The Leash (2) Gaddūla Sutta (SN 22:100) · 莲华归心开放中文佛学资料库

- suttas - - evening talks - short morning talks - lectures - guided meditations - talk collections - other themes - chants - - - - à¹à¸à¸¢ - Franā§ais - Espaā±ol - - Portuguāªs - Ð ÑÑÑÐºÐ¸Ð¹ - - - Ð£ÐºÑÐ°ÑÐ½ÑÑÐºÐ° Submit Search - Home - Suttas - SN - SN 22:100 The Leash (2) ## Browse Suttas Go to Saṃyutta Nikṅya index SN index ## The Leash (2) Gaddūla Sutta Â (SNÂ 22:100) Near Sṅvatthī. There the Blessed One said: "Monks, from an inconceivable beginning comes transmigration. A beginning point is not evident, although beings hindered by ignorance and fettered by craving are transmigrating & wandering on. "Itâs just as when a dog is tied by a leash to a post or stake: If it walks, it walks right around that post or stake. If it stands, it stands right next to that post or stake. If it sits, it sits right next to that post or stake. If it lies down, it lies down right next to that post or stake. "In the same way, an uninstructed run-of-the-mill person regards form as: ), # Right single quote ('â', This is mine, this is my self, this is what I am.â He regards feelingâ¦ perceptionâ¦ fabricationsâ¦ consciousness as: ), # Right single quote ('â', This is mine, this is my self, this is what I am.â If he walks, he walks right around these five clinging-aggregates. If he stands, he stands right next to these five clinging-aggregates. If he sits, he sits right next to these five clinging-aggregates. If he lies down, he lies down right next to these five clinging-aggregates. Thus one should reflect on oneâs mind with every moment: ), # Right single quote ('â', For a long time has this mind been defiled by passion, aversion, & delusion.â From the defilement of the mind are beings defiled. From the purification of the mind are beings purified. "Monks, have you ever seen a moving-picture show?"1 "Yes, lord." "That moving-picture show was created by the mind. And this mind is even more variegated than a moving-picture show. Thus one should reflect on oneâs mind with every moment: ), # Right single quote ('â', For a long time has this mind been defiled by passion, aversion, & delusion.â From the defilement of the mind are beings defiled. From the purification of the mind are beings purified. "Monks, I can imagine no one group of beings more variegated than that of common animals. Common animals are created by mind. And the mind is even more variegated than common animals. Thus one should reflect on oneâs mind with every moment: ), # Right single quote ('â', For a long time has this mind been defiled by passion, aversion, & delusion.â From the defilement of the mind are beings defiled. From the purification of the mind are beings purified. "Itâs just as when—there being dye, lac, yellow orpiment, indigo, or crimson—a dyer or painter would paint the picture of a woman or a man, complete in all its parts, on a well-polished panel or wall, or on a piece of cloth; in the same way, an uninstructed, run-of-the-mill person, when creating, creates nothing but formâ¦ feelingâ¦ perceptionâ¦ fabricationsâ¦ consciousness. "Now what do you think, monks? Is form constant or inconstant?" "Inconstant, lord." "And is that which is inconstant easeful or stressful?" "Stressful, lord." "And is it fitting to regard what is inconstant, stressful, subject to change as: ), # Right single quote ('â', This is mine. This is my self. This is what I amâ?" "No, lord." "â¦ Is feeling constant or inconstant?"—"Inconstant, lord." â¦ "â¦ Is perception constant or inconstant?"—"Inconstant, lord." â¦ "â¦ Are fabrications constant or inconstant?"—"Inconstant, lord." â¦ "What do you think, monks? Is consciousness constant or inconstant?" "Inconstant, lord." "And is that which is inconstant easeful or stressful?" "Stressful, lord." "And is it fitting to regard what is inconstant, stressful, subject to change as: ), # Right single quote ('â', This is mine. This is my self. This is what I amâ?" "No, lord." "Thus, monks, any form whatsoever that is past, future, or present; internal or external; blatant or subtle; common or sublime; far or near: Every form is to be seen as it has come to be with right discernment as: ), # Right single quote ('â', This is not mine. This is not my self. This is not what I am.â "Any feeling whatsoever.â¦ "Any perception whatsoever.â¦ "Any fabrications whatsoever.â¦ "Any consciousness whatsoever that is past, future, or present; internal or external; blatant or subtle; common or sublime; far or near: Every consciousness is to be seen as it has come to be with right discernment as: ), # Right single quote ('â', This is not mine. This is not my self. This is not what I am.â "Seeing thus, the well-instructed disciple of the noble ones grows disenchanted with the body, disenchanted with feeling, disenchanted with perception, disenchanted with fabrications, disenchanted with consciousness. Disenchanted, he becomes dispassionate. Through dispassion, he is released. With release, there is the knowledge, ), # Right single quote ('â', Released.