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Visuddhimagga XII-139

399. Manomayaṃ kātukāmo pana pādakajjhānato vuṭṭhāya kāyaṃ tāva āvajjitvā vuttanayeneva susiro hotūti adhiṭṭhāti, susiro hoti.

(三)意所成神变

欲作意所成神变的人,从基础禅出定之后,先念(自己的业生)身,依前述之法而决意「将成空洞」,便(于自身)成空洞。

Ñ(XII,139): (iii) One who wants to make the mind-made [body] should emerge from the basic jhāna and first advert to the body in the way already described, and then he should resolve, 'Let it be hollow'. It becomes hollow.



Athassa abbhantare aññaṃ kāyaṃ āvajjitvā parikammaṃ katvā vuttanayeneva adhiṭṭhāti, tassa abbhantare añño kāyo hotūti.

于是念他的内部的(意所成)身而遍作(准备定),依前述之法而决意「在他的内部而成他身」(便成他身)。

Ñ: Then he adverts to another body inside it, and having done the preliminary work in the way already described, he resolves, 'Let there be another body inside it'.



So taṃ muñjamhā īsikaṃ viya kosiyā asiṃ viya karaṇḍāya ahiṃ viya ca abbāhati.

他即可取出(意所成身),如从蔓吉草中抽出芦苇,如从剑鞘引剑,如蛇蜕皮一样。

Ñ: Then he draws it out like a reed from its sheath, like a sword from its scabbard, like a snake from its slough.



Tena vuttaṃ ‘‘idha bhikkhu imamhā kāyā aññaṃ kāyaṃ abhinimmināti rūpiṃ manomayaṃ sabbaṅgapaccaṅgiṃ ahīnindriyaṃ.

所以说:「兹有比丘,从此身而化作有四肢五体诸根完具的意所成的有色的他身。

Ñ: Hence it is said: 'Here a bhikkhu creates from this body another body possessing visible form, mind-made, with all its limbs, lacking no faculty.



Seyyathāpi puriso muñjamhā īsikaṃ pavāheyya, tassa evamassa ayaṃ muñjo ayaṃ īsikā, añño muñjo aññā īsikā, muñjamhātveva īsikā pavāḷhā’’tiādi (paṭi. ma. 3.14).

譬如有人,从蔓吉草中抽出芦苇,他这样的思考:这是蔓吉,这是芦苇,蔓吉是一样东西,芦苇是另一样东西,然而芦苇是从蔓吉抽出的」。

Ñ: Just as though a man pulled out a reed from its sheath and thought thus: "This is the sheath; this is the reed; the sheath is one, the reed is another, it was from the sheath that the reed was pulled out"' (Ps.ii,210), and so on.



Ettha ca yathā īsikādayo muñjādīhi sadisā honti, evaṃ manomayarūpaṃ iddhimatāsadisameva hotīti dassanatthaṃ etā upamā vuttāti.

这里如芦苇等与蔓吉等相似,为示意所成色(身)与神变者相似,故说此譬喻。

Ñ: And here, just as the reed, etc., are similar to the sheath, etc., so too the mind-made visible form is similar to the possessor of supernormal power, and this simile is given in order to show that.



Ayaṃ manomayā iddhi.

这是「意所成神变」。

Ñ: This is success as the mind-made [body].



Iti sādhujanapāmojjatthāya kate visuddhimagge

Iddhividhaniddeso nāma

Dvādasamo paricchedo.

※为善人所喜悦而造的清净道论,完成了第十二品,定名为神变的解释。

Ñ: The twelfth chapter called 'The Description of the Supernormal Powers' in the Path of Purification composed for the purpose of gladdening good people.

Visuddhimagga XII-138

Adhiṭṭhahantena ca pathavīkasiṇādīsu aññatarārammaṇato abhiññāpādakajjhānato vuṭṭhāya attano kumārakavaṇṇo āvajjitabbo.

要这样决意的人,他从于地遍等中无论以那一种为所缘的神通基础禅出定,当念自己如童子的形状,

Ñ(XII,138): And when he resolves he should emerge from the fourth jhāna that is the basis for direct-knowledge and has one of the things beginning with the earth kasiṇa as its object, and he should advert to his own appearance as a boy.



