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  • 一部以象王为譬喻的经,内容与通称《象王经》的经文相同。

  • A discourse on the simile of the royal elephant, identical in content with the sutta more commonly known as the Hatthirāja Sutta.

  • 一部经,佛陀以幼象不谙洗净法而误食带泥莲藕茎因此患病为喻,说明沙弥模仿资深比丘久留俗家的习气却不知其中过患。

  • A discourse in which the Buddha likens a novice who copied senior monks’ habit of lingering too long in lay households to young elephants who, unlike a skilled elder elephant, could not clean muddy lotus-stalks before eating and fell sick.

SN 20.9
  • 一部经,以喜马拉雅山中的蛇入海后愈长愈壮为喻,说明比丘修习八圣道也是如此渐次增长。

  • A discourse comparing monks who develop the Noble Eightfold Path to snakes of the Himalayas that grow ever larger after making their way into the sea.

  • 一部经,列举御用象应具备的四种特质——善听、善杀、善忍、善行——借以比喻比丘堪受世人礼敬供养所应具备的相应素质。

  • A discourse listing four qualities required of a royal elephant — being a good listener, slayer, endurer and traveller — as an analogy for the qualities that make a monk worthy of the world’s respect and offerings.

AN 4.114
  • 一部经,又称《象喻经》,佛陀借众人赞叹波斯匿王御象施多之机,说明真正的伟大者是身语意皆不作恶之人,优陀夷因此以偈颂赞叹佛陀正如此象。

  • A discourse, also known as the Nāgopama Sutta, in which the Buddha, after onlookers marvel at King Pasenadi’s elephant Seta, teaches that a truly great being is one who commits no wrong in deed, word or thought, prompting Udāyī to praise the Buddha in verse as such an elephant.

AN 6.43
  • 一部经,以林中巨象厌倦象群纠缠而独自离群为喻,说明比丘也应远离人群、独居以断除烦恼。

  • A discourse comparing a monk who withdraws into solitude to purify himself of defilements to a forest elephant that, wearied of its herd, breaks away to live alone.

AN 9.40

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