Visuddhimagga VII-92

Apica svākkhāte dhammavinaye yathānusiṭṭhaṃ paṭipannattāpi apaṇṇakapaṭipadaṃ paṭipannattāpi suppaṭipanno.

又依世尊善说的法与律而行道故,依可靠之道而行道故,为「善行道」。

Ñ(VII,92): Furthermore, the Community has entered on the good way because it has entered on the way according as instructed in the well-proclaimed Dhamma and Discipline (dhamma-vinaya), and because it has entered on the immaculate way.



Majjhimāya paṭipadāya antadvayamanupagamma paṭipannattā kāyavacīmanovaṅkakuṭilajimhadosappahānāya paṭipannattā ca ujuppaṭipannattā ca ujuppaṭipanno.

不取两种极端依于中道而行道故,舍弃了身语意的弯曲及不正等的过失行道故,为「正直行道」。

Ñ: It has entered on the straight way because it has entered on the way avoiding the two extremes and taking the middle course, and because it has entered on the way of the abandonment of the faults of bodily and verbal crookedness, tortuousness and warpedness.



Ñāyo vuccati nibbānaṃ. Tadatthāya paṭipannattā ñāyappaṭipanno.

「真理」即涅盘,为涅盘而行道,故为「真理行道」。

It has entered on the true way because nibbāna is what is called 'true' and it has entered on the way with that as its aim.



Yathā paṭipannā sāmīcippaṭipannārahā honti, tathā paṭipannattā sāmīcippaṭipanno.

因值得作正当行道的行道,故为「正当行道」。

It has entered on the proper way because it has entered on the way of those who are worthy of proper acts [of veneration].

Notes in Chinese translation : 「正直行道」(ujuppaṭipanna)、「真理行道」(ñāyappaṭipanna)、「正当行道」(sāmīcippaṭipanna),《解脱道论》「随从软善」、「随从如法」、「随从和合」。



Visuddhimagga VII-91

Ettha ca ye maggaṭṭhā, te sammāpaṭipattisamaṅgitāya suppaṭipannā.

此中在圣道之中的人,因他们具足正行道故为善行道;

Ñ(VII,91): Those who stand on the path can be understood to have entered on the good way since they possess the right way.



Ye phalaṭṭhā, te sammāpaṭipadāya adhigantabbassa adhigatattā atītaṃ paṭipadaṃ sandhāya suppaṭipannāti veditabbā.

在圣果中的人,因为由于正道而证得其当证的,这是依照关于过去的行道为「善行道」。

Ñ: And those who stand in fruition can be understood to have entered on the good way with respect to the way that is now past since by means of the right way they have realized what should be realized.



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