Āvajjitvā parikammāvasāne puna samāpajjitvā vuṭṭhāya evarūpo nāma kumārako homīti adhiṭṭhātabbaṃ.

念已而遍作(准备)之后,再入定而出定,即决意「我成这样的童子」,

Ñ: After adverting and finishing the preliminary work, he should attain again and emerge, and he should resolve thus: 'Let me be a boy of such and such a type'.



Saha adhiṭṭhānacittena kumārako hoti devadatto viya (cūḷava. 333).

与决意心共,便成童子,如提婆达多。

Ñ: Simultaneously with the resolve consciousness he becomes the boy, just as Devadatta did (Vin.i,185; DhA.i,139).



Esa nayo sabbattha.

其它各句也是同样的方法。

Ñ: This is the method in all instances.



Hatthimpi dassetītiādi panettha bahiddhāpi hatthiādidassanavasena vuttaṃ. Tattha hatthī homīti anadhiṭṭhahitvā hatthī hotūti adhiṭṭhātabbaṃ, assādīsupi eseva nayoti.

对于「亦现象兵」等,是指现自己以外的象兵等而说,所以这里不应作「我成象兵」的决意,应作「将成象兵」的决意。其它马兵等的地方也是一样。

Ñ: But he shows an elephant, etc., is said here with respect to showing an elephant, etc., externally. Herein, instead of resolving, 'Let me be an elephant', he resolves, 'Let there be an elephant'. The same method applies in the case of the horse and the rest.



Ayaṃ vikubbanā iddhi.

上面是「变化神变」。

Ñ: This is success as transformation.



Visuddhimagga XII-137

398. Vikubbanāya pana manomayāya ca idaṃ nānākaraṇaṃ.

下面是「变化神变」及「意所成神变」(与决意神变)不同的地方。

Ñ(XII,137): The difference between (ii) success as transformation and (iii) success as the mind-made [body], is as follows (see §22, 24, 25, 45).



Vikubbanaṃ tāva karontena ‘‘so pakativaṇṇaṃ vijahitvā kumārakavaṇṇaṃ vā dasseti, nāgavaṇṇaṃ vā dasseti, supaṇṇavaṇṇaṃ vā dasseti, asuravaṇṇaṃ vā dasseti, indavaṇṇaṃ vā dasseti, devavaṇṇaṃ vā dasseti, brahmavaṇṇaṃ vā dasseti, samuddavaṇṇaṃ vā dasseti, pabbatavaṇṇaṃ vā dasseti, sīhavaṇṇaṃ vā dasseti, byagghavaṇṇaṃ vā dasseti, dīpivaṇṇaṃ vā dasseti, hatthimpi dasseti, assampi dasseti, rathampi dasseti, pattimpi dasseti, vividhampi senābyūhaṃ dassetī’’ti (paṭi. ma. 3.13) evaṃ vuttesu kumārakavaṇṇādīsu yaṃ yaṃ ākaṅkhati, taṃ taṃ adhiṭṭhātabbaṃ.

(二)变化神变

先说行变化神变的人,于童子等的形状中,他希望那一种,便应决意那一种,即所谓:[PTS 406]「他舍了本来的面目而现童子的形状,或现龙形,或现金翅鸟形、阿修罗形、帝释形、天形、梵天形、海形、山形、狮子形、虎形、豹形,或现象兵、马兵、车兵、步兵,及现种种的军队」。

Ñ: (ii) One, firstly, who performs a transformation [406] should resolve upon whatever he chooses from among the things beginning with the appearance of a boy, described as follows: 'He abandons his normal appearance and shows the appearance of a boy or the appearance of a nāga (serpent), or the appearance of a supaṇṇa (winged demon), or the appearance of an asura (demon), or the appearance of the Ruler [of Gods] (Indra), or the appearance of some [other sensual-sphere] deity, or the appearance of a Brahmā, or the appearance of the sea, or the appearance of a rock, or the appearance of a lion, or the appearance of a tiger, or the appearance of a leopard, or he shows an elephant, or he shows a horse, or he shows a chariot, or he shows a foot soldier, or he shows a manifold military array' (Ps.ii,210).



