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Embroidered artwork for 法句经·佛陀品(第179–196偈): Embroidered Buddha seated in meditation on a pink lotus, with a golden dharma wheel and a white stupa in the mountains

法句经·佛陀品(第179–196偈)

法句经的佛陀品(179–196偈)包含18首神圣的偈颂,阐述了佛教真理的核心和正等正觉者的超越本质。其中最著名的第183偈展示了所有诸佛跨越时代的普遍教导:「诸恶莫作,众善奉行,自净其意,是诸佛教。」指出众生因恐惧而逃往山、林、圣地和树庙的做法是不安全的,佛陀教示说,皈依三宝(佛、法、僧)并以正慧观察四圣谛,才是唯一确实从世间一切苦难中解脱的至高皈依处。

偈颂上座部佛教佛陀

经文段落

179. Yassa jitaṃ nāvajīyati, jitaṃ yassa no yāti koci loke; Taṃ buddhamanantagocaraṃ, apadaṃ kena padena nessatha.

第节 1

180. Yassa jālinī visattikā, taṇhā natthi kuhiñci netave; Taṃ buddhamanantagocaraṃ, apadaṃ kena padena nessatha.

第节 2

181. Ye jhānapasutā dhīrā, nekkhammūpasame ratā; Devāpi tesaṃ pihayanti, sambuddhānaṃ satīmataṃ.

第节 3

182. Kiccho manussapaṭilābho, kicchaṃ maccāna jīvitaṃ; Kicchaṃ saddhammassavanaṃ, kiccho buddhānamuppādo.

第节 4

183. Sabbapāpassa akaraṇaṃ, kusalassa upasampadā; Sacittapariyodapanaṃ, etaṃ buddhāna sāsanaṃ.

第节 5

184. Khantī paramaṃ tapo titikkhā, nibbānaṃ paramaṃ vadanti buddhā; Na hi pabbajito parūpaghātī, samaṇo hoti paraṃ viheṭhayanto.

第节 6

185. Anūpavādo anūpaghāto, pātimokkhe ca saṃvaro; Mattaññutā ca bhattasmiṃ, pantañca sayanāsanaṃ; Adhicitte ca āyogo, etaṃ buddhāna sāsanaṃ.

第节 7

186. Na kahāpaṇavassena, titti kāmesu vijjati; Appassādā dukhā kāmā, iti viññāya paṇḍito.

第节 8

187. Api dibbesu kāmesu, ratiṃ so nādhigacchati; Taṇhākkhayarato hoti, sammāsambuddhasāvako.

第节 9

188. Bahuṃ ve saraṇaṃ yanti, pabbatāni vanāni ca; Ārāmarukkhacetyāni, manussā bhayatajjitā.

第节 10

189. N'etaṃ kho saraṇaṃ khemaṃ, n'etaṃ saraṇamuttamaṃ; N'etaṃ saraṇamāgamma, sabbadukkhā pamuccati.

第节 11

190. Yo ca buddhañca dhammañca, saṅghañca saraṇaṃ gato; Cattāri ariyasaccāni, sammappaññāya passati.

第节 12

191. Dukkhaṃ dukkhasamuppādaṃ, dukkhassa ca atikkamaṃ; Ariyañcaṭṭhaṅgikaṃ maggaṃ, dukkhūpasamagāminaṃ.

第节 13

192. Etaṃ kho saraṇaṃ khemaṃ, etaṃ saraṇamuttamaṃ; Etaṃ saraṇamāgamma, sabbadukkhā pamuccati.

第节 14

193. Dullabho purisājañño, na so sabbattha jāyati; Yattha so jāyati dhīro, taṃ kulaṃ sukhamedhati.

第节 15

194. Sukho buddhānamuppādo, sukhā saddhammadesanā; Sukhā saṅghassa sāmaggī, samaggānaṃ tapo sukho.

第节 16

195. Pūjārahe pūjayato, buddhe yadi va sāvake; Papañcasamatikkante, tiṇṇasokapariddave.

第节 17

196. Te tādise pūjayato, nibbute akutobhaye; Na sakkā puññaṃ saṅkhātuṃ, imettamapi kenaci.

第节 18

经典背景

本品属于巴利《法句经》(Dhammapada,小部,巴利三藏)佛陀品(Buddha Vagga),第179–196偈。佛陀品的偈颂是乔达摩佛陀在几个重要场合宣说的:在摩伽月(Māgha)的满月日,于王舍城(Rājagaha)竹林精舍,面对1,250位阿罗汉宣说《教诫波罗提木叉》(第183–185偈);在阿阇波罗(Ajapāla)榕树下,与魔罗那三位诱惑的女儿爱欲、不乐和贪染相遇(第179–180偈);以及与火施婆罗门众关于真正皈依的对话(第188–192偈)。

关于此经文

作者: Gautama Buddha · Founder of Buddhism · c. 5th–6th century BCE, Northern India/Nepal

Born Siddhartha Gautama in Lumbini, he attained enlightenment and spent the rest of his life teaching the Dhamma across northern India. His discourses (Suttas), preserved orally for generations before being written down in the Pali Canon, form the doctrinal foundation of Buddhism.

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