Vipers ṅsīvisa Sutta (SN 35:197) · 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 35:197 Vipers ## Browse Suttas Go to Saṃyutta Nikṅya index SN index ## Vipers ṅsīvisa Sutta Â (SNÂ 35:197) I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Sṅvatthī in Jetaâs Grove. Then he addressed the monks, "Monks, suppose there were four vipers of utmost heat & horrible venom. Then a man would come along—desiring life, desiring not to die, desiring happiness, & loathing pain—and people would tell him: ), # Right single quote ('â', Good man, these four vipers, of utmost heat & horrible venom, are yours. Time after time they must be lifted up, time after time they must be bathed, time after time they must be fed, time after time put to rest. And if any of these vipers ever gets provoked1 with you, then you will meet with death or death-like suffering. Do what you think should be done.â "Then the man—afraid of the four vipers of utmost heat & horrible venom—would flee this way or that. They would tell him, ), # Right single quote ('â', Good man, there are five enemy executioners chasing right on your heels, (thinking,) "Wherever we see him, weâll kill him right on the spot." Do what you think should be done.â "Then the man—afraid of the four vipers of utmost heat & horrible venom, afraid of the five enemy executioners—would flee this way or that. They would tell him, ), # Right single quote ('â', Good man, there is a sixth executioner, a fellow-traveler, chasing right on your heels with upraised sword, (thinking,) "Wherever I see him, Iâll kill him right on the spot." Do what you think should be done.â "Then the man—afraid of the four vipers of utmost heat & horrible venom, afraid of the five enemy executioners, afraid of the sixth fellow-traveling executioner with upraised sword—would flee this way or that. He would see an empty village. Whatever house he entered would be abandoned, void, & empty as he entered it. Whatever pot he grabbed hold of would be abandoned, void, & empty as he grabbed hold of it. They would tell him, ), # Right single quote ('â', Good man, right now, village-plundering bandits are entering this empty village. Do what you think should be done.â "Then the man—afraid of the four vipers of utmost heat & horrible venom, afraid of the five enemy executioners, afraid of the sixth fellow-traveling executioner with upraised sword, afraid of the village-plundering bandits—would flee this way or that. He would see a great expanse of water, with the near shore dubious & risky, the further shore secure & free from risk, but with neither a ferryboat nor a bridge going from this shore to the other. The thought would occur to him, ), # Right single quote ('â', Here is this great expanse of water, with the near shore dubious & risky, the further shore secure & free from risk, but with neither a ferryboat nor a bridge going from this shore to the other. What if I were to gather grass, twigs, branches, & leaves and, having bound them together to make a raft, were to cross over to safety on the other shore in dependence on the raft, making an effort with my hands & feet?â Then the man, having gathered grass, twigs, branches, & leaves, having bound them together to make a raft, would cross over to safety on the other shore in dependence on the raft, making an effort with his hands & feet. Crossed over, having gone to the other shore, he would stand on high ground, a brahman. "Monks, I have made this simile to convey a meaning. Here the meaning is this: ), # Right single quote ('â', The four vipers of utmost heat & horrible venomâ stands for the four great elements: the earth property, the liquid property, the fire-property, & the wind property. ), # Right single quote ('â', The five enemy executionersâ stands for the five clinging-aggregates: the form clinging-aggregate, the feeling clinging-aggregate, the perception clinging-aggregate, the fabrications clinging-aggregate, the consciousness clinging-aggregate. ), # Right single quote ('â', The sixth fellow-traveling executioner with upraised swordâ stands for passion & delight. "), # Right single quote ('â', The empty villageâ stands for the six internal sense media. If a wise, competent, intelligent person examines them from the point of view of the eye, they appear abandoned, void, & empty. If he examines them from the point of view of the earâ¦ the noseâ¦ the tongueâ¦ the bodyâ¦ the intellect, they appear abandoned, void, & empty. ), # Right single quote ('â', The village-plundering banditsâ stands for the six external sense-media. The eye is attacked by agreeable & disagreeable forms. The ear is attacked by agreeable & disagreeable sounds. The nose is attacked by agreeable & disagreeable aromas. The tongue is attacked by agreeable & disagreeable flavors. The body is attacked by