Visuddhimagga XII-136

Ettha ca yaṃ so iddhimā idheva ṭhito dibbena cakkhunā rūpaṃ passati,

然而这里,神变者虽然在这人间,能以天眼见(梵天之)色,

Ñ(XII,136): When this possessor of supernormal power, while remaining here sees a visible object with the divine eye,



dibbāya sotadhātuyā saddaṃ suṇāti,

以天耳闻其声,

Ñ: hears a sound with the divine ear element,



cetopariyañāṇena cittaṃ pajānāti,

以他心智而知其心,

Ñ: knows consciousness with the penetration of minds,



na ettāvatā kāyena vasaṃ vatteti.

但依然未得由身而自在的。

Ñ: he does not wield bodily power in doing that.



Yampi so idheva ṭhito tena brahmunā saddhiṃ santiṭṭhati sallapati sākacchaṃ samāpajjati, ettāvatāpi na kāyena vasaṃ vatteti.

同时他虽在此界,能与梵天对立,谈论与会话,亦非由身而自在的。

Ñ: And when, while remaining here, he stands with that Brahmā, converses, enters into communication with that Brahmā, he does not wield bodily power in doing that.



Yampissa dūrepi santike adhiṭṭhātītiādikaṃ adhiṭṭhānaṃ, ettāvatāpi na kāyena vasaṃ vatteti.

虽然他决意令远而为近等,亦非由身而自在的。

Ñ: And when he makes his resolve described in the way beginning 'though far, he resolves upon nearness', he does not wield bodily power in doing that.



Yampi so dissamānena vā adissamānena vā kāyena brahmalokaṃ gacchati,

他虽以可见或不可见之身而去梵天,

Ñ: And when he goes to the Brahmā-world with a visible or an invisible body,



ettāvatāpi na kāyena vasaṃ vatteti.

亦非由身而自在的。

Ñ: he does not wield bodily power in doing that.



Yañca kho so tassa brahmuno purato rūpaṃ abhinimminātītiādinā nayena vuttavidhānaṃ āpajjati,

但他计划「在梵天之前变化色身」等的说法,

Ñ: But when he enters upon the process described in the way beginning 'He creates a visible form before that Brahmā, mind-made',



ettāvatā kāyena vasaṃ vatteti nāmaṃ.

是由身而得自在的。

Ñ: then he wields bodily power in doing that.



Sesaṃ panettha kāyena vasaṃ vattanāya pubbabhāgadassanatthaṃ vuttanti ayaṃ tāva adhiṭṭhānā iddhi.

至于这里的其余的(天眼乃至远近神变等),是为示身自在神变的前分神变而说的。上面为「决意神变」。

Ñ: The rest, however, is said here for the purpose of showing the stage prior to the wielding of the bodily power. This, firstly, is (i) success by resolve (§45).



Visuddhimagga XII-135

Manomayanti adhiṭṭhānamanena nimmitattā manomayaṃ.

「意所成」,由于决意而化作,故为意所成。

Ñ(XII,135): Mind-made: mind-made because created by the mind in resolution.



Ahīnindriyanti idaṃ cakkhusotādīnaṃ saṇṭhānavasena vuttaṃ.

「诸根完具」,是就眼耳等的形态说。

Ñ: Lacking no faculty: this refers to the shape of the eye, ear, etc.;



Nimmitarūpe pana pasādo nāma natthi.

然而所化的色身是没有净色根的。

Ñ: but there is no sensitivity in a created visible form.



Sace iddhimā caṅkamati nimmitopi tattha caṅkamatītiādi sabbaṃ sāvakanimmitaṃ sandhāya vuttaṃ.

「如果神变者经行,则所化的亦在彼处经行」等,是指一切声闻所化的说。

Ñ: If the possessor of supernormal power walks up and down, the creation walks up and down there too, etc., all refers to what a disciple creates;



Buddhanimmito pana yaṃ yaṃ bhagavā karoti, taṃ tampi karoti.

