know the meaning of ‘the teaching of a Dharma teacher’?”
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.
若比丘於色說厭、離欲、滅盡,是名說法師。 If a monk teaches disillusionment with form, being free of desire for it, and completely ceasing it, this is called the teaching of a Dharma teacher.
如是於受、想、行、識⋯於識說厭、離欲、滅盡。 It’s the same with feeling, conception, volition, and awareness … teaches disillusionment with awareness, being free of desire for it, and completely ceasing it.
是名說法師。」 This is called the teaching of a Dharma teacher.”
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.
Summary Verse
多聞、善說法、 [31] Well versed, [32] the well taught Dharma,
向法、及涅槃、 [33] Proceeding through principles, [34] nirvāṇa,
三蜜離提問、 And [35] Samṛddhi’s question,
『云何說法師』。 “What is the teaching of a Dharma teacher.”