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Embroidered artwork for 法句經·樂品:幸福(第197–208偈): Embroidered Buddha seated in meditation on a pink lotus, with a golden dharma wheel and a white stupa in the mountains

法句經·樂品:幸福(第197–208偈)

《法句經》樂品(第197-208偈)包含十二首福德偈句,重新定義真正的幸福不是感官滿足,而是心靈寧靜、無怨無恨和解脫執著。佛陀以神聖的歡呼「啊哉,我等不怨行怨中」表明世間競爭乃苦之根源。勝利生怨憎,戰敗者臥於憂傷,但放下勝負的寧靜聖人安息於最高幸福。本品有著名偈句:「無病最上利,知足最上財;誠信第一親,涅槃最上樂。」(第204偈)

偈頌上座部佛陀

經詩內容

197. Susukhaṃ vata jīvāma, verinesu averino; Verinesu manussesu, viharāma averino.

第節 1

198. Susukhaṃ vata jīvāma, āturesu anāturā; Āturesu manussesu, viharāma anāturā.

第節 2

199. Susukhaṃ vata jīvāma, ussukesu anussukā; Ussukesu manussesu, viharāma anussukā.

第節 3

200. Susukhaṃ vata jīvāma, yesaṃ no natthi kiñcanaṃ; Pītibhakkhā bhavissāma, devā ābhassarā yathā.

第節 4

201. Jayaṃ veraṃ pasavati, dukkhaṃ seti parājito; Upasanto sukhaṃ seti, hitvā jayaparājayaṃ.

第節 5

202. Natthi rāgasamo aggi, natthi dosasamo kali; Natthi khandhasamā dukkhā, natthi santiparaṃ sukhaṃ.

第節 6

203. Jighacchāparamā rogā, saṅkhāraparamā dukhā; Etaṃ ñatvā yathābhūtaṃ, nibbānaṃ paramaṃ sukhaṃ.

第節 7

204. Ārogyaparamā lābhā, santiṭṭhiparamaṃ dhanaṃ; Vissāsaparamā ñāti, nibbānaṃ paramaṃ sukhaṃ.

第節 8

205. Pavivekarasaṃ pitvā, rasaṃ upasamassa ca; Niddaro hoti nippāpo, dhammapītirasaṃ pivaṃ.

第節 9

206. Sāhu dassanamariyānaṃ, sannivāso sadā sukho; Adassanena bālānaṃ, niccameva sukhī siyā.

第節 10

207. Bālasaṅgatacārī hi, dīghamaddhāna socati; Dukkho bālehi saṃvāso, amitteneva sabbadā; Dhīro ca sukhasaṃvāso, ñātīnaṃva samāgamo.

第節 11

208. Tasmā hi: dhīrañca paññañca bahussutañca, dhorayhasīlaṃ vatavantamāriyaṃ; Taṃ tādisaṃ sappurisaṃ sumedhaṃ, bhajetha nakkhattapathaṃva candimā.

第節 12

背景介紹

本章屬於巴利《法句經》(小部,巴利聖典),樂品,第197–208偈。本品在迦毘羅衛、毘舍離與舍衛城等地宣說,反映佛陀所成就的歷史性和解。第197–199偈,是在釋迦族與拘利族因羅希尼河之水而瀕臨毀滅性戰爭之際宣說的;佛陀站在兩軍之間,問道:水是否比高貴戰士的鮮血更珍貴?第201偈,是在憍薩羅國的波斯匿王被其外甥阿闍世於戰場擊敗之後所說;第204偈,則是在波斯匿王因暴食而受苦時,用以安慰他。

關於此經文

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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無怨行怨中(197-199偈)

「啊哉,我等不怨行怨中;於諸怨憎人,我等離怨住。」

喜樂為食(200偈)

我等了無所執,如極光淨天諸天,欣以喜為食。

勝者生怨(201偈)

勝者生怨讎,負者臥苦中;息滅勝負心,寂靜臥安樂。

四最上智(204偈)

「無病最上利,知足最上財;誠信第一親,涅槃最上樂。」

月隨星道(208偈)

如月循星道,智者伴德高、學富、勤行者。

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