假使是佛陀所化的,则依世尊的所行而行。

Ñ: but what the Blessed One creates does whatever the Blessed One does,



Bhagavato rucivasena aññampi karotīti.

但依照世尊的意欲亦能作其它的事情。

Ñ: and it also does other things according to the Blessed One's pleasure.



Visuddhimagga XII-134

Evaṃ adissamānena kāyena gacchanto panāyaṃ kiṃ tassa adhiṭṭhānacittassa uppādakkhaṇe gacchati, udāhu ṭhitikkhaṇe bhaṅgakkhaṇe vāti vutte tīsupi khaṇesu gacchatīti thero āha.

然而如是以不可见之身而行者,是在他的决意心生起的剎那而行?或在住的剎那,或在灭的剎那而行呢?(诸义疏师中的)一长老说:「他在三剎那共同中而行」。

Ñ(XII,134): When it was asked, 'As he goes with an invisible body thus, does he go at the moment of the resolution-consciousness's arising or at the moment of its presence or at the moment of its dissolution?', an elder replied, 'He goes in all three moments'.



Kiṃ pana so sayaṃ gacchati nimmitaṃ pesetīti. Yathāruci karoti.

然而他自己行呢?或遣其所化的?可以随意而行。

Ñ: —'But does he go himself, or does he send a creation?'—'He does as he pleases.



Idha panassa sayaṃ gamanameva āgataṃ.

但此处是说他自己行。

Ñ: But here it is only the going himself that has been given [in the text]'.



Visuddhimagga XII-133

Cittavasena kāyaṃ pariṇāmetīti kāyaṃ gahetvā citte āropeti.

「以心而变易其身」,是取其身而置于心,

Ñ(XII,133): He converts his body to accord with his mind: he takes the body and mounts it on the mind.



Cittānugatikaṃ karoti sīghagamanaṃ.

令随于心,速速地行,

Ñ: He makes its going swift to coincide with that of the mind;



Cittagamanaṃ hi sīghaṃ hoti.

因心行是急速的。

Ñ: for the mind's mode of going is swift.



Sukhasaññañca lahusaññañca okkamatīti rūpakāyārammaṇena iddhicittena sahajātaṃ sukhasaññañca lahusaññañca okkamatīti.

「入于乐想与轻想」,是入于以色身为所缘的神变心俱生的乐想与轻想。

Ñ: He arrives at blissful perception and light perception: he arrives at perception of bliss and perception of lightness that are conascent with the supernormal-power consciousness whose object is the material body.



Sesaṃ vuttanayeneva veditabbaṃ.

余者如前述可知。

Ñ: The rest should be understood in the way already described.



Idaṃ pana cittagamanameva hoti.

此处只是心行为主。

Ñ: But here there is only the going of consciousness.



Visuddhimagga XII-132

Evaṃ gacchanto ca sace icchati pathavīkasiṇavasena ākāse maggaṃ nimminitvā padasā gacchati.

这样去梵界的人,如果他希望步行,依地遍(定)而化一道于虚空,由步行至梵天。

Ñ(XII,132): As he goes thus, if he wishes, he creates a path in space by means of the earth kasiṇa and goes on foot.



Sace icchati vāyokasiṇavasena vāyuṃ adhiṭṭhahitvā tūlapicu viya vāyunā gacchati.

若希望飞行,依风遍(定)而决意起风,乘风而上梵天,如兜罗绵相似。

Ñ: If he wishes, he resolves by means of the air kasiṇa that there shall be air, and he goes by air like a tuft of cotton.



Apica gantukāmatā eva ettha pamāṇaṃ.

此处则只以欲去为主要条件。

Ñ: Moreover, the desire to go is the measure here.



‘‘Sati hi gantukāmatāya’’ evaṃ katacittādhiṭṭhāno adhiṭṭhānavegukkhittova so issāsakhittasaro viya dissamāno gacchati.

