Visuddhimagga IV-1

4. Pathavīkasiṇaniddeso

[PTS 118] 第四 说地遍品

CHAPTER IV - THE EARTH KASIṆA

51. Idāni yaṃ vuttaṃ ‘‘samādhibhāvanāya ananurūpaṃ vihāraṃ pahāya anurūpe vihāre viharantenā’’ti ettha yassa tāvācariyena saddhiṃ ekavihāre vasato phāsu hoti, tena tattheva kammaṭṭhānaṃ parisodhentena vasitabbaṃ.

（五）现在再来解说：「为修习于定，舍弃不适合的精舍，而住于适合的精舍」，这里是说若与教授业处的阿阇梨同住一寺，如果那里是安乐的，则应住其处而善净业处；

Ñ(IV,1): [118] Now it was said earlier: After that he should avoid a monastery unfavourable to the development of concentration and go to live in one that is favourable (Ch. III, §28). In the first place one who finds it convenient to live with the teacher in the same monastery can live there while he is making certain of the meditation subject.

Sace tattha phāsu na hoti, yo añño gāvute vā aḍḍhayojane vā yojanamattepi vā sappāyo vihāro hoti, tattha vasitabbaṃ.

假使那里不安，则应迁到一迦乌多或半由旬或一由旬以内的其它任何处所去住。

Ñ: If it is inconvenient there, he can live in another monastery —— a suitable one —— a quarter or a half or even a whole league distant.

Sayādaw U Sīlānanda: 'a whole league' is about 8 miles. Han: Mahāsī Sayādaw used the Pāḷi words, gāvuta and yojana, without giving the measure in miles. According to the Dictionary, gāvuta: [nt.] a league; a measure little less than two miles. yojana: [nt.] a measure of length, which is about, 7 miles.

Evañhi sati kammaṭṭhānassa kismiñcideva ṭhāne sandehe vā satisammose vā jāte kālasseva vihāre vattaṃ katvā antarāmagge piṇḍāya caritvā bhattakiccapariyosāneyeva ācariyassa vasanaṭṭhānaṃ gantvā taṃdivasamācariyassa santike kammaṭṭhānaṃ sodhetvā dutiyadivase ācariyaṃ vanditvā nikkhamitvā antarāmagge piṇḍāya caritvā akilamantoyeva attano vasanaṭṭhānaṃ āgantuṃ sakkhissati.

因为这样，如果对于业处的任何一点发生了疑问或忘记了的时候，他可以早晨起来做完了寺内的义务之后，沿途乞食而行，饭食已竟，再往阿阇梨的住所，那一天可以亲近阿阇梨问清关于业处的问题，第二天早晨，拜别了阿阇梨，沿途照样乞食而行，这样，则不致于疲劳而能回到自己的住处。

Ñ: In that case, when he finds he is in doubt about, or has forgotten, some passage in the meditation subject, then he should do the duties in the monastery in good time and set out afterwards, going for alms on the way and arriving at the teacher's dwelling place after his meal. He should make certain about the meditation subject that day in the teacher's presence. Next day, after paying homage to the teacher, he should go for alms on his way back and so he can return to his own dwelling place without fatigue.

Yo pana yojanappamāṇepi phāsukaṭṭhānaṃ na labhati, tena kammaṭṭhāne sabbaṃ gaṇṭhiṭṭhānaṃ chinditvā suvisuddhaṃ āvajjanapaṭibaddhaṃ kammaṭṭhānaṃ katvā dūrampi gantvā samādhibhāvanāya ananurūpaṃ vihāraṃ pahāya anurūpe vihāre vihātabbaṃ.

若在一由旬之内亦不得安适的住处，则于阿阇梨之处对于业处中一切困难之处都应解决清楚，再三熟思业处，虽然远一点，为了修定，亦宜舍离不适的精舍而至较远的适当的精舍去住。

Ñ: But one who finds no convenient place within even a league should clarify all difficulties about the meditation subject and make quite sure it has been properly attended to. Then he can even go far away and, avoiding a monastery unfavourable to development of concentration, live in one that is favourable.