Visuddhimagga I-49

Gocaro pana tividho upanissayagocaro ārakkhagocaro upanibandhagocaroti.

其次行处:有近依行处,守护行处,近缚[fù]行处三种。

Ñ(I,49): (Proper) resort is of three kinds: (proper) resort as support, (proper) resort as guarding, and (proper) resort as anchoring.



Tattha katamo upanissayagocaro?

什么是近依行处?

Ñ: Herein, what is (proper) resort as support?



Dasakathāvatthuguṇasamannāgato kalyāṇamitto, yaṃ nissāya assutaṃ suṇāti, sutaṃ pariyodapeti, kaṅkhaṃ vitarati, diṭṭhiṃ ujuṃ karoti, cittaṃ pasādeti.

具足十论事之德的善友为近依行处。因为依他可以闻所未闻、已闻的更明白,解决疑惑,矫正意见,安息其心,

Ñ: A good friend who exhibits the ten instances of talk, in whose presence one hears what has not been heard, corrects what has been heard, gets rid of doubt, rectifies one's view, and gains confidence;

Sayādaw U Sīlānanda: [in whose presence = depending on him].


Han: Mahāsī Sayādaw: same as Sayādaw U Sīlānanda.


Ñ notes: The 'ten instances of talk' (dasa kathāvatthūni) refer to the kinds of talk

given in the Suttas thus: 'Such talk as is concerned with effacement, as favours

the heart's release, as leads to complete dispassion, fading, cessation, peace,

direct knowledge, enlightenment, nibbāna, that is to say: talk on wanting little,

contentment, seclusion, aloofness from contact, strenuousness, virtue, concentration,

understanding, deliverance, knowledge and vision of deliverance' (M.i,145;iii,113).


Han:

Foot-note No. 12.

ten instances of talk


(1) Wanting little (appicchā kathā)

(2) Contentment (santosa kathā)

(3) Seclusion (paviveka kathā)

(4) Aloofness from contact (asaṃsagga kathā)

(5) Strenuousness (vīriyārambha kathā)

(6) Virtue (sīla kathā)

(7) Concentration (samādhi kathā)

(8) Understanding (paññā kathā)

(9) Deliverence(vimutti kathā)

(10) Knowledge and vision of deliverance (vimutti ñāṇadasana kathā)



Yassa vā pana anusikkhamāno saddhāya vaḍḍhati, sīlena, sutena, cāgena, paññāya vaḍḍhati, ayaṃ vuccati upanissayagocaro.

或者跟他学习可以增信,亦得增长戒、闻、舍、慧,故称近依行处。

Ñ: or by training under whom one grows in faith, virtue, learning, generosity and understanding — this is called (proper) resort as support.

Sayādaw U Sīlānanda: [training under whom => following his examples].


Han: Mahāsī Sayādaw: same as Sayādaw U Sīlānanda.



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