因有欲去之时,他便如是决意,由决意之力而投之,其可见之身而上梵界,如射手放箭一样。[PTS 405]

Ñ: When there is the desire to go, one who has made his mental resolve in this way goes visibly, carried by the force of the resolution like an arrow shot by an archer. [405]



Visuddhimagga XII-131

Sukhasaññañca lahusaññañca okkamatīti pādakajjhānārammaṇena iddhicittena sahajātaṃ sukhasaññañca lahusaññañca okkamati pavisati phasseti sampāpuṇāti.

「入于乐想与轻想」,是入于以基础禅为所缘的神变心俱生的乐想与轻想。「入」即进入、触、达成之意。

Ñ(XII,131): He arrives at blissful perception and light perception: he arrives at, enters, makes contact with, reaches, the perception of bliss and perception of lightness that are conascent with the consciousness whose object is the basic jhāna.



Sukhasaññā nāma upekkhāsampayuttasaññā.

「乐想」,即与舍相应之想,

Ñ: And it is perception associated with equanimity that is called 'perception of bliss';



Upekkhā hi santaṃ sukhanti vuttā.

因舍而寂静故说为乐。

Ñ: for equanimity is called 'bliss' since it is peaceful.



Sāyeva ca saññā nīvaraṇehi ceva vitakkādīhi paccanīkehi ca vimuttattā lahusaññātipi veditabbā.

并且此想,业已解脱了五盖及寻等的障敌,故为「轻想」。

Ñ: And that same perception should be understood to be called 'perception of lightness' too because it is liberated from hindrances and from the things that oppose it beginning with applied thought.



Taṃ okkantassa panassa karajakāyopi tūlapicu viya sallahuko hoti.

因他入于(乐想及轻想),所以他的业生身亦如兜罗绵一样的轻快,

Ñ: But when he arrives at that state, his physical body too becomes as light as a tuft of cotton.



So evaṃ vāyukkhittatūlapicunā viya sallahukena dissamānena kāyena brahmalokaṃ gacchati.

他便如是以可见之身而去梵界,好像风吹兜罗绵一样的轻快。

Ñ: He goes to the Brahmā-world thus with a visible body as light as a tuft of cotton wafted by the wind.



Visuddhimagga XII-130

Kāyavasena cittaṃ pariṇāmetīti karajakāyassa vasena cittaṃ pariṇāmeti. Pādakajjhānacittaṃ gahetvā kāye āropeti. Kāyānugatikaṃ karoti dandhagamanaṃ. Kāyagamanaṃ hi dandhaṃ hoti.

「以身变易其心」──以业生身之力而变易其心,即取基础禅心置于身内,令心随于身,慢慢地行,因身行是缓慢的。

Ñ(XII,130): He converts his mind according to his body: he converts the mind to accord with the material body; taking the consciousness of the basic jhāna, he mounts it upon the body, he makes its going slow to coincide with that of the body; for the body's mode of going is slow.



Visuddhimagga XII-129

Dibbena cakkhunāti idheva ṭhito ālokaṃ vaḍḍhetvā tassa brahmuno rūpaṃ passati.

「以天眼」等,即在此人间,增大光明,而见梵天之色。

Ñ(XII,129): With the divine eye: remaining here and extending light, he sees the visible form of that Brahmā.



Idheva ca ṭhito sabbaṃ tassa bhāsato saddaṃ suṇāti. Cittaṃ pajānāti.

亦在人间,闻梵天的语言之声,并知其心。

Ñ: And remaining here he also hears the sound of his speech and he understands his mind.



Visuddhimagga XII-128

Na kevalañca thokassa bahukaraṇaṃ, madhuraṃ amadhuraṃ, amadhuraṃ madhurantiādīsupi yaṃ yaṃ icchati, sabbaṃ iddhimato ijjhati.

不但能令少成为多,如果神变者希望把甜的成为不甜,不甜的成为甜,一切亦得随愿而成。

Ñ(XII,128): And not only in the case of making little much, but whatever the possessor of supernormal power wishes, whether to make the sweet unsweet, etc., it is successful for him.



Tathā hi mahāanuḷatthero nāma sambahule bhikkhū piṇḍāya caritvā sukkhabhattameva labhitvā gaṅgātīre nisīditvā paribhuñjamāne disvā gaṅgāya udakaṃ sappimaṇḍanti adhiṭṭhahitvā sāmaṇerānaṃ saññaṃ adāsi.

