Visuddhimagga I-19

7. Avasesesu kenaṭṭhena sīlanti sīlanaṭṭhena sīlaṃ. Kimidaṃ sīlanaṃ nāma.

[PTS Page 008] 其它的问题:

二、什么是戒的语义

戒为戒行的意思。为什么称为戒行?

Ñ(I,19): [8] Now as to the rest.—

(ii) IN WHAT SENSE IS IT VIRTUE? It is virtue (sīla) in the sense of composing (sīlana). What is this composing?

Sayādaw U Sīlānanda: [composing => composing or upholding].


Han: Mahāsī Sayādaw = upholding.



Samādhānaṃ vā, kāyakammādīnaṃ susīlyavasena avippakiṇṇatāti attho.

即正持──以身业等善持戒律而不杂乱的意思;

Ñ: It is either a coordinating (samādhāna), meaning non-inconsistency of bodily action, etc., due to virtuousness;

Sayādaw U Sīlānanda: [non-inconsistency => non-scattered].


Han: Mahāsī Sayādaw = non-scattered.

kiṇṇa : [pp. of kirati] scattered.

avippakiṇṇa = non-scattered.



Upadhāraṇaṃ vā, kusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ patiṭṭhānavasena ādhārabhāvoti attho.

或确持──保持一切善法的意思。

Ñ: or it is an upholding (upadhāraṇa), meaning a state of basis (ādhāra) owing to its serving as foundation for profitable states.



Etadeva hettha atthadvayaṃ saddalakkhaṇavidū anujānanti. Aññe pana siraṭṭho sīlattho, sītalaṭṭho sīlatthoti evamādināpi nayenettha atthaṃ vaṇṇayanti.

此二义实为通晓文字法者所允许的。然而也有人解释戒为头义及清凉等义的。

Ñ: For those who understand etymology admit only these two meanings. Others, however, comment on the meaning here in the way beginning 'The meaning of virtue (sīla) is the meaning of head (siras), the meaning of virtue is the meaning of cool (sītala)'.



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