Visuddhimagga VIII-153

Araññagato vā…pe… suññāgāragato vāti idamassa ānāpānassatisamādhibhāvanānurūpasenāsanapariggahaparidīpanaṃ.

「去阿练若••••••或去空闲处」──这是举以示明那(比丘)的修习安般念三摩地的适当的住所。

Ñ(VIII,153): Gone to the forest … or to an empty place: this signifies that he has found an abode favourable to the development of concentration through mindfulness of breathing.



Imassa hi bhikkhuno dīgharattaṃ rūpādīsu ārammaṇesu anuvisaṭaṃ cittaṃ ānāpānassatisamādhiārammaṇaṃ abhiruhituṃ na icchati, kūṭagoṇayuttaratho viya uppathameva dhāvati.

因为这比丘的心长时追求于色等所缘,无意趋向于安般念三摩地所缘,犹如恶牛驾车,只走邪道。

Ñ: For this bhikkhu's mind has long been dissipated among visible data, etc., as its object, and it does not want to mount the object of concentration-through-mindfulness-of-breathing; it runs off the track like a chariot harnessed to a wild ox.



Tasmā seyyathāpi nāma gopo kūṭadhenuyā sabbaṃ khīraṃ pivitvā vaḍḍhitaṃ kūṭavacchaṃ dametukāmo dhenuto apanetvā ekamante mahantaṃ thambhaṃ nikhaṇitvā tattha yottena bandheyya, athassa so vaccho ito cito ca vipphanditvā palāyituṃ asakkonto tameva thambhaṃ upanisīdeyya vā upanipajjeyya vā,

譬如牧者,[PTS 269] 要调伏一只饮了恶母牛的乳而长大的恶犊,(先令犊)隔离于母牛,在一边打下了一大柱子,用绳把它系在那柱上,它的犊虽种种挣扎,亦不能逃遁,终于只近柱边或坐或卧。

Ñ: Now suppose a cowherd [269] wanted to tame a wild calf that had been reared on a wild cow's milk, he would take it away from the cow and tie it up apart with a rope to a stout post dug into the ground; then the calf might dash to and fro, but being unable to get away, it would eventually sit down or lie down by the post.



evameva imināpi bhikkhunā dīgharattaṃ rūpārammaṇādirasapānavaḍḍhitaṃ duṭṭhacittaṃ dametukāmena rūpādiārammaṇato apanetvā araññaṃ vā…pe… suññāgāraṃ vā pavesetvā tattha assāsapassāsathambhe satiyottena bandhitabbaṃ.

同样的,此比丘欲调御其长时贪着色等所缘的邪恶之心,先离开色等所缘,入阿练若,或树下,或空闲处,在那里的出入息的住,以念的绳而系于心。

Ñ: So too, when a bhikkhu wants to tame his own mind which has long been spoilt by being reared on visible data, etc., as object for its food and drink, he should take it away from visible data, etc., as object and bring it into the forest or to the root of a tree or to an empty place and tie it up there to the post of in-breaths and out-breaths with the rope of mindfulness.



Evamassa taṃ cittaṃ ito cito ca vipphanditvāpi pubbe āciṇṇārammaṇaṃ alabhamānaṃ satiyottaṃ chinditvā palāyituṃ asakkontaṃ tamevārammaṇaṃ upacārappanāvasena upanisīdati ceva upanipajjati ca.

如是他的心虽亦种种挣扎于以前所习惯的所缘,但不能切断念的绳而逃遁,终于只在近行(定)与安止(定)的所缘的附近(出入息)而坐及卧。

Ñ: And so his mind may then dash to and fro when it no longer gets the objects it was formerly used to, but being unable to break the rope of mindfulness and get away, it sits down, lies down, by that object under the influence of access and absorption.



Tenāhu porāṇā –

所以古人说:

Ñ: Hence the Ancients said:



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