即如摩诃阿那律长老,看见许多比丘,乞食之后,仅得干食,坐在(锡兰的)竟伽河岸来吃。长老决意把竟伽的河水变为醍醐,并示诸沙弥去取。

Ñ: For so it was that when the Elder Mahā-Anula saw many bhikkhus sitting on the banks of the Gangā River [in Ceylon] eating plain rice, which was all that they had got after doing their alms round, he resolved, 'Let Gangā River water be cream of ghee', and he gave a sign to the novices.



Te thālakehi āharitvā bhikkhusaṅghassa adaṃsu. Sabbe madhurena sappimaṇḍena bhuñjiṃsūti.

他们用小碗取来给比丘众。一切比丘都当甜的醍醐美味吃。

Ñ: They fetched it in their vessels and gave it to the Community of Bhikkhus. All of them ate their meal with sweet cream of ghee.



Visuddhimagga XII-127

Illisaseṭṭhivatthusmiṃ pana mahāmoggallānatthero thokaṃ bahukamakāsi, kākavaliyavatthusmiñca bhagavā.

其次在伊利率长者的故事中,大目犍连长老曾令少而为多。在迦伽跋利耶的故事中,世尊亦然。

Ñ(XII,127): In the story of the rich man Illīsa, however, (Jā.i,348; DhA.i,372) the Elder Mahā-Moggallāna made little much. And in the story of Kākavaḷiya the Blessed One did so.



Mahākassapatthero kira sattāhaṃ samāpattiyā vītināmetvā daliddasaṅgahaṃ karonto kākavaliyassa nāma duggatamanussassa gharadvāre aṭṭhāsi.

据说:大迦叶长老,入(灭尽)定,过七日后(出定),欲使贫者得益,便去立在迦伽跋利耶贫者的门前。[PTS 404]

Ñ: The Elder Mahā-Kassapa, it seems, after spending seven days in attainment, stood at the house door of a man in poor circumstances called Kākavaḷiya in order to show favour to the poor. [404]



Tassa jāyā theraṃ disvā patino pakkaṃ aloṇambilayāguṃ patte ākiri.

他的妻子看见了长老,便把原为丈夫所煮的无盐而酸的粥,倒在长老的钵中。

Ñ: His wife saw the elder, and she poured into his bowl the unsalted sour gruel that she had cooked for her husband.



Thero taṃ gahetvā bhagavato hatthe ṭhapesi.

长老拿了它放在世尊的手中。

Ñ: The elder took it and placed it in the Blessed One's hand.



Bhagavā mahābhikkhusaṅghassa pahonakaṃ katvā adhiṭṭhāsi.

世尊决意使大比丘众满足。

Ñ: The Blessed One resolved to make it enough for the Greater Community of Bhikkhus.



Ekapattena ābhatā sabbesaṃ pahosi.

如是仅取来一钵之粥,能使一切大众都得饱满。

Ñ: What was brought in a single bowl became enough for all.



Kākavaliyopi sattame divase seṭṭhiṭṭhānaṃ alatthāti.

过了七日之后,迦伽跋利耶亦成为富翁长者。

Ñ: And on the seventh day Kākavaḷiya became a rich man.



Visuddhimagga XII-126

Atha ko bahukaṃ thokaṃ akāsīti? Mahākassapatthero.

谁曾使多而为少?大迦叶长老。

Ñ(XII,126): Who has made much little? The Elder Mahā-Kassapa.



Rājagahe kira nakkhattadivase pañcasatā kumāriyo candapūve gahetvā nakkhattakīḷanatthāya gacchantiyo bhagavantaṃ disvā kiñci nādaṃsu.

据说在王舍城一个祭星的节日,有五百童女,拿了月饼去祭星,虽然看见了佛陀,但没有供养他任何东西。

Ñ: One feast day at Rājagaha, it seems, there were five hundred girls on their way to enjoy the festival, and they had taken moon cakes with them. They saw the Blessed One but gave him nothing.



