Visuddhimagga III-58

Kammaṭṭhānikena hi bhikkhunā paṭhamaṃ tāva paricchinditvā sīmaṭṭhakabhikkhusaṅghe sukhitā hontu abyāpajjāti mettā bhāvetabbā.

修习业处的比丘，最先当限定其范围，对于同一境界之内的比丘僧伽这样的修习慈念：「愿他们幸福而无恼害。」

Ñ: Ñ(III,58): When a bhikkhu takes up a meditation subject, he should first develop lovingkindness towards the Community of Bhikkhus within the boundary, limiting it at first [to 'all bhikkhus in this monastery'], in this way: 'May they be happy and free from affliction'.

Sayādaw U Sīlānanda: The word 'boundary' here means boundary of a monastery. Han: Mahāsī Sayādaw explained that the word 'boundary' here means within the boundary of sīma, translated from the Pāḷi word sīmaṭṭhakabhikkhusaṅghe. sīmā : [f.] a boundary; a limit; a chapter house for Buddhist monks.

Tato sīmaṭṭhakadevatāsu.

其次对诸同一境界内的天人，

Ñ: Then he should develop it towards all deities within the boundary.

Tato gocaragāmamhi issarajane.

次对附近的首领人物，

Ñ: Then towards all the principal people in the village that is his alms resort;

Tato tattha manusse upādāya sabbasattesu.

再对那里的人民及为一切有情而修慈。

Ñ: then to [all human beings there and to] all living beings dependent on the human beings.

Sayādaw U Sīlānanda: [to [all human beings there and to] all living beings dependent on the human beings => to all beings beginning with the human beings]. Han: Mahāsī Sayādaw's explanation was the same as that of Sayādaw U Sīlānanda.

So hi bhikkhusaṅghe mettāya sahavāsīnaṃ muducittataṃ janeti. Athassa te sukhasaṃvāsā honti.

因他对诸比丘僧伽修慈，得使同住者生起柔和之心，所以他们便成为他的幸福同住者。

Ñ: With lovingkindness towards the Community of Bhikkhus he produces kindliness in his co-residents; then they are easy for him to live with.

Sīmaṭṭhakadevatāsu mettāya mudukatacittāhi devatāhi dhammikāya rakkhāya susaṃvihitarakkho hoti.

因对同一境界之内的天人修慈，故使柔和了心的天人能以如法的保护而善作守护。

Ñ: With lovingkindness towards the deities within the boundary he is protected by kindly deities with lawful protection.

Gocaragāmamhi issarajane mettāya mudukatacittasantānehi issarehi dhammikāya rakkhāya surakkhitaparikkhāro hoti.

[PTS 098] 对诸村邻的首领人物修慈，则使柔和了心的首脑能以如法的保护而善护其所需之物。

Ñ: [98] With lovingkindness towards the principal people in the village that is his alms resort his requisites are protected by well-disposed principal people with lawful protection.

Tattha manussesu mettāya pasāditacittehi tehi aparibhūto hutvā vicarati.

对诸人民修慈，则能使人民生起信乐之心，不会轻视他的行动。

Ñ: With lovingkindness to all human beings there he goes about without incurring their dislike since they trust him.

Sabbasattesu mettāya sabbattha appaṭihatacāro hoti.

对一切有情修慈，则在一切处行，皆无妨害。

Ñ: With lovingkindness to all living beings he can wander unhindered everywhere.

Maraṇassatiyā pana avassaṃ mayā maritabbanti cintento anesanaṃ pahāya uparūpari vaḍḍhamānasaṃvego anolīnavuttiko hoti.

次说死念，即是由「我是必然会死的」想念而断除其邪求，更加增长警惕之心，不迷恋他的生活。

Ñ: With mindfulness of death, thinking 'I have got to die', he gives up improper search (see S.ii,194; MA.i,115), and with a growing sense of urgency he comes to live without attachment.

Sayādaw U Sīlānanda: [attachment => sluggishness; laziness; indolence]. Han: Mahāsī Sayādaw's explanation was the same as that of Sayādaw U Sīlānanda. It was translated from the Pāḷi word, anolīnavuttiko, līna meaning shrunk; shy; reserved.

Asubhasaññāparicitacittassa panassa dibbānipi ārammaṇāni lobhavasena cittaṃ na pariyādiyanti.

其次如果通达不净想者，即对于诸天的所缘境界，也不会由贪欲而夺去他的心。

Ñ: When his mind is familiar with the perception of foulness, then even divine objects do not tempt his mind to greed.