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Nāga Sutta
Sutta一部以象王為譬喻的經,內容與通稱《象王經》的經文相同。
A discourse on the simile of the royal elephant, identical in content with the sutta more commonly known as the Hatthirāja Sutta.
Nāga Sutta2
Sutta一部經,佛陀以幼象不諳洗淨法而誤食帶泥蓮藕莖因此患病為喻,說明沙彌模仿資深比丘久留俗家的習氣卻不知其中過患。
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.
Nāga Sutta3
Sutta一部經,以喜馬拉雅山中的蛇入海後愈長愈壯為喻,說明比丘修習八聖道也是如此漸次增長。
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.
Nāga Sutta4
Sutta一部經,列舉御用象應具備的四種特質——善聽、善殺、善忍、善行——藉以比喻比丘堪受世人禮敬供養所應具備的相應素質。
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.
Nāga Sutta5
Sutta一部經,又稱《象喻經》,佛陀借眾人讚歎波斯匿王御象施多之機,說明真正的偉大者是身語意皆不作惡之人,優陀夷因此以偈頌讚嘆佛陀正如此象。
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.
Nāga Sutta6
Sutta一部經,以林中巨象厭倦象群糾纏而獨自離群為喻,說明比丘也應遠離人群、獨居以斷除煩惱。
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.
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