Pacchato āgacchantaṃ pana theraṃ disvā amhākaṃ thero eti pūvaṃ dassāmāti sabbā pūve gahetvā theraṃ upasaṅkamiṃsu.

然而她们看见了后来的长老说:「我们的长老来了,把饼子供养他」,便拿了一切饼子走近长老,

Ñ: On their way back, however, they saw the elder. Thinking 'He is our elder', they each took a cake and approached the elder.



Thero pattaṃ nīharitvā sabbaṃ ekapattapūramattamakāsi.

长老取出他的钵,使她们所有的饼子,恰恰只装了一钵。

Ñ: The elder took out his bowl and made a single bowlful of them all.



Bhagavā theraṃ āgamayamāno purato nisīdi.

当长老来的时候,世尊已在前面坐着等他。

Ñ: The Blessed One had sat down first to await the elder.



Thero āharitvā bhagavato adāsi.

长老拿出饼来供养世尊。

Ñ: The elder brought them and gave them to the Blessed One.



Visuddhimagga XII-125

Santikaṃ pana gahetvā ko dūramakāsīti? Bhagavā.

谁曾使近处成为远?世尊。

Ñ(XII,125): Who has taken what was near and made it far? The Blessed One.



Bhagavā hi attano ca aṅgulimālassa (ma. ni. 2.348) ca antaraṃ santikampi dūramakāsīti.

即世尊使鸯瞿利摩罗与自己的尺咫之间而成为远。

Ñ: For although Aṅgulimāla was near to the Blessed One, yet he made him far (see M.ii,99).



Visuddhimagga XII-124

Yathā cāyaṃ, evaṃ tissadattattheropi sāyanhasamaye nhāyitvā katuttarāsaṅgo mahābodhiṃ vandissāmīti citte uppanne santike akāsi.

同样的,帝须达多长老亦曾这样做。他一天傍晚沐浴之后,穿了上衣,起了欲礼大菩提树之心,即得缩近(在印度摩竭陀国的大菩提树)。

Ñ(XII,124): And the Elder Tissadatta did likewise, when he had put on his upper robes after bathing in the evening, and the thought of paying homage at the Great Enlightenment Tree arose in him.



Visuddhimagga XII-123

Apica tambapaṇṇidīpe cūḷasamuddattheropi akāsi.

还有铜鍱洲的小海长老。

Ñ(XII,123): Furthermore, the Elder Cūḷa-Samudda did it as well in Tambapaṇṇi Island.



Dubbhikkhasamaye kira therassa santikaṃ pātova satta bhikkhusatāni āgamaṃsu.

据说:正在饥馑时期,一天早晨来了七百比丘。

Ñ: During a time of scarcity, it seems, seven hundred bhikkhus came to the elder one morning.



Thero ‘‘mahā bhikkhusaṅgho kuhiṃ bhikkhācāro bhavissatī’’ti cintento sakalatambapaṇṇidīpe adisvā ‘‘paratīre pāṭaliputte bhavissatī’’ti disvā bhikkhū pattacīvaraṃ gāhāpetvā ‘‘ethāvuso, bhikkhācāraṃ gamissāmā’’ti pathaviṃ saṅkhipitvā pāṭaliputtaṃ gato.

长老想道:「这样的大比丘众,到什么地方去乞食呢」?他知道在全铜鍱洲中实无可去的地方,只有在对岸(印度)的华氏城。于是令诸比丘着衣持钵而后说:「道友,我们去乞食吧」。他便缩近其地而至华氏城。

Ñ: The elder thought, 'Where can a large community of bhikkhus wander for alms?'. He saw nowhere at all in Tambapaṇṇi Island, but he saw that it would be possible on the other shore at Pāṭaliputta (Patna). He got the bhikkhus to take their bowls and [outer] robes, and he said, 'Come friends, let us go wandering for alms'. Then he abridged the earth and went to Pāṭaliputta.



Bhikkhū ‘‘kataraṃ, bhante, imaṃ nagara’’nti pucchiṃsu.

诸比丘问:「尊师,这是什么城市」,

Ñ: The bhikkhus asked, 'What is the city, venerable sir?'.



