(二九) 三蜜離提問35 (29). Samṛddhi’s Question
如是我聞:Thus I have heard: 一時,佛住舍衛國、祇樹、給孤獨園。One time, the Buddha was staying at Anāthapiṇḍada’s Park in Jeta’s Grove of Śrāvastī.
爾時,有異比丘名三蜜離提,來詣佛所。
蜜 → 密 (宋, 元, 明)There was then a certain monk named Samṛddhi who came to visit the Buddha.
頭面禮足,却住一面,白佛言:He bowed his head at the Buddha’s feet, withdrew to stand to one side, and said to the Buddha,
「如世尊說『說法師』。“The Bhagavān says ‘the teaching of a Dharma teacher.’
云何名為說法師?」What’s called the teaching of a Dharma teacher?”
佛告比丘:The Buddha said to the monk, 「汝今欲知『說法師』義耶?」“[Good, good!] Do you want now to know the meaning of ‘the teaching of a Dharma teacher’?”
比丘白佛:The monk said to the Buddha, 「唯然,世尊!」“Indeed, Bhagavān.”
佛告比丘:The Buddha told the monk,
「諦聽,善思。“[Listen closely!] Listen closely, and consider it well.
當為汝說。I will explain this for you.
若比丘於色說厭、離欲、滅盡,是名說法師。If a monk teaches disillusionment with form, being free of desire for it, and completely ceasing it, this is called the teaching of a Dharma teacher.
如是於受、想、行、識⋯於識說厭、離欲、滅盡。
於識 → () (宋, 元, 明, yinshun)It’s the same with feeling, conception, volition, and awareness … teaches disillusionment with awareness, being free of desire for it, and completely ceasing it.
是名說法師。」This is called the teaching of a Dharma teacher.”
時,彼比丘聞佛所說踊躍,歡喜。When that monk heard what the Buddha taught, he celebrated and rejoiced. 作禮而去。He then bowed and departed.
多聞、善說法、 向法、及涅槃、[31] Well versed, [32] the well taught Dharma, [33] Proceeding through principles, [34] nirvāṇa, 三蜜離提問、 『云何說法師』。
蜜 → 密 (宋, 元, 明)And [35] Samṛddhi’s question, “What is the teaching of a Dharma teacher.”