第二品·《寻经》的义注
3. 三集义注 · 210 段
《寻经》的义注巴利
1. Vitakkasuttavaṇṇanā
38 38. 在第二品的第一经里,“如来,比丘们”这个说法中的“如来”一词,首先出现在有情假名、正自觉者等用法中。因为在“如来死后存在”这类说法里,它指的就是有情假名。巴利
38. Dutiyavaggassa paṭhame tathāgataṃ, bhikkhaveti ettha tathāgata-saddo tāva sattavohārasammāsambuddhādīsu dissati. Tathā hesa ‘‘hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇā’’tiādīsu (dī. ni. 1.65) sattavohāre.
“ 受到天与人礼敬的如来,
我们礼敬佛陀,愿有平安吉祥。”巴利
‘‘Tathāgataṃ devamanussapūjitaṃ, Buddhaṃ namassāma suvatthi hotū’’ti. (khu. pā. 6.16) –
在这些等(经文)中,指的是正自觉者。巴利
Ādīsu sammāsambuddhe.
“ 被天与人敬奉的如来,
我们礼敬法,愿有安乐。”巴利
‘‘Tathāgataṃ devamanussapūjitaṃ, Dhammaṃ namassāma suvatthi hotū’’ti. (khu. pā. 6.17) –
在开头等处所说的诸法。巴利
Ādīsu dhamme.
“ 被天与人共同敬奉的如来,
我们礼敬僧团,愿他们平安安乐。”巴利
‘‘Tathāgataṃ devamanussapūjitaṃ, Saṅghaṃ namassāma suvatthi hotū’’ti. (khu. pā. 6.18) –
在开头那些地方指的是僧伽。但这里指的是正自觉者。因此,在此处“如来”一词,世尊以八种原因被称为如来。哪八种呢?如此而来,所以是如来;如此而去,所以是如来;以如实之相而来,所以是如来;如实证悟真实法,所以是如来;因为如实见,所以是如来;因为如实说,所以是如来;因为如实行,所以是如来;以征服之义,所以是如来。巴利
Ādīsu saṅghe. Idha pana sammāsambuddhe. Tasmā tathāgatanti ettha aṭṭhahi kāraṇehi bhagavā tathāgatoti vuccati. Katamehi aṭṭhahi? Tathā āgatoti tathāgato, tathā gatoti tathāgato, tathalakkhaṇaṃ āgatoti tathāgato, tathadhamme yāthāvato abhisambuddhoti tathāgato, tathadassitāya tathāgato, tathavāditāya tathāgato, tathākāritāya tathāgato, abhibhavanaṭṭhena tathāgatoti.
世尊为什么被称为“如来”呢?因为他正是像过去诸佛那样而来的。具体来说,他依着当初所发的誓愿,圆满了布施波罗蜜、持戒波罗蜜、出离波罗蜜、智慧波罗蜜、精进波罗蜜、忍耐波罗蜜、真实波罗蜜、决意波罗蜜、慈波罗蜜、舍波罗蜜;圆满了这十种波罗蜜、十种近波罗蜜、十种究竟波罗蜜,也就是三十种波罗蜜;又舍弃了五种大舍弃:舍弃身体的部分、舍弃整个自身、舍弃财富、舍弃妻儿、舍弃王位。就像毗婆尸佛等正自觉者那样而来,我们的世尊也同样如此而来,所以称为“如来”。正如经中所说——巴利
Kathaṃ bhagavā tathā āgatoti tathāgato? Yathā yena abhinīhārena dānapāramiṃ pūretvā sīlanekkhammapaññāvīriyakhantisaccaadhiṭṭhānamettāupekkhāpāramiṃ pūretvā imā dasa pāramiyo, dasa upapāramiyo, dasa paramatthapāramiyoti samatiṃsa pāramiyo pūretvā aṅgapariccāgaṃ, attapariccāgaṃ, dhanapariccāgaṃ, dārapariccāgaṃ, rajjapariccāganti imāni pañca mahāpariccāgāni pariccajitvā yathā vipassiādayo sammāsambuddhā āgatā , tathā amhākaṃ bhagavāpi āgatoti tathāgato. Yathāha –
“ 犹如世间毗婆尸等诸牟尼,
已证得一切智,来到这里。
同样地,这位释迦牟尼也来了,
如来被称为具眼者。”巴利
‘‘Yatheva lokamhi vipassiādayo, Sabbaññubhāvaṃ munayo idhāgatā; Tathā ayaṃ sakyamunīpi āgato, Tathāgato vuccati tena cakkhumā’’ti. –
像这样,以这种方式而来,所以叫如来。巴利
Evaṃ tathā āgatoti tathāgato.
“如来”是什么意思?就是“如此而去”的意思。就像毗婆尸等佛陀刚出生时,双脚平稳地站在大地上,面朝北方,以七步的步幅走过去;同样,我们的世尊也是这样走过去的,所以称为“如来”。正如所说的:巴利
Kathaṃ tathā gatoti tathāgato? Yathā sampatijātāva vipassiādayo samehi pādehi pathaviyaṃ patiṭṭhāya uttarābhimukhā sattapadavītihārena gatā, tathā amhākaṃ bhagavāpi gatoti tathāgato. Yathāhu –
就像刚出生的牛王一样,
他以平稳的双足触踏大地;
乔达摩迈出了七步。
众天神为他撑起白色伞盖。
“ 乔达摩走了七步,
他向四周环顾,四面八方都看了一遍。
他发出了具备八支的音声,
就像狮子站在山顶上。”巴利
‘‘Muhuttajātova gavaṃpatī yathā, Samehi pādehi phusī vasundharaṃ; So vikkamī satta padāni gotamo, Setañca chattaṃ anudhārayuṃ marū. ‘‘Gantvāna so satta padāni gotamo, Disā vilokesi samā samantato; Aṭṭhaṅgupetaṃ giramabbhudīrayi, Sīho yathā pabbatamuddhaniṭṭhito’’ti. –
如来之所以被称为如来,就是因为他如此而去。巴利
Evaṃ tathā gatoti tathāgato.
如来是怎么因为通达真实相而得名的呢?对于一切色法和无色法,他以智慧的行境,毫无遗漏地到达、证得、随觉了它们的自相与共相——真实、不虚妄者,所以称为如来。正如经中所说:巴利
Kathaṃ tathalakkhaṇaṃ āgatoti tathāgato? Sabbesaṃ rūpārūpadhammānaṃ salakkhaṇaṃ, sāmaññalakkhaṇaṃ, tathaṃ, avitathaṃ, ñāṇagatiyā āgato, avirajjhitvā patto, anubuddhoti tathāgato. Yathāha –
“ 然而,一切诸法都有各自的自相与共相。
正因为如来如是而来,所以世尊就是如来。”巴利
‘‘Sabbesaṃ pana dhammānaṃ, sakasāmaññalakkhaṇaṃ; Tathamevāgato yasmā, tasmā nātho tathāgato’’ti. –
像这样,因为通达了真如之相,所以称为如来。巴利
Evaṃ tathalakkhaṇaṃ āgatoti tathāgato.
如来是怎样因为如实彻证真实法而被称为如来的呢?所谓真实法,就是四圣谛。正如经中所说:“比丘们,有这四种法是真实的、不虚妄的、不变的。哪四种呢?‘这是苦圣谛’,比丘们,这是真实的,这是不虚妄的,这是不变的。”(《相应部》5.1090)详细解说。世尊已经彻证了这些圣谛,所以也正因为彻证了这些真实法而被称为如来。这里“gata”这个词的意思就是“已经彻证”。这样,因为如实彻证真实法,所以称为如来。巴利
Kathaṃ tathadhamme yāthāvato abhisambuddhoti tathāgato? Tathadhammā nāma cattāri ariyasaccāni. Yathāha ‘‘cattārimāni, bhikkhave, tathāni avitathāni anaññathāni. Katamāni cattāri? Idaṃ dukkhaṃ ariyasaccanti , bhikkhave, tathametaṃ avitathametaṃ anaññathameta’’nti (saṃ. ni. 5.1090) vitthāro. Tāni ca bhagavā abhisambuddho, tasmāpi tathānaṃ abhisambuddhattā tathāgato. Abhisambuddhattho hi ettha gata-saddo. Evaṃ tathadhamme yāthāvato abhisambuddhoti tathāgato.
如来为什么是“如实见者”呢?在包括天神的世间……乃至包括人与天人的众生中,在无量的世界界域里,无量众生在眼门处进入视野的色所缘,世尊全都以一切方式了知、看见。当他这样了知、这样看见时,无论是以可爱等角度,还是以在所见、所闻、所觉、所识中可能出现的词语,比如“什么是色?色处,就是依靠四大种而有的显色,可见、有对、青、黄……”等等(《法集论》616),用种种名称、十三个回合、五十二种方法加以分别解说,这一切都确实如此,没有虚妄。耳门等处进入视野的声音等也是同样的道理。世尊确实这样说过:巴利
Kathaṃ tathadassitāya tathāgato? Yaṃ sadevake loke…pe… sadevamanussāya pajāya aparimāṇāsu lokadhātūsu aparimāṇānaṃ sattānaṃ cakkhudvāre āpāthamāgacchantaṃ rūpārammaṇaṃ nāma atthi, taṃ bhagavā sabbākārato jānāti passati. Evaṃ jānatā passatā cānena taṃ iṭṭhādivasena vā diṭṭhasutamutaviññātesu labbhamānapadavasena vā ‘‘katamaṃ taṃ rūpaṃ rūpāyatanaṃ, yaṃ rūpaṃ catunnaṃ mahābhūtānaṃ upādāya vaṇṇanibhā sanidassanaṃ sappaṭighaṃ nīlaṃ pītaka’’ntiādinā (dha. sa. 616) nayena anekehi nāmehi terasahi vārehi dvepaññāsāya nayehi vibhajjamānaṃ tathameva hoti, vitathaṃ natthi. Esa nayo sotadvārādīsu āpāthamāgacchantesu saddādīsu. Vuttañhetaṃ bhagavatā –
比丘们,对于有天神在内的世间……乃至有人和天神在内的世间,凡是所见、所闻、所觉、所知、所得、所求、以心反复考察过的事物,我都了知……我都彻底了知,那些都是如来所知道的,但如来并不执取它们。巴利
‘‘Yaṃ, bhikkhave, sadevakassa lokassa…pe… sadevamanussāya diṭṭhaṃ sutaṃ mutaṃ viññātaṃ pattaṃ pariyesitaṃ anuvicaritaṃ manasā, tamahaṃ jānāmi…pe… tamahaṃ abbhaññāsiṃ, taṃ tathāgatassa viditaṃ, taṃ tathāgato na upaṭṭhāsī’’ti (a. ni. 4.24).
如来之所以如此,是因为他如实照见。在这里,应当知道“如来”这个词,是从“如实照见”这个意义上建立起来的。巴利
Evaṃ tathadassitāya tathāgato. Ettha tathadassiatthe tathāgatoti padassa sambhavo veditabbo.
如来为什么是“说真实者”呢?从世尊证得无上正等正觉的那一夜起,到他在无余涅槃界般涅槃的那一夜为止,在这中间四十五年左右的时间里,世尊所说的经、应颂等一切教法,全都是清净、圆满的,能摧毁贪欲和骄慢等烦恼,一味平等,真实不虚。所以说:巴利
Kathaṃ tathavāditāya tathāgato? Yaṃ rattiṃ bhagavā anuttaraṃ sammāsambodhiṃ abhisambuddho, yañca rattiṃ anupādisesāya nibbānadhātuyā parinibbāyi, etthantare pañcacattālīsavassaparimāṇakāle yaṃ bhagavatā bhāsitaṃ suttageyyādi, sabbaṃ taṃ parisuddhaṃ paripuṇṇaṃ rāgamadādinimmadanaṃ ekasadisaṃ tathaṃ avitathaṃ. Tenāha –
准陀,从如来证得无上正等正觉的那一夜起,到如来以无余涅槃界般涅槃的那一夜为止,在这中间,他所说、所谈、所开示的一切,全都真实不虚,绝不会变成别的样子。因此,他被称为“如来”。巴利
‘‘Yañca, cunda, rattiṃ tathāgato anuttaraṃ sammāsambodhiṃ abhisambujjhati, yañca rattiṃ anupādisesāya nibbānadhātuyā parinibbāyati, yaṃ etasmiṃ antare bhāsati lapati niddisati, sabbaṃ taṃ tatheva hoti, no aññathā. Tasmā ‘tathāgato’ti vuccatī’’ti (dī. ni. 3.188; a. ni. 4.23).
在这里,“gata”这个词的意思是“言语”(gada)。这样,因为说的是真实之语,所以称为如来。另外,“āgadana”就是“āgada”,意思是言语。他拥有真实、不颠倒的言语,把“da”音变成“ta”音,就成了“tathāgata”(如来)。这个词的构词方式应当这样来理解。巴利
Gadaattho hi ettha gatasaddo. Evaṃ tathavāditāya tathāgato. Apica āgadanaṃ āgado, vacananti attho. Tatho aviparīto āgado assāti dakārassa takāraṃ katvā tathāgatoti, evampettha padasiddhi veditabbā.
如来为什么是言行一致的呢?因为世尊的言语随顺于身行,身行也随顺于言语。所以,他怎么说就怎么做,怎么做就怎么说。对于这样的人,他的身行正如他的言语那样进行,他的言语也正如他的身行那样进行,因此称为如来。所以他说:“诸比丘,如来怎么说就怎么做,怎么做就怎么说。如此,怎么说就怎么做,怎么做就怎么说,因此称为如来。”这就是以言行一致而称为如来。巴利
Kathaṃ tathākāritāya tathāgato? Bhagavato hi vācāya kāyo anulometi, kāyassapi vācā. Tasmā yathāvādī tathākārī, yathākārī tathāvādī ca hoti. Evaṃbhūtassa cassa yathā vācā, kāyopi tathā gato pavatto. Yathā ca kāyo, vācāpi tathā gatāti tathāgato. Tenāha ‘‘yathāvādī, bhikkhave, tathāgato tathākārī, yathākārī tathāvādī. Iti yathāvādī tathākārī, yathākārī tathāvādī. Tasmā ‘tathāgato’ti vuccatī’’ti. Evaṃ tathākāritāya tathāgato.
为什么以征服的意义称他为如来?因为世尊上到有顶天、下到无间地狱,把这两者作为边界,横向则遍及无量世界,以戒、以定、以慧、以解脱、以解脱知见,征服一切众生。他没有可衡量的标准,也没有可比较的尺度,他确实无法衡量、无法测度、无与伦比,是天神中的至高天神,是帝释中的至高帝释,是梵天神中的至高梵天神,是一切众生中最上者,所以称为如来。因此他说:巴利
Kathaṃ abhibhavanaṭṭhena tathāgato? Yasmā bhagavā upari bhavaggaṃ heṭṭhā avīciṃ pariyantaṃ karitvā tiriyaṃ aparimāṇāsu lokadhātūsu sabbasatte abhibhavati sīlenapi samādhināpi paññāyapi vimuttiyāpi vimuttiñāṇadassanenapi, na tassa tulā vā pamāṇaṃ vā atthi, atha kho atulo appameyyo anuttaro devānaṃ atidevo sakkānaṃ atisakko brahmānaṃ atibrahmā sabbasattuttamo, tasmā tathāgato. Tenāha –
比丘们,在连同诸天神在内的世间……乃至人间,如来是征服者,不被任何人征服,是真正普见者,拥有自在之力,因此被称为如来。巴利
‘‘Sadevake, bhikkhave, loke…pe… manussāya tathāgato abhibhū anabhibhūto aññadatthu daso vasavattī, tasmā ‘tathāgato’ti vuccatī’’ti (dī. ni. 3.188; a. ni. 4.23).
这里,“如来”这个词的成立方式是这样的:如同“解毒药”就是“解毒药”,既指说法的善巧,也指福德的积聚。因此,这位具有大威力的说法者,就像神医以天界的解毒药来治蛇毒一样,能胜过一切外道以及包括天众在内的世间。这样,在胜过一切世间这件事上,他具有如上所说、真实不颠倒的“解毒药”,把“da”音变成“ta”音,就应当知道是“tathāgato”(如来)。如此,从“胜过”这个含义来说,就是如来。巴利
Tatrāyaṃ padasiddhi – agado viya agado, desanāvilāso ceva puññussayo ca. Tena hesa mahānubhāvo bhisakko viya dibbāgadena sappe, sabbaparappavādino sadevakañca lokaṃ abhibhavati. Iti sabbalokābhibhavane tatho aviparīto yathāvutto agado etassāti dakārassa takāraṃ katvā tathāgatoti veditabbo. Evaṃ abhibhavanaṭṭhena tathāgato.
另外,所谓如来,就是“这样地去”,也就是“去到如实之境”。其中,以遍知彻底了知整个世间,他这样地去、已了知,所以叫如来;以断除遍知舍断世间的生起,他这样地去、已超越,所以叫如来;以作证亲自证得世间的灭尽,他这样地去、已证得,所以叫如来;他这样地去、已修行导向世间灭尽之道,所以叫如来。这正是世尊所说:巴利
Apica tathāya gatoti tathāgato, tathaṃ gatoti tathāgato. Tattha sakalalokaṃ tīraṇapariññāya tathāya gato avagatoti tathāgato, lokasamudayaṃ pahānapariññāya tathāya gato atītoti tathāgato, lokanirodhaṃ sacchikiriyāya tathāya gato adhigatoti tathāgato. Lokanirodhagāminiṃ paṭipadaṃ tathaṃ gato paṭipannoti tathāgato. Vuttañhetaṃ bhagavatā –
比丘们,世间已被如来彻底觉悟,如来已从世间彻底脱离。比丘们,世间的集起已被如来彻底觉悟,世间的集起已被如来断除。比丘们,世间的灭尽已被如来彻底觉悟,世间的灭尽已被如来亲自证得。比丘们,导向世间灭尽的道已被如来彻底觉悟,导向世间灭尽的道已被如来修习完成。比丘们,包括天神在内的……(中略)……这一切,都已被如来彻底觉悟。因此,被称为“如来”。巴利
‘‘Loko, bhikkhave, tathāgatena abhisambuddho. Lokasmā tathāgato visaṃyutto. Lokasamudayo, bhikkhave, tathāgatena abhisambuddho, lokasamudayo tathāgatassa pahīno. Lokanirodho, bhikkhave, tathāgatena abhisambuddho, lokanirodho tathāgatassa sacchikato. Lokanirodhagāminī paṭipadā, bhikkhave, tathāgatena abhisambuddhā, lokanirodhagāminī paṭipadā tathāgatassa bhāvitā. Yaṃ, bhikkhave, sadevakassa…pe… sabbaṃ taṃ tathāgatena abhisambuddhaṃ. Tasmā ‘tathāgato’ti vuccatī’’ti (a. ni. 4.23).
世尊还能通过另外八种理由被称为如来。因为如实地来,所以是如来;因为如实地去,所以是如来;因为来至诸如实,所以是如来;因为如实而去,所以是如来;因为是如实种类者,所以是如来;因为行为如实,所以是如来;因为以诸如实而来,所以是如来;因为已达到如实的境地,所以是如来。巴利
Aparehipi aṭṭhahi kāraṇehi bhagavā tathāgato. Tathāya āgatoti tathāgato, tathāya gatoti tathāgato, tathāni āgatoti tathāgato, tathā gatoti tathāgato, tathāvidhoti tathāgato, tathāpavattikoti tathāgato, tathehi āgatoti tathāgato, tathā gatabhāvena tathāgatoti.
那由以善慧之身的世尊在燃灯十力佛足下——巴利
Kathaṃ tathāya āgatoti tathāgato? Yā sā bhagavatā sumedhabhūtena dīpaṅkaradasabalassa pādamūle –
“ 人身、男根具足,因、得见导师;
出家、功德圆满,殊胜奉献与志愿。
这八法聚合时,志向就能圆满成就。”巴利
‘‘Manussattaṃ liṅgasampatti, hetu satthāradassanaṃ; Pabbajjā guṇasampatti, adhikāro ca chandatā; Aṭṭhadhammasamodhānā, abhinīhāro samijjhatī’’ti. (bu. vaṃ. 2.59) –
像这样,当人正在圆满具足八支的志向时,就会发起这样的伟大誓愿:我自己渡过后,将度脱包括天界在内的世间;我已解脱,也要让众生解脱;我已调御,也要让众生调御;我已安稳,也要让众生安稳;我已寂灭,也要让众生寂灭;我已清净,也要让众生清净;我已觉悟,也要让众生觉悟。这正是经中所说:巴利
Evaṃ vuttaṃ aṭṭhaṅgasamannāgataṃ abhinīhāraṃ sampādentena ‘‘ahaṃ sadevakaṃ lokaṃ tiṇṇo tāressāmi, mutto mocessāmi, danto damessāmi, assattho assāsessāmi, parinibbuto parinibbāpessāmi , suddho sodhessāmi , buddho bodhessāmī’’ti mahāpaṭiññā pavattitā. Vuttaṃ hetaṃ –
我一人已渡,具力丈夫,于我有何用?
证得一切知智后,我当度脱有天之世间。
依靠我这份为最胜丈夫所做的善业,
证得一切知智之后,我要把众多众生渡到彼岸。
截断轮回的洪流,摧毁三种存在;
登上法船之后,我要把连同诸天神在内的世间都渡到彼岸。
“ 我何须以隐姓埋名之姿,于此亲证法?
证得一切知智后,我将于有天之世间成佛。”巴利
‘‘Kiṃ me ekena tiṇṇena, purisena thāmadassinā; Sabbaññutaṃ pāpuṇitvā, santāressaṃ sadevakaṃ. ‘‘Iminā me adhikārena, katena purisuttame; Sabbaññutaṃ pāpuṇitvā, tāremi janataṃ bahuṃ. ‘‘Saṃsārasotaṃ chinditvā, viddhaṃsetvā tayo bhave; Dhammanāvaṃ samāruyha, santāressaṃ sadevakaṃ. ‘‘Kiṃ me aññātavesena, dhammaṃ sacchikatenidha; Sabbaññutaṃ pāpuṇitvā, buddho hessaṃ sadevake’’ti. (bu. vaṃ. 55-58);
这位世间怙主为了证明自己那个伟大的宣言真实不虚——那个宣言,正是他对整个成佛之法进行全面抉择、审察和受持的根本依据——他恭敬、不间断、毫无遗漏地圆满了布施波罗蜜等三十种波罗蜜,历经超过十万大劫的四大阿僧祇劫;他完成了肢节施舍等五种大舍;修习了四坚固处,即真谛决定等;积集了福德与智慧两种资粮;提升了过去的前行、过去的行为、说法、所知之义及所行等;将菩提行推至究竟边际,证得了无上正等菩提。因此,他那个伟大的宣言如此真实不虚、无有变异,他连一毛端那么大的虚妄都没有。正如燃灯佛、十力者憍陈如、吉祥佛……乃至迦叶世尊,这二十四位正等觉依次出现,都为他授记说“他将成佛”。如此,他在二十四位佛面前获得授记,凡是那些已发愿的菩萨们所应获得的功德利益,他都已获得而后到来,因此,依那位如上所说的伟大宣言真实不虚,他证得了正等觉的境界,已到达,故名为如来。如此,依真实而来,故名为如来。巴利
Taṃ panetaṃ mahāpaṭiññaṃ sakalassapi buddhakaradhammasamudāyassa pavicayapaccavekkhaṇasamādānānaṃ kāraṇabhūtaṃ avisaṃvādento lokanātho yasmā mahākappānaṃ satasahassādhikāni cattāri asaṅkhyeyyāni sakkaccaṃ nirantaraṃ niravasesato dānapāramiādayo samatiṃsapāramiyo pūretvā, aṅgapariccāgādayo pañca mahāpariccāge pariccajitvā, saccādhiṭṭhānādīni cattāri adhiṭṭhānāni paribrūhetvā, puññañāṇasambhāre sambharitvā pubbayogapubbacariyadhammakkhānañātatthacariyādayo ukkaṃsāpetvā, buddhicariyaṃ paramakoṭiṃ pāpetvā anuttaraṃ sammāsambodhiṃ abhisambujjhi; tasmā tasseva sā mahāpaṭiññā tathā avitathā anaññathā, na tassa vālaggamattampi vitathaṃ atthi. Tathā hi dīpaṅkaro dasabalo koṇḍañño, maṅgalo…pe… kassapo bhagavāti ime catuvīsati sammāsambuddhā paṭipāṭiyā uppannā ‘‘buddho bhavissatī’’ti naṃ byākariṃsu. Evaṃ catuvīsatiyā buddhānaṃ santike laddhabyākaraṇo ye te katābhinīhārehi bodhisattehi laddhabbā ānisaṃsā, te labhitvāva āgatoti tāya yathāvuttāya mahāpaṭiññāya tathāya abhisambuddhabhāvaṃ āgato adhigatoti tathāgato. Evaṃ tathāya āgatoti tathāgato.
“如来”为什么叫“如来”呢?是因为他依照那样的大悲而行而来。世尊的大悲心是这样的:他看到众生陷入极大的痛苦和逼迫之中,心里想:“他们没有别的依靠,只有我能让他们从这轮回之苦中解脱出来,得到自由。”于是他的心被激励起来,发下了宏大的誓愿。发愿之后,为了成就一切世间的利益,他精勤努力,不顾自己的身体和性命;即使只是让别人听到声音就会心生恐惧的那种极难行的苦行,他也一一去实践。就像大菩萨们的修行不会退堕、不会染污、不会停滞,而只会越来越殊胜那样,他就这样一步步修行,逐渐圆满了一切菩提资粮,证得了正觉。成佛之后,他同样被大悲心所驱动,舍弃了独处寂静的快乐和最上寂静的解脱之乐,来到愚痴众生遍布的世间,不计较众生对他生起的恭敬、轻蔑和种种伤害,只是以度化应当度化的人,完整地履行了佛陀的一切事业。其中,世尊以大悲心投入众生的方式和表现,后面会详细说明。就像已成佛的世间怙主对众生有大悲心一样,菩萨在因地时,从发大愿开始,在一切时、一切处,大悲心也是如此,是一样的、真实的、不虚的。因此,在三个阶段中,对一切众生都具有平等一味的大悲、能成就一切世间利益的大悲,依照它而行、而进入,这就是“如来”。这样,“依照那样的大悲而行而来,所以叫如来”。巴利
Kathaṃ tathāya gatoti tathāgato? Yāyaṃ mahākaruṇā lokanāthassa, yāya mahādukkhasambādhappaṭipannaṃ sattanikāyaṃ disvā ‘‘tassa natthañño koci paṭisaraṇaṃ, ahameva naṃ ito saṃsāradukkhato mutto mocessāmī’’ti samussāhitamānaso mahābhinīhāraṃ akāsi. Katvā ca yathāpaṇidhānaṃ sakalalokahitasampādanāya ussukkamāpanno attano kāyajīvitanirapekkho paresaṃ sotapathagamanamattenapi cittutrāsasamuppādikā atidukkarā dukkaracariyā samācaranto yathā mahābodhisattānaṃ paṭipatti hānabhāgiyā saṃkilesabhāgiyā ṭhitibhāgiyā vā na hoti, atha kho uttari visesabhāgiyāva hoti, tathā paṭipajjamāno anupubbena niravasese bodhisambhāre samānetvā abhisambodhiṃ pāpuṇi. Tato parañca tāyeva mahākaruṇāya sañcoditamānaso pavivekaratiṃ paramañca santaṃ vimokkhasukhaṃ pahāya bālajanabahule loke tehi samuppāditaṃ sammānāvamānavippakāraṃ agaṇetvā veneyyajanavinayanena niravasesaṃ buddhakiccaṃ niṭṭhapesi. Tatra yo bhagavato sattesu mahākaruṇāya samokkamanākāro, so parato āvi bhavissati. Yathā buddhabhūtassa lokanāthassa sattesu mahākaruṇā, evaṃ bodhisattabhūtassapi mahābhinīhārakālādīsūti sabbattha sabbadā ca ekasadisatāya tathāva sā avitathā anaññathā. Tasmā tīsupi avatthāsu sabbasattesu samānarasāya tathāya mahākaruṇāya sakalalokahitāya gato paṭipannoti tathāgato. Evaṃ tathāya gatoti tathāgato.
“如来”为什么叫“如来”呢?因为他是如实而来。所谓“如实”,指的就是四种圣道智。这四种圣道智如实通达四圣谛——也就是“这是苦,这是苦的集起,这是苦的灭尽,这是通向苦灭的道路”。这四圣谛统摄了一切应当了知的事物,是流转与还灭这两者的根本。具体来说:苦,有逼迫、有为、热恼、变易这些含义;集,有招感、因缘、结缚、障碍这些含义;灭,有出离、远离、无为、不死这些含义;道,有出离、作为因、见、增上这些含义,以及由这些衍生出的种种区分。这些圣道智能断除障碍如实了知诸法自性的杂染,以无颠倒的方式生起运作,不会违背诸法的自性、作用与特相,所以它们是如实的、不虚妄的、不颠倒的。这些如实之智不是靠别人引导才证得的,世尊是自己证得的、自己通达的。因此,因为如实而来,所以叫“如来”。巴利
Kathaṃ tathāni āgatoti tathāgato? Tathāni nāma cattāri ariyamaggañāṇāni. Tāni hi ‘‘idaṃ dukkhaṃ, ayaṃ dukkhasamudayo, ayaṃ dukkhanirodho, ayaṃ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’’ti evaṃ sabbañeyyasaṅgāhakānaṃ pavattinivattitadubhayahetubhūtānaṃ catunnaṃ ariyasaccānaṃ, dukkhassa pīḷanaṭṭho saṅkhataṭṭho santāpaṭṭho vipariṇāmaṭṭho, samudayassa āyūhanaṭṭho nidānaṭṭho saṃyogaṭṭho palibodhaṭṭho, nirodhassa nissaraṇaṭṭho vivekaṭṭho asaṅkhataṭṭho amataṭṭho, maggassa niyyānaṭṭho hetvaṭṭho dassanaṭṭho adhipateyyaṭṭhotiādīnaṃ tabbibhāgānañca yathābhūtasabhāvāvabodhavibandhakassa saṃkilesapakkhassa samucchindanena paṭiladdhāya tattha asammohābhisamayasaṅkhātāya aviparītākārappavattiyā dhammānaṃ sabhāvasarasalakkhaṇassa avisaṃvādanato tathāni avitathāni anaññathāni, tāni bhagavā anaññaneyyo sayameva āgato adhigato, tasmā tathāni āgatoti tathāgato.
就像道智一样,世尊在三时中的无碍智、四无碍解智、四无畏智、五趣判别智、六不共智、七觉支开显智、八圣道支开显智、九次第定等至智、十力智,也都应当这样详细阐明。巴利
Yathā ca maggañāṇāni, evaṃ bhagavato tīsu kālesu appaṭihatañāṇāni catupaṭisambhidāñāṇāni catuvesārajjañāṇāni pañcagatiparicchedañāṇāni chaasādhāraṇañāṇāni sattabojjhaṅgavibhāvanañāṇāni aṭṭhamaggaṅgavibhāvanañāṇāni navānupubbavihārasamāpattiñāṇāni dasabalañāṇāni ca vibhāvetabbāni.
这里要说明的是:在无量世界中,无量众生有低劣等种种差别,而过去那些同样有低劣等种种差别的蕴、处、界中,凡是应当了知的——无论依自性、作用等,还是依状态差别等,或是与蕴相关联的名称、种族等——以及那些不系属于根、极其微细、隐蔽、遥远之处的色法,由种种特定因缘共同生起的颜色、形状、香、味、触等种种差别,对于这一切,世尊的智慧都像放在手掌中的余甘子果一样,直接现前,无著无碍地运转。对未来世和现在世也是如此。这些就叫做在三时中无碍的智。正如所说:巴利
Tatrāyaṃ vibhāvanā – yañhi kiñci aparimāṇāsu lokadhātūsu aparimāṇānaṃ sattānaṃ hīnādibhedabhinnānaṃ hīnādibhedabhinnāsu atītāsu khandhāyatanadhātūsu sabhāvakiccādi avatthāvisesādi khandhapaṭibaddhanāmagottādi ca jānitabbaṃ. Anindriyabaddhesu ca atisukhumatirohitavidūradesesu rūpadhammesu yo taṃtaṃpaccayavisesehi saddhiṃ paccayuppannānaṃ vaṇṇasaṇṭhānagandharasaphassādiviseso, tattha sabbattheva hatthatale ṭhapitaāmalako viya paccakkhato asaṅgamappaṭihataṃ bhagavato ñāṇaṃ pavattati, tathā anāgatāsu paccuppannāsu cāti imāni tīsu kālesu appaṭihatañāṇāni nāma. Yathāha –
世尊对过去世的智是无碍的,对未来的智是无碍的,对现在的智也是无碍的。巴利
‘‘Atītaṃse buddhassa bhagavato appaṭihataṃ ñāṇaṃ, anāgataṃse buddhassa bhagavato appaṭihataṃ ñāṇaṃ, paccuppannaṃse buddhassa bhagavato appaṭihataṃ ñāṇa’’nti (paṭi. ma. 3.5).
这些法在各自所在之处,因为对诸法的自性、作用与特相都不相违背,所以是真实的、不虚妄的、不颠倒的。世尊以自己证悟的智慧亲证了它们。因为是这样如实而来,所以称为如来。巴利
Tāni panetāni tattha tattha dhammānaṃ sabhāvasarasalakkhaṇassa avisaṃvādanato tathāni avitathāni anaññathāni, tāni bhagavā sayambhuñāṇena adhigañchi. Evaṃ tathāni āgatoti tathāgato.
同样地,有义无碍解、法无碍解、词无碍解、辩无碍解,这就是四种无碍解。其中,能够辨别、阐明、确定义的各种差别,在义上通达种种差别的智慧,就是义无碍解。能够辨别、阐明、确定法的各种差别,在法上通达种种差别的智慧,就是法无碍解。能够辨别、阐明、确定词的各种差别,在言辞表达上通达种种差别的智慧,就是词无碍解。能够辨别、阐明、确定辩才的各种差别,在辩才上通达种种差别的智慧,就是辩无碍解。关于这一点,曾这样说:巴利
Tathā atthapaṭisambhidā, dhammapaṭisambhidā, niruttipaṭisambhidā, paṭibhānapaṭisambhidāti catasso paṭisambhidā. Tattha atthapabhedassa sallakkhaṇavibhāvanavavatthānakaraṇasamatthaṃ atthe pabhedagataṃ ñāṇaṃ atthapaṭisambhidā. Dhammapabhedassa sallakkhaṇavibhāvanavavatthānakaraṇasamatthaṃ dhamme pabhedagataṃ ñāṇaṃ dhammapaṭisambhidā. Niruttipabhedassa sallakkhaṇavibhāvanavavatthānakaraṇasamatthaṃ niruttābhilāpe pabhedagataṃ ñāṇaṃ niruttipaṭisambhidā. Paṭibhānapabhedassa sallakkhaṇavibhāvanavavatthānakaraṇasamatthaṃ paṭibhāne pabhedagataṃ ñāṇaṃ paṭibhānapaṭisambhidā. Vuttañhetaṃ –
对义的智慧,就是义辨析;对法的智慧,就是法辨析;对表达法的言辞的智慧,就是辞辨析;对各种智慧的智慧,就是辩辨析。巴利
‘‘Atthe ñāṇaṃ atthapaṭisambhidā, dhamme ñāṇaṃ dhammapaṭisambhidā, tatra dhammaniruttābhilāpe ñāṇaṃ niruttipaṭisambhidā, ñāṇesu ñāṇaṃ paṭibhānapaṭisambhidā’’ti (vibha. 718).
在这里,如果按照因的线索,从应当被了知以及应当被证得的角度来说,简要地讲,因之果就叫作“义”。如果加以分类,那么任何缘所生法、涅槃、所说的义、异熟、唯作,这五种法就是“义”。观察这个义的人,对于这个义中种种分类的智慧,就是义无碍解。“法”,简要地说就是缘。因为它能安立、推动并达成各种义,所以称为“法”。如果加以分类,那么任何能产生果的因、圣道、所说、善、不善,这五种法就是“法”。观察这个法的人,对于这个法中种种分类的智慧,就是法无碍解。这一点也曾这样说过:巴利
Ettha ca hetuanusārena araṇīyato adhigantabbato ca saṅkhepato hetuphalaṃ attho nāma. Pabhedato pana yaṃkiñci paccayuppannaṃ, nibbānaṃ, bhāsitattho, vipāko, kiriyāti ime pañca dhammā attho. Taṃ atthaṃ paccavekkhantassa tasmiṃ atthe pabhedagataṃ ñāṇaṃ atthapaṭisambhidā. Dhammoti saṅkhepato paccayo. So hi yasmā taṃ taṃ atthaṃ vidahati pavatteti ceva pāpeti ca, tasmā dhammoti vuccati. Pabhedato pana yo koci phalanibbattako hetu, ariyamaggo, bhāsitaṃ, kusalaṃ, akusalanti ime pañca dhammā dhammo, taṃ dhammaṃ paccavekkhantassa tasmiṃ dhamme pabhedagataṃ ñāṇaṃ dhammapaṭisambhidā. Vuttampi cetaṃ –
对苦的智慧,是义辨析;对苦集的智慧,是法辨析;对苦灭的智慧,是义辨析;对通往苦灭之道的智慧,是法辨析。巴利
‘‘Dukkhe ñāṇaṃ atthapaṭisambhidā, dukkhasamudaye ñāṇaṃ dhammapaṭisambhidā, dukkhanirodhe ñāṇaṃ atthapaṭisambhidā, dukkhanirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāya ñāṇaṃ dhammapaṭisambhidā’’ti (vibha. 719).
或者,对因的智慧是法辨析,对因之果的智慧是义辨析。对于已生、已存在、已生起、已产生、已再生、已显现的诸法,对这些法的智慧是义辨析。那些法是依哪些法而生、而存在、而生起、而产生、而再生、而显现的,对这些因法的智慧是法辨析。对老死的智慧是义辨析,对老死集起的智慧是法辨析;对老死灭尽的智慧是义辨析,对导向老死灭尽之道的智慧是法辨析。对生、有、取、爱、受、触、六处、名色、识、诸行的智慧是义辨析,对行集起的智慧是法辨析;对行灭尽的智慧是义辨析,对导向行灭尽之道的智慧是法辨析。巴利
Atha vā hetumhi ñāṇaṃ dhammapaṭisambhidā, hetuphale ñāṇaṃ atthapaṭisambhidā. Ye dhammā jātā bhūtā sañjātā nibbattā abhinibbattā pātubhūtā, imesu dhammesu ñāṇaṃ atthapaṭisambhidā. Yamhā dhammā te dhammā jātā bhūtā sañjātā nibbattā abhinibbattā pātubhūtā, tesu dhammesu ñāṇaṃ dhammapaṭisambhidā. Jarāmaraṇe ñāṇaṃ atthapaṭisambhidā, jarāmaraṇasamudaye ñāṇaṃ dhammapaṭisambhidā. Jarāmaraṇanirodhe ñāṇaṃ atthapaṭisambhidā, jarāmaraṇanirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāya ñāṇaṃ dhammapaṭisambhidā. Jātiyā, bhave, upādāne, taṇhāya, vedanāya, phasse, saḷāyatane, nāmarūpe, viññāṇe, saṅkhāresu ñāṇaṃ atthapaṭisambhidā, saṅkhārasamudaye ñāṇaṃ dhammapaṭisambhidā. Saṅkhāranirodhe ñāṇaṃ atthapaṭisambhidā , saṅkhāranirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāya ñāṇaṃ dhammapaṭisambhidā.
在这里,比丘了知法——经、应颂……乃至……方广,这称为法辨析。他了知每一句所说内容的含义:“这是这句话的含义,这是这句话的含义”,这称为义辨析。巴利
‘‘Idha bhikkhu dhammaṃ jānāti – suttaṃ, geyyaṃ…pe… vedallaṃ. Ayaṃ vuccati dhammapaṭisambhidā. So tassa tasseva bhāsitassa atthaṃ jānāti – ‘ayaṃ imassa bhāsitassa attho, ayaṃ imassa bhāsitassa attho’ti, ayaṃ vuccati atthapaṭisambhidā (vibha. 724).
哪些法是善的?当某个时候,欲界的善心生起,伴随着喜悦,与智慧相应,以色为所缘……乃至以法为所缘,或者无论缘取什么所缘,在那个时刻有触……乃至有不散乱。这些法就是善的。对这些法的智慧,是法辨析;对其果报的智慧,是义辨析。以上是详细展开。巴利
‘‘Katame dhammā kusalā? Yasmiṃ samaye kāmāvacaraṃ kusalaṃ cittaṃ uppannaṃ hoti somanassasahagataṃ ñāṇasampayuttaṃ rūpārammaṇaṃ vā…pe… dhammārammaṇaṃ vā yaṃ yaṃ vā panārabbha, tasmiṃ samaye phasso hoti…pe… avikkhepo hoti. Ime dhammā kusalā. Imesu dhammesu ñāṇaṃ dhammapaṭisambhidā, tesaṃ vipāke ñāṇaṃ atthapaṭisambhidā’’tiādi vitthāro (vibha. 725).
对于那个义和法,以自性语、无错乱的惯用表达来宣说;对于那个自性语表达,依靠摩揭陀语——一切众生的根本语言——了知“这是自性语,这不是自性语”的种种分类的智慧,就是辞辨析。对于前面所说的那些智,以行境、作用等分类详细展开的一切智作为所缘来观察时,对那个智的种种分类的智慧,就是辩辨析。这样,这四种辨析智是世尊自己证得的。对于义、法等各自的对象,以不欺诳、无颠倒的方式生起,所以是如、是不虚妄、是不异。世尊也因此是如而来,所以称为如来。巴利
Tasmiṃ atthe ca dhamme ca sabhāvanirutti abyabhicāravohāro abhilāpo, tasmiṃ sabhāvaniruttābhilāpe māgadhikāya sabbasattānaṃ mūlabhāsāya ‘‘ayaṃ sabhāvanirutti, ayaṃ na sabhāvaniruttī’’ti pabhedagataṃ ñāṇaṃ niruttipaṭisambhidā. Yathāvuttesu tesu ñāṇesu gocarakiccādivasena vitthārato pavattaṃ sabbampi ñāṇamārammaṇaṃ katvā paccavekkhantassa tasmiṃ ñāṇe pabhedagataṃ ñāṇaṃ paṭibhānapaṭisambhidā. Iti imāni cattāri paṭisambhidāñāṇāni sayameva bhagavatā adhigatāni atthadhammādike tasmiṃ tasmiṃ attano visaye avisaṃvādanavasena aviparītākārappavattiyā tathāni avitathāni anaññathāni. Evampi bhagavā tathāni āgatoti tathāgato.
同样,凡是任何应当被了知的事物,世尊都以一切方式了知、看见、证得、完全觉悟。因为他确实是这样:应当证知的法,他了知为应当证知;应当遍知的法,他了知为应当遍知;应当断除的法,他了知为应当断除;应当作证的法,他了知为应当作证;应当修习的法,他了知为应当修习。因此,没有任何沙门、婆罗门、天、魔罗或梵天神,能够如法地质问他说:这些法你还没有完全觉悟。巴利
Tathā yaṃ kiñci ñeyyaṃ nāma, sabbaṃ taṃ bhagavatā sabbākārena ñātaṃ diṭṭhaṃ adhigataṃ abhisambuddhaṃ. Tathā hissa abhiññeyyā dhammā abhiññeyyato buddhā, pariññeyyā dhammā pariññeyyato buddhā, pahātabbā dhammā pahātabbato buddhā, sacchikātabbā dhammā sacchikātabbato buddhā, bhāvetabbā dhammā bhāvetabbato buddhā, yato naṃ koci samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā devo vā māro vā brahmā vā ‘‘ime nāma te dhammā anabhisambuddhā’’ti saha dhammena anuyuñjituṃ samattho natthi.
凡属应当断除的法,世尊在菩提树下就已毫无剩余地全部断尽,这些法已成为不再生起的法;对于它们的断除,再也没有别的什么需要做了。也就是说,他的贪、嗔、痴、颠倒作意、无惭、无愧、昏沉睡眠、忿、恨、覆、恼、嫉、悭、谄、诳、固执、愤激、慢、过慢、骄、放逸,以及三种不善根、恶行、不平等想、污秽寻、戏论、种种追求、渴爱、四种颠倒、诸漏、结、暴流、轭、趣、渴爱取、五种欢喜、诸盖、心荒芜、心缚、六诤根、七随眠、八邪性、九嗔事、以渴爱为根的十不善业道、二十一种邪命、六十二见、一百零八种渴爱行相等,种种差别合起来共一千五百种烦恼,这一切连同它们的习气,都已经断除、截断、根除了。因此,任何沙门……中略……梵天神,都不能如法地诘难他说:这些烦恼你还没有断除。巴利
Yaṃ kiñci pahātabbaṃ nāma, sabbaṃ taṃ bhagavatā anavasesato bodhimūleyeva pahīnaṃ anuppattidhammaṃ, na tassa pahānāya uttari karaṇīyaṃ atthi . Tathā hissa lobhadosamohaviparītamanasikāraahirikānottappathinamiddha- kodhūpanāhamakkhapalāsaissāmacchariya- māyāsāṭheyyathambhasārambhamānātimānamadapamādatividhākusalamūladuccarita- visamasaññāmalavitakkapapañcaesanātaṇhācatubbidhavipariyesaāsava- ganthaoghayogāgatitaṇhupādānapañcābhinandananīvaraṇa- cetokhilacetasovinibandhachavivādamūlasattānusaya- aṭṭhamicchattanavaāghātavatthutaṇhāmūlakadasaakusala- kammapathaekavīsatianesanadvāsaṭṭhidiṭṭhigataaṭṭhasatataṇhāvicaritādippabhedaṃ diyaḍḍhakilesasahassaṃ saha vāsanāya pahīnaṃ samucchinnaṃ samūhataṃ, yato naṃ koci samaṇo vā…pe… brahmā vā ‘‘ime nāma te kilesā appahīnā’’ti saha dhammena anuyuñjituṃ samattho natthi.
世尊所宣说的这些障碍法,包括业、异熟、烦恼、讥嫌、违犯、命令等种种差别,它们确实必定会成为障碍,因为没有任何沙门……中略……梵天神,能够如法地反驳说:“对于修持这些法的人来说,它们不足以构成障碍。”巴利
Ye cime bhagavatā kammavipākakilesūpavādaāṇāvītikkamappabhedā antarāyikā dhammā vuttā, alameva te ekantena antarāyāya, yato naṃ koci samaṇo vā…pe… brahmā vā ‘‘nālaṃ te paṭisevato antarāyāyā’’ti saha dhammena anuyuñjituṃ samattho natthi.
世尊开示了无上的出离法:此法含摄戒、定、慧,分为七组、三十七品,以圣道为先导,为的是彻底出离整个轮回之苦。对于依此修行的人来说,这出离法必定能让他从轮回之苦中出离。因此,没有任何沙门……中略……梵天神,能够如法地诘问说:“你所开示的出离法并不能让人出离。”正如经中所说:“你自称是正自觉者,但这些法你并未完全觉悟。”广说如上。世尊的这四种自信智,能了知自身智慧、断惑、说法这三方面的殊胜确实不虚,故而以不颠倒的方式生起,是真实的、不虚的、无颠倒的。世尊也因此如实成就,所以称为“如来”。巴利
Yo ca bhagavatā niravasesavaṭṭadukkhanissaraṇāya sīlasamādhipaññāsaṅgaho sattakoṭṭhāsiko sattatiṃsappabhedo ariyamaggapubbaṅgamo anuttaro niyyānadhammo desito, so ekanteneva niyyāti paṭipannassa vaṭṭadukkhato, yato naṃ koci samaṇo vā…pe… brahmā vā ‘‘niyyānadhammo tayā desito na niyyātī’’ti saha dhammena anuyuñjituṃ samattho natthi. Vuttañhetaṃ – ‘‘sammāsambuddhassa te paṭijānato ime dhammā anabhisambuddhā’’ti (ma. ni. 1.150) vitthāro. Evametāni attano ñāṇappahānadesanāvisesānaṃ avitathabhāvāvabodhanato aviparītākārappavattāni bhagavato catuvesārajjañāṇāni tathāni avitathāni anaññathāni. Evampi bhagavā tathāni āgatoti tathāgato.
同样地,地狱趣、畜生趣、鬼趣、人趣、天趣,这就是五趣。其中,等活等地狱这八大地狱,火炭等地狱这十六个近边地狱,以及世界中间地狱——所有这些,因为纯粹是苦、毫无乐味,所以叫地狱;又因为是自己的业所要去的地方,所以叫趣,合起来就是地狱趣。极黑暗的寒地狱也都包括在这里面。虫、蛆、蚱蜢、蛇、鸟、狗、豺等类,因为身体是横着行的,所以叫畜生。它们所去的地方就是趣,所以叫畜生趣。被饥渴逼迫、靠别人施舍活命、有烧燃般渴爱等的众生,因为痛苦众多而远离殊胜的快乐,所以叫鬼。它们所去的地方就是趣,所以叫鬼趣。黑耳等阿修罗也都包括在这里面。和住在小洲的人一起,住在赡部洲等四大洲的人类,因为心意强盛,所以叫人。他们所去的地方就是趣,所以叫人趣。从四大王天开始,一直到非想非非想处的众生,这二十六种天众,因为凭借自己的神通威力嬉戏、放光,所以叫天。他们所去的地方就是趣,所以叫天趣。巴利
Tathā nirayagati, tiracchānagati, petagati, manussagati, devagatīti pañca gatiyo. Tāsu sañjīvādayo aṭṭha mahānirayā , kukkuḷādayo soḷasa ussadanirayā, lokantarikanirayo cāti sabbepime ekantadukkhatāya nirassādaṭṭhena nirayā ca, sakakammunā gantabbato gati cāti nirayagati. Tibbandhakārasītanarakāpi etesveva antogadhā kimikīṭapaṭaṅgasarīsapapakkhisoṇasiṅgālādayo tiriyaṃ añchitabhāvena tiracchānā nāma. Te eva gatīti tiracchānagati. Khuppipāsitaparadattūpajīvinijjhāmataṇhikādayo dukkhabahulatāya pakaṭṭhasukhato itā vigatāti petā, te eva gatīti petagati. Kālakañcikādiasurāpi etesveva antogadhā. Parittadīpavāsīhi saddhiṃ jambudīpādicatumahādīpavāsino manaso ussannatāya manussā, te eva gatīti manussagati. Cātumahārājikato paṭṭhāya yāva nevasaññānāsaññāyatanūpagāti ime chabbīsati devanikāyā dibbanti attano iddhānubhāvena kīḷanti jotenti cāti devā, te eva gatīti devagati.
这些趣,因为是各种业所感得的再生有的不同状态,所以从实质上说,就是异熟蕴和业生色。在这里,世尊的智慧是这样运作的:按照各自的因果来区分和确定,也就是按处所、按因辨明:“这一趣是由这种业而投生的,这些众生群体因为那种业的缘的差别,才这样分成不同类别、界限分明。”因此世尊才说:巴利
Tā panetā gatiyo yasmā taṃtaṃkammanibbatto upapattibhavaviseso, tasmā atthato vipākakkhandhā kaṭattā ca rūpaṃ. Tattha ‘‘ayaṃ nāma gati nāma iminā kammunā jāyati, tassa kammassa paccayavisesehi evaṃ vibhāgabhinnattā visuṃ ete sattanikāyā evaṃ vibhāgabhinnā’’ti yathāsakaṃhetuphalavibhāgaparicchindanavasena ṭhānaso hetuso bhagavato ñāṇaṃ pavattati. Tenāha bhagavā –
舍利弗,有五种趣。哪五种?地狱、畜生道、饿鬼界、人、天。舍利弗,我了知地狱,了知通往地狱的道路,了知通往地狱的修行方式;我也了知,一个人按这样修行,在身体坏灭、死后,会投生到恶趣、苦处、堕落处、地狱之中。巴利
‘‘Pañca kho imā, sāriputta, gatiyo. Katamā pañca? Nirayo, tiracchānayoni, pettivisayo, manussā, devā. Nirayañcāhaṃ, sāriputta, pajānāmi, nirayagāmiñca maggaṃ, nirayagāminiñca paṭipadaṃ; yathā paṭipanno ca kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā apāyaṃ duggatiṃ vinipātaṃ nirayaṃ upapajjati, tañca pajānāmī’’tiādi (ma. ni. 1.153).
世尊的这些智慧,在各自的领域里都以不颠倒的方式生起,从不欺诳,所以是真实的、无谬的、无变异的。世尊也正是因为这样真实地成就了这些智慧,所以被称为如来。巴利
Tāni panetāni bhagavato ñāṇāni tasmiṃ tasmiṃ visaye aviparītākārappavattiyā avisaṃvādanato tathāni avitathāni anaññathāni. Evampi bhagavā tathāni āgatoti tathāgato.
同样地,世尊的“根上下智”以五十种方式运作,通过如实了知众生在信等素质上的具足与欠缺状态,从而辨明谁是少尘垢者、谁是多尘垢者等差别。经中就是这样说的:“有信的人少尘垢,无信的人多尘垢”,并有详细的展开。巴利
Tathā yaṃ sattānaṃ saddhādiyogavikalabhāvāvabodhena apparajakkhamahārajakkhatādivisesavibhāvanaṃ paññāsāya ākārehi pavattaṃ bhagavato indriyaparopariyattañāṇaṃ. Vuttañhetaṃ – ‘‘saddho puggalo apparajakkho, assaddho puggalo mahārajakkho’’ti (paṭi. ma. 1.111) vitthāro.
世尊的“意乐随眠智”是这样运作的:它如实辨明众生的意乐等差别,比如“这个人尘垢少,这个人持常见,这个人持断灭见,这个人安住在随顺忍中,这个人安住在如实智中,这个人的意乐是贪欲,不是出离等;这个人的意乐是出离,不是贪欲等”;又比如“这个人的欲贪极其强盛,不是对抗等;这个人的对抗极其强盛,不是欲贪等”;又比如“这个人的福行占优势,不是非福行,也不是不动行;这个人的非福行占优势,不是福行,也不是不动行;这个人的不动行占优势,不是福行,也不是非福行。这个人的身善行更突出,这个人的语善行更突出,这个人的意善行更突出。这个人是下劣胜解,这个人是殊胜胜解;这个人具足业障,这个人具足烦恼障,这个人具足异熟障;这个人不具足业障,也不具足烦恼障,不具足异熟障”。像这样,世尊的意乐随眠智以如实彰显众生意乐等种种差别的方式运作。针对这一点,经中说——巴利
Yañca ‘‘ayaṃ puggalo apparajakkho, ayaṃ sassatadiṭṭhiko, ayaṃ ucchedadiṭṭhiko, ayaṃ anulomikāyaṃ khantiyaṃ ṭhito, ayaṃ yathābhūtañāṇe ṭhito, ayaṃ kāmāsayo, na nekkhammādiāsayo, ayaṃ nekkhammāsayo, na kāmādiāsayo’’tiādinā ‘‘imassa kāmarāgo ativiya thāmagato, na paṭighādiko, imassa paṭigho ativiya thāmagato, na kāmarāgādiko’’tiādinā ‘‘imassa puññābhisaṅkhāro adhiko, na apuññābhisaṅkhāro na āneñjābhisaṅkhāro, imassa apuññābhisaṅkhāro adhiko, na puññābhisaṅkhāro na āneñjābhisaṅkhāro, imassa āneñjābhisaṅkhāro adhiko, na puññābhisaṅkhāro na apuññābhisaṅkhāro. Imassa kāyasucaritaṃ adhikaṃ, imassa vacīsucaritaṃ, imassa manosucaritaṃ. Ayaṃ hīnādhimuttiko, ayaṃ paṇītādhimuttiko, ayaṃ kammāvaraṇena samannāgato, ayaṃ kilesāvaraṇena samannāgato, ayaṃ vipākāvaraṇena samannāgato, ayaṃ na kammāvaraṇena samannāgato, na kilesāvaraṇena, na vipākāvaraṇena samannāgato’’tiādinā ca sattānaṃ āsayādīnaṃ yathābhūtaṃ vibhāvanākārappavattaṃ bhagavato āsayānusayañāṇaṃ. Yaṃ sandhāya vuttaṃ –
在这里,如来知道众生的意乐倾向,知道他们的随眠烦恼,知道他们的习性,知道他们的胜解,也知道哪些众生有堪能、哪些没有堪能。等等(《无碍解道》1.113)。巴利
‘‘Idha tathāgato sattānaṃ āsayaṃ jānāti, anusayaṃ jānāti, caritaṃ jānāti, adhimuttiṃ jānāti, bhabbābhabbe satte jānātī’’tiādi (paṭi. ma. 1.113).
世尊的双神变智,不与任何人共有,能变现出种种神变游戏:从上半身与下半身、前身与后身,从右眼与左眼、右耳与左耳、右鼻孔与左鼻孔、右肩与左肩、两胁、手与脚,乃至每一指节之间、每一毛孔之间,同时涌出火堆与水流。针对此智,经中这样说:巴利
Yañca uparimaheṭṭhimapuratthimapacchimakāyehi dakkhiṇavāmaakkhikaṇṇasotanāsikāsotaaṃsakūṭapassahatthapādehi aṅgulaṅgulantarehi lomalomakūpehi ca aggikkhandhūdakadhārāpavattanaṃ anaññasādhāraṇaṃ vividhavikubbaniddhinimmāpanakaṃ bhagavato yamakapāṭihāriyañāṇaṃ. Yaṃ sandhāya vuttaṃ –
在这里,如来展现一种声闻弟子所没有的双神变:从上半身冒出火堆,从下半身涌出水流;从下半身冒出火堆,从上半身涌出水流。等等(《无碍解道》1.116)。巴利
‘‘Idha tathāgato yamakapāṭihāriyaṃ karoti asādhāraṇaṃ sāvakehi. Uparimakāyato aggikkhandho pavattati, heṭṭhimakāyato udakadhārā pavattati. Heṭṭhimakāyato aggikkhandho pavattati, uparimakāyato udakadhārā pavattatī’’tiādi (paṭi. ma. 1.116).
还有,那作为世尊大悲上涌之所依缘的大悲入定之智——世尊看见众生被贪欲等以及生等种种苦法所逼恼,想要把他们从这些苦中救拔出来,于是以种种方式生起大悲上涌。正如经中所说:巴利
Yañca rāgādīhi jātiādīhi ca anekehi dukkhadhammehi upaddutaṃ sattanikāyaṃ tato nīharitukāmatāvasena nānānayehi pavattassa bhagavato mahākaruṇokkamanassa paccayabhūtaṃ mahākaruṇāsamāpattiñāṇaṃ. Yathāha –
什么是如来的大悲定智?当诸佛世尊以种种方式观察时,大悲就对众生生起;当诸佛世尊看见“世间居处正在炽燃”时,大悲就对众生生起。巴利
‘‘Katamaṃ tathāgatassa mahākaruṇāsamāpattiñāṇaṃ? Bahukehi ākārehi passantānaṃ buddhānaṃ bhagavantānaṃ sattesu mahākaruṇā okkamati, āditto lokasannivāsoti passantānaṃ buddhānaṃ bhagavantānaṃ sattesu mahākaruṇā okkamatī’’ti. –
从开头(《无碍解道》1.117)起,以八十九种行相作了分别。巴利
Ādinā (paṭi. ma. 1.117) ekūnanavutiyā ākārehi vibhajanaṃ kataṃ.
世尊有一种智慧:对于法界中一切应当了知的法——无论是有为、无为等等——不靠别人的教导,就能以一切方式完全了知;它仅凭意愿就能生起运作,而且不是声闻等其余众生所能共有的。由于这种智慧能以一切方式、毫无遗漏地通达有为法、无为法和世俗谛,所以称为“一切知智”;又因为它是在没有任何障碍的情况下生起的,毫无执著滞碍,所以也称为“无碍智”。这里是简略的说明,详细的解释将在后面显现。巴利
Yaṃ pana yāvatā dhammadhātu, yattakaṃ ñātabbaṃ saṅkhatāsaṅkhatādi, tassa sabbassa paropadesena vinā sabbākārato paṭijānanasamatthaṃ ākaṅkhāmattappaṭibaddhavutti anaññasādhāraṇaṃ bhagavato ñāṇaṃ sabbathā anavasesasaṅkhatāsaṅkhatasammutisaccāvabodhato sabbaññutaññāṇaṃ, tatthāvaraṇābhāvatova nissaṅgappavattiṃ upādāya anāvaraṇañāṇanti ca vuccati. Ayamettha saṅkhepo, vitthāro pana parato āvi bhavissati.
世尊这六种不共智,因为都是以不颠倒的方式生起,对各自的对象不会欺诳,所以是真实的、不虚妄的、不会变异的。世尊也是这样如实而来,所以称为如来。巴利
Evametāni bhagavato cha asādhāraṇañāṇāni aviparītākārappavattiyā yathāsakaṃvisayassa avisaṃvādanato tathāni avitathāni anaññathāni. Evampi bhagavā tathāni āgatoti tathāgato.
同样,经中说:“诸比丘,有这七种觉支——念觉支、择法觉支、精进觉支、喜觉支、轻安觉支、定觉支、舍觉支。”从它们各自的自性来看:在出世间道生起的那一刹那,以念等种种法聚合而成的这一组法,能对治昏沉、掉举、偏斜、过度用力、贪著欲乐、自我折磨、断见、常见等种种毛病。圣弟子靠它觉悟,从烦恼的沉睡中醒来,通达四圣谛,或者直接证得涅槃。这组法就叫做“菩提”。属于这菩提的支分,就是“觉支”。或者也可以说,圣弟子因为上面说的这组法而觉悟,所以称它为“菩提”;属于这菩提的支分,就是“觉支”。这是从共同的特征来说。再从各自不同的特征来说:念觉支以现起为特征,择法觉支以简择为特征,精进觉支以策励为特征,喜觉支以遍满为特征,轻安觉支以寂静为特征,定觉支以不散乱为特征,舍觉支以观察为特征。巴利
Tathā ‘‘sattime, bhikkhave, bojjhaṅgā – satisambojjhaṅgo, dhammavicayasambojjhaṅgo, vīriyasambojjhaṅgo, pītisambojjhaṅgo, passaddhisambojjhaṅgo, samādhisambojjhaṅgo, upekkhāsambojjhaṅgo’’ti (paṭi. ma. 2.17; saṃ. ni. 5.185) evaṃ sarūpato yāyaṃ lokuttaramaggakkhaṇe uppajjamānā līnuddhaccapatiṭṭhānāyūhanakāmasukhattakilamathānuyogaucchedasassatābhinivesādīnaṃ anekesaṃ upaddavānaṃ paṭipakkhabhūtā satiādibhedā dhammasāmaggī, yāya ariyasāvako bujjhati, kilesaniddāya uṭṭhahati, cattāri vā saccāni paṭivijjhati, nibbānameva vā sacchikaroti, sā dhammasāmaggī ‘‘bodhī’’ti vuccati, tassā bodhiyā aṅgāti bojjhaṅgā. Ariyasāvako vā yathāvuttāya dhammasāmaggiyā bujjhatīti katvā ‘‘bodhī’’ti vuccati. Tassa bodhissa aṅgāti bojjhaṅgāti evaṃ sāmaññalakkhaṇato, upaṭṭhānalakkhaṇo satisambojjhaṅgo, pavicayalakkhaṇo dhammavicayasambojjhaṅgo, paggahalakkhaṇo vīriyasambojjhaṅgo, pharaṇalakkhaṇo pītisambojjhaṅgo, upasamalakkhaṇo passaddhisambojjhaṅgo, avikkhepalakkhaṇo samādhisambojjhaṅgo paṭisaṅkhānalakkhaṇo upekkhāsambojjhaṅgoti evaṃ visesalakkhaṇato.
在这里,什么是念觉支?在此,比丘具足正念,拥有最殊胜的念与慧,对很久以前做过的事、很久以前说过的话也能忆念、随念。像这样等经文(《分别论》467)说明:依七觉支互相资助的作用,显示它们在同一刹那生起。又如“在这里,什么是念觉支?有对内在诸法的念,有对外在诸法的念”等经文(《分别论》469),显示它们以所缘境分别而生起。又如“在这里,诸比丘,比丘修习念觉支,依止远离、依止离贪、依止灭尽,最终导向舍遣”等经文(《分别论》471),显示修习的方法。又如“在这里,什么是七觉支?在此,比丘当修习出世间禅那……那时,就有七觉支:念觉支……乃至……舍觉支。在这里,什么是念觉支?就是念、随念”等经文(《分别论》478),以九万六千种理趣分别说明。如此,世尊以种种方式生起、阐明觉支的智慧,因为对各自对应的义理没有欺诳,所以是真实的、不虚妄的、不变异的。世尊也是这样来到、成就这些真实之法,所以称为如来。巴利
‘‘Tattha katamo satisambojjhaṅgo? Idha bhikkhu satimā hoti paramena satinepakkena samannāgato, cirakatampi cirabhāsitampi saritā hoti anussaritā’’tiādinā (vibha. 467) sattannaṃ bojjhaṅgānaṃ aññamaññūpakāravasena ekakkhaṇe pavattidassanato. ‘‘Tattha katamo satisambojjhaṅgo? Atthi ajjhattaṃ dhammesu sati, atthi bahiddhā dhammesu satī’’tiādinā (vibha. 469) tesaṃ visayavibhāvanāpavattidassanato. ‘‘Tattha katamo satisambojjhaṅgo? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu satisambojjhaṅgaṃ bhāveti vivekanissitaṃ, virāganissitaṃ, nirodhanissitaṃ, vosaggapariṇāmi’’ntiādinā (vibha. 471) bhāvanāvidhidassanato. ‘‘Tattha katame satta bojjhaṅgā? Idha bhikkhu yasmiṃ samaye lokuttaraṃ jhānaṃ bhāveti…pe… tasmiṃ samaye satta bojjhaṅgā honti, satisambojjhaṅgo…pe… upekkhāsambojjhaṅgo. Tattha katamo satisambojjhaṅgo? Yā sati anussatī’’tiādinā (vibha. 478) chanavutiyā nayasahassavibhāgehīti evaṃ nānākārato pavattāni bhagavato bojjhaṅgavibhāvanañāṇāni tassa tassa atthassa avisaṃvādanato tathāni avitathāni anaññathāni. Evampi bhagavā tathāni āgatoti tathāgato.
同样地,这里说到:“其中,什么是趣向苦灭的道圣谛?就是这八支圣道,即:正见……乃至……正定。”这是从自性相来说明的。因为它远离一切烦恼,能造就圣者的品质,能使人获得圣果,所以称为“圣”。因为它有八种支分,又是证得涅槃的唯一原因,所以称为“八支”。它能灭除烦恼而前行,被求解脱的人所寻求,或者它自己寻求涅槃,所以称为“道”。这是从共相来说明的。“正见以正通达为相,正思惟以正安立为相,正语以正执持为相,正业以正发起为相,正命以正清净为相,正精进以正策励为相,正念以正现起为相,正定以正不散乱为相。”这是从别相来说明的。正见首先能断除邪见以及其它与自己敌对的烦恼,以涅槃为所缘,通过消除覆盖真相的愚痴,无迷惑地观见相应诸法。同样,正思惟等也断除邪思惟等,以灭尽为所缘,并对同时生起的诸法执行正安立、正执持、正发起、正清净、正策励、正现起、正安止的作用。这是从作用分别来说明的。正见在加行阶段有多个刹那,分别以苦等为所缘;到了道刹那,则是同一刹那,只以涅槃为所缘,并依作用获得“苦智”等四个名称。正思惟等在加行阶段有多个刹那、多种所缘;到了道刹那,则是同一刹那、同一所缘,其中正思惟依作用获得“出离思惟”等三个名称。正语等三支在加行阶段有“远离妄语”等种种区分,既是远离也是思;到了道刹那,则只是远离。正精进和正念依作用获得正勤、念处方面的四个名称。而正定在道刹那也依初禅等而有种种不同。这是从加行阶段与后续阶段的运作差别来说明的。“在此,诸比丘,比丘修习正见,依于远离……”这是从修习方式来说明的。“其中,什么是八支圣道?在此,诸比丘,当比丘修习出世间禅那……苦行道迟钝通达,那时便有八支圣道:正见、正思惟……”这是以八万四千种理趣来分别的。如此,世尊以种种方式生起、阐明圣道的智慧,因为对义理没有欺诳,所以全都是如实的、不虚妄的、不变异的。世尊也正是这样来到、成就这些如实之法,所以称为如来。巴利
Tathā ‘‘tattha katamaṃ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā ariyasaccaṃ? Ayameva ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo, seyyathidaṃ – sammādiṭṭhi…pe… sammāsamādhī’’ti (vibha. 205) evaṃ sarūpato. Sabbakilesehi ārakattā ariyabhāvakarattā ariyaphalapaṭilābhakarattā ca ariyo. Ariyānaṃ aṭṭhavidhattā nibbānādhigamāya ekantakāraṇattā ca aṭṭhaṅgiko. Kilese mārento gacchati, atthikehi maggīyati, sayaṃ vā nibbānaṃ maggayatīti maggoti evaṃ sāmaññalakkhaṇato. ‘‘Sammādassanalakkhaṇā sammādiṭṭhi, sammāabhiniropanalakkhaṇo sammāsaṅkappo , sammāpariggahaṇalakkhaṇā sammāvācā , sammāsamuṭṭhāpanalakkhaṇo sammākammanto, sammāvodānalakkhaṇo sammāājīvo, sammāpaggahalakkhaṇo sammāvāyāmo, sammāupaṭṭhānalakkhaṇā sammāsati , sammāavikkhepalakkhaṇo sammāsamādhī’’ti evaṃ visesalakkhaṇato. Sammādiṭṭhi tāva aññehipi attano paccanīkakilesehi saddhiṃ micchādiṭṭhiṃ pajahati, nibbānaṃ ārammaṇaṃ karoti, tappaṭicchādakamohavidhamanena asammohato sampayuttadhamme ca passati, tathā sammāsaṅkappādayopi micchāsaṅkappādīni pajahanti, nirodhañca ārammaṇaṃ karonti, sahajātadhammānaṃ sammāabhiniropanapariggahaṇasamuṭṭhāpanavodānapaggahaupaṭṭhānasamādahanāni ca karontīti evaṃ kiccavibhāgato. Sammādiṭṭhi pubbabhāge nānakkhaṇā visuṃ dukkhādiārammaṇā hutvā maggakāle ekakkhaṇā nibbānameva ārammaṇaṃ katvā kiccato ‘‘dukkhe ñāṇa’’ntiādīni cattāri nāmāni labhati. Sammāsaṅkappādayopi pubbabhāge nānakkhaṇā nānārammaṇā, maggakāle ekakkhaṇā ekārammaṇā, tesu sammāsaṅkappo kiccato ‘‘nekkhammasaṅkappo’’tiādīni tīṇi nāmāni labhati. Sammāvācādayo tayo pubbabhāge ‘‘musāvādā veramaṇī’’tiādivibhāgā viratiyopi cetanāyopi hutvā maggakkhaṇe viratiyova, sammāvāyāmasatiyo kiccato sammappadhānasatipaṭṭhānavasena cattāri nāmāni labhanti. Sammāsamādhi pana maggakkhaṇepi paṭhamajjhānādivasena nānā evāti evaṃ pubbabhāgāparabhāgesu pavattivibhāgato. ‘‘Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sammādiṭṭhiṃ bhāveti vivekanissita’’ntiādinā (vibha. 489) bhāvanāvidhito. ‘‘Tattha katamo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo? Idha, bhikkhu, yasmiṃ samaye lokuttaraṃ jhānaṃ bhāveti…pe… dukkhapaṭipadaṃ dandhābhiññaṃ, tasmiṃ samaye aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo hoti – sammādiṭṭhi sammāsaṅkappo’’tiādinā (vibha. 499) caturāsītiyā nayasahassavibhāgehīti evaṃ anekākārato pavattāni bhagavato ariyamaggavibhāvanañāṇāni atthassa avisaṃvādanato sabbānipi tathāni avitathāni anaññathāni evampi bhagavā tathāni āgatoti tathāgato.
同样地,对于初禅等至和灭尽定等至这些渐次等至,世尊的智慧以应当依次安住的方式、应当证入的方式,在渐次住等至中通过成就、观察等,以及按各自相应的情况而生起;由于这些智慧达成了它们各自的目的,所以是如实的、不虚妄的、不异变的。正因为世尊也是这样来到、成就这些“如”,所以称为“如来”。同样地,世尊如实了知“这是某事的处、这是非处”,毫无颠倒地了知每一个结果的因与非因;对有情的过去等种种不同类别的业行,毫无遗漏地如实了知它们各自的异熟;在造业的当下就如实了知“这是通往地狱的道……这是通往涅槃的道”,并了知有漏业与无漏业的区别;对蕴、处等,了知有执取、无执取等多种自性和不同自性,并以“因为某某界增盛,所以在这个法相续中产生这样的差别”等方式,如实了知界的种种差异;了知信等诸根的锐利与迟钝;了知杂染等以及禅那、解脱等;在有情无量的生死中,连同与之相系的,毫无遗漏地了知过去世所住的诸蕴相续;以低劣、殊胜等分别,连同死亡与结生都了知;又以“这是苦”等如前所述的方式了知四圣谛——这些世尊的十力智,因为能毫无偏差地各自深入自己的对象,又能成就所期望的目的,所以是如实的、不虚妄的、不异变的。巴利
Tathā paṭhamajjhānasamāpattiyā ca nirodhasamāpattīti etāsu anupaṭipāṭiyā viharitabbaṭṭhena samāpajjitabbaṭṭhena ca anupubbavihārasamāpattīsu sampādanapaccavekkhaṇādivasena yathārahaṃ sampayogavasena ca pavattāni bhagavato ñāṇāni tadatthasiddhiyā tathāni avitathāni anaññathāni. Evampi bhagavā tathāni āgatoti tathāgato. Tathā ‘‘idaṃ imassa ṭhānaṃ , idaṃ aṭṭhāna’’nti aviparītaṃ tassa tassa phalassa kāraṇākāraṇajānanaṃ, tesaṃ tesaṃ sattānaṃ atītādibhedabhinnassa kammasamādānassa anavasesato yathābhūtaṃ vipākantarajānanaṃ, āyūhanakkhaṇeyeva tassa tassa sattassa ‘‘ayaṃ nirayagāminī paṭipadā…pe… ayaṃ nibbānagāminī paṭipadā’’ti yāthāvato sāsavānāsavakammavibhāgajānanaṃ, khandhāyatanānaṃ upādinnānupādinnādianekasabhāvaṃ nānāsabhāvañca tassa lokassa ‘‘imāya nāma dhātuyā ussannattā imasmiṃ dhammappabandhe ayaṃ viseso jāyatī’’tiādinā nayena yathābhūtaṃ dhātunānattajānanaṃ, saddhādiindriyānaṃ tikkhamudutājānanaṃ saṃkilesādīhi saddhiṃ jhānavimokkhādijānanaṃ, sattānaṃ aparimāṇāsu jātīsu tappaṭibandhena saddhiṃ anavasesato pubbenivutthakkhandhasantatijānanaṃ hīnādivibhāgehi saddhiṃ cutipaṭisandhijānanaṃ, ‘‘idaṃ dukkha’’ntiādinā heṭṭhā vuttanayeneva catusaccajānananti imāni bhagavato dasabalañāṇāni avirajjhitvā yathāsakaṃvisayāvagāhanato yathādhippetatthasādhanato ca yathābhūtavuttiyā tathāni avitathāni anaññathāni. Vuttañhetaṃ –
在这里,如来如实了知“是处就是是处,非处就是非处”等等。巴利
‘‘Idha tathāgato ṭhānañca ṭhānato aṭṭhānañca aṭṭhānato yathābhūtaṃ pajānātī’’tiādi (vibha. 809; a. ni. 10.21).
世尊也是这样如实到达,所以称为如来。巴利
Evampi bhagavā tathāni āgatoti tathāgato.
正如依着这些智那样,依着前面说过的四念处、正勤等辨别智等——这些智慧品类无量无数、不可计数,而且是不共的殊胜智慧——世尊已经到达、已经证得那些如实之智,所以称为如来;也正因为如实到达,所以称为如来。巴利
Yathā cetesampi ñāṇānaṃ vasena, evaṃ yathāvuttānaṃ satipaṭṭhānasammappadhānādivibhāvanañāṇādianantāparimeyyabhedānaṃ anaññasādhāraṇānaṃ paññāvisesānaṃ vasena bhagavā tathāni ñāṇāni āgato adhigatoti tathāgato, evampi tathāni āgatoti tathāgato.
“如来”为什么叫“如来”呢?世尊的殊胜出生、正等觉、法与律的施设、无余涅槃界,这些都是“如”。这话是什么意思呢?就是说,这些是世间怙主所希求、所推动的目标,因为其目的必定圆满成就、毫无欺诳,其意义真实不颠倒,所以说是“如”、不虚、不异。确实如此,这位世尊在还是菩萨的时候,圆满了三十种波罗蜜等前面所说的成就佛果的一切因行,住在兜率天。听到佛陀出世的消息后,一万个轮围世界的天神们聚集在一起,前来劝请:巴利
Kathaṃ tathā gatoti tathāgato? Yā tā bhagavato abhijātiabhisambodhidhammavinayapaññāpanaanupādisesanibbānadhātuyo, tā tathā. Kiṃ vuttaṃ hoti? Yadatthaṃ tā lokanāthena abhipatthitā pavattitā ca, tadatthassa ekantasiddhiyā avisaṃvādanato aviparītatthavuttiyā tathā avitathā anaññathā. Tathā hi ayaṃ bhagavā bodhisattabhūto samatiṃsapāramiparipūraṇādikaṃ vuttappakāraṃ sabbabuddhattahetuṃ sampādetvā tusitapure ṭhito buddhakolāhalaṃ sutvā dasasahassacakkavāḷadevatāhi ekato sannipatitāhi upasaṅkamitvā –
“ 大雄!时机已至,请降入母胎;
为救度包括诸天神在内的世间,请觉悟不死之境。”巴利
‘‘Kālo kho te mahāvīra, uppajja mātukucchiyaṃ; Sadevakaṃ tārayanto, bujjhassu amataṃ pada’’nti. (bu. vaṃ. 1.67) –
他被劝请之后,前兆已生起,作了五种大观察,心想:“我现在要投生到人间,成就正等正觉。”于是在阿沙荼月满月那天,在释迦王族中,投入了摩诃摩耶王后的腹中结生。十个月里,天人和人们以盛大的恭敬围绕守护他,到了毗舍佉月满月那天破晓时分,他完成了殊胜的降生。巴利
Āyācito uppannapubbanimitto pañca mahāvilokanāni viloketvā ‘‘idāni ahaṃ manussayoniyaṃ uppajjitvā abhisambujjhissāmī’’ti āsāḷhipuṇṇamāyaṃ sakyarājakule mahāmāyāya deviyā kucchiyaṃ paṭisandhiṃ gahetvā dasa māse devamanussehi mahatā parihārena parihariyamāno visākhapuṇṇamāyaṃ paccūsasamaye abhijātiṃ pāpuṇi.
就在他出生的那一刻,就像当初入胎时一样,三十二种预兆显现出来:这一万个世界界震动、剧烈震动、猛烈震动;在一万个轮围世界里,无量光明遍照。仿佛是为了看见他的威德,盲人得到了眼睛,聋人听见了声音,哑巴开口说话了,驼背的人身体变直了,跛脚的人能够走路了,所有被捆绑关押的众生都从镣铐、枷锁等束缚中解脱出来,一切地狱里的火都熄灭了,饿鬼道中的饥渴止息了,畜生道里的众生不再恐惧,一切众生的疾病都痊愈了,一切众生都说话柔和亲切,马发出悦耳的嘶鸣和欢快的声音,象发出吼声,所有乐器不用人弹奏就自己发出各自的声音,人们身上佩戴的璎珞等饰品不用触碰就发出悦耳的声音,所有方向都变得明净清朗,一阵柔和清凉的风吹来,让众生感到快乐,非时之雨降下,大地涌出水流,飞鸟停在空中不再飞翔,河流停止流动,大海的水变成了甜的,在远离尘垢的太阳照耀下,空中所有的星光都明亮地显现,除了无色界的天人以外,其余所有天人和所有地狱众生都变成了可见的形象,树木、墙壁、门扇、岩石等都不再成为障碍,众生的死亡与投生都不再发生,一切不好的气味都被压过,天香弥漫,所有该结果的树都结满了果实,大海处处都被五色莲花覆盖了水面,陆生水生等一切花都盛开了,树干上开出茎莲,树枝上开出枝莲,藤蔓上开出藤莲,大地和岩石表面裂开,一层一层各七朵地涌出叫做“杖莲”的花,空中垂下莲花,四面八方降下花雨,空中天乐奏响,整个一万世界界就像被旋转后抛出的花环,又像被挤压后流动的花簇,又像装饰齐备的花座,成为一个花环庄严、拂尘闪烁、花香熏染、达到极美境界的世界。这些预兆,正是后来所证得的种种殊胜成就的征兆。就这样,这次殊胜的降生伴随着种种奇异的显现,他所祈愿的目的——成就正自觉——因为必定能够实现,所以确实如此,真实不虚,毫无变异。巴利
Abhijātikkhaṇe panassa paṭisandhiggahaṇakkhaṇe viya dvattiṃsa pubbanimittāni pāturahesuṃ, ayaṃ dasasahassilokadhātu saṃkampi sampakampi sampavedhi, dasasu cakkavāḷasahassesu aparimāṇo obhāso phari, tassa, taṃ siriṃ daṭṭhukāmā viya andhā cakkhūni paṭilabhiṃsu, badhirā saddaṃ suṇiṃsu, mūgā samālapiṃsu, khujjā ujugattā ahesuṃ, paṅgulā padasā gamanaṃ paṭilabhiṃsu, bandhanagatā sabbasattā andubandhanādīhi mucciṃsu, sabbanarakesu aggi nibbāyi, pettivisaye khuppipāsā vūpasami, tiracchānānaṃ bhayaṃ nāhosi, sabbasattānaṃ rogo vūpasami, sabbasattā piyaṃvadā ahesuṃ, madhurenākārena assā hasiṃsu, vāraṇā gajjiṃsu, sabbatūriyāni sakasakaninnādaṃ muñciṃsu, aghaṭṭitāni eva manussānaṃ hatthūpagādīni ābharaṇāni madhurenākārena saddaṃ muñciṃsu, sabbadisā vippasannā ahesuṃ, sattānaṃ sukhaṃ uppādayamāno mudusītalavāto vāyi, akālamegho vassi, pathavitopi udakaṃ ubbhijjitvā vissandi, pakkhino ākāsagamanaṃ vijahiṃsu, nadiyo asandamānā aṭṭhaṃsu, mahāsamudde madhuraṃ udakaṃ ahosi, upakkilesavinimutte sūriye dippamāne eva ākāsagatā sabbā jotiyo jotiṃsu, ṭhapetvā arūpāvacare deve avasesā sabbe devā sabbe ca nerayikā dissamānarūpā ahesuṃ, tarukuṭṭakavāṭaselādayo anāvaraṇabhūtā ahesuṃ, sattānaṃ cutūpapātā nāhesuṃ, sabbaṃ aniṭṭhagandhaṃ abhibhavitvā dibbagandho pavāyi, sabbe phalūpagā rukkhā phaladharā sampajjiṃsu, mahāsamuddo sabbatthakameva pañcavaṇṇehi padumehi sañchannatalo ahosi, thalajajalajādīni sabbapupphāni pupphiṃsu, rukkhānaṃ khandhesu khandhapadumāni, sākhāsu sākhāpadumāni, latāsu latāpadumāni, pupphiṃsu, mahītalasilātalāni bhinditvā uparūpari satta satta hutvā daṇḍapadumāni nāma nikkhamiṃsu, ākāse olambakapadumāni nibbattiṃsu, samantato pupphavassaṃ vassi ākāse