Pāṭaliputtaṃ, āvusoti.

「道友,是华氏城」。

Ñ: —'It is Pāṭaliputta, friends'.



Pāṭaliputtaṃ nāma dūre bhanteti.

「尊师,华氏城多么远啊」!

Ñ: —'Pāṭaliputta is far away, venerable sir'.



Āvuso, mahallakattherā nāma dūrepi gahetvā santike karontīti.

「道友,大耆宿的长老,缩远方而为近」。

Ñ: —'Friends, experienced elders make what is far near'.



Mahāsamuddo kuhiṃ, bhanteti?

「尊师,那里是大洋」?

Ñ: —'Where is the ocean (mahā-samudda), venerable sir?'



Nanu, āvuso, antarā ekaṃ nīlamātikaṃ atikkamitvā āgatatthāti?

「道友,在路上不是经过一条青水沟吗」?

Ñ: —'Friends, did you not cross a blue stream on the way as you came?'



Āma, bhante. Mahāsamuddo pana mahantoti.

「然而尊师,大洋多么大呀」!

Ñ: —'Yes, venerable sir, but the ocean is vast'.



Āvuso, mahallakattherā nāma mahantampi khuddakaṃ karontīti.

「道友,大耆宿的长老,令大为小」。

Ñ: —'Friends, experienced elders also make what is vast small'.



Visuddhimagga XII-122

Añño ko akāsi? Mahāmoggallānatthero.

还有别的人吗?有大目犍连长老。

Ñ(XII,122): Who else has done it? The Elder Mahā-Moggallāna.



Thero hi sāvatthito bhattakiccaṃ katvā nikkhantaṃ dvādasayojanikaṃ parisaṃ tiṃsayojanaṃ saṅkassanagaramaggaṃ saṅkhipitvā taṅkhaṇaññeva sampāpesi.

即长老吃了早餐,与十二由旬长的群众,从舍卫城出发,缩近僧伽施市三十由旬的道路,即刻到达那里。

Ñ: For when the elder was leaving Sāvatthī after completing his meal, he abridged the twelve-league crowd and the thirty-league road to the city of Saṅkassa, and he arrived at the same moment.



Visuddhimagga XII-121

Tattha ko dūraṃ gahetvā santikaṃ akāsīti? Bhagavā.

谁曾令远而为近?世尊。

Ñ(XII,121): Herein, who has taken what was far and made it near? The Blessed One.



Bhagavā hi yamakapāṭihāriyāvasāne devalokaṃ gacchanto yugandharañca sineruñca santike katvā pathavītalato ekapādaṃ yugandhare patiṭṭhapetvā dutiyaṃ sinerumatthake ṭhapesi.

即世尊行了双神变后而去天界时,曾缩近持双山与须弥山,从地面出发,[PTS 403] 一足踏在持双山上,另一足便置于须弥山顶。

Ñ: For when the Blessed One was going to the divine world after the Twin Miracle, he made Yugandhara and Sineru near, and from the earth's surface he set one foot [403] on Yugandhara, and then he set the other on the summit of Sineru.



Visuddhimagga XII-120

Tattha dūrepi santike adhiṭṭhātīti pādakajjhānato vuṭṭhāya dūre devalokaṃ vā brahmalokaṃ vā āvajjati santike hotūti.

在上面的引文中:「他决意远处而成为近」,即从入基础禅而出定之后,他念远处的天界或梵界「成为近」,

Ñ(XII,120): Herein, though far, he resolves upon nearness: having emerged from the basic jhāna, he adverts to a far-off world of the gods or to the Brahmā-world thus, 'Let it be near'.



Āvajjitvā parikammaṃ katvā puna samāpajjitvā ñāṇena adhiṭṭhāti santike hotūti, santike hoti.

念已遍作(准备),再入定后,以智决意:「成为近」!便成为近。

Ñ: Having adverted and done the preliminary work, he attains again, and then resolves with knowledge: 'Let it be near'. It becomes near.



Esa nayo sesapadesupi.

其它的句子也同样。

Ñ: The same method of explanation applies to the other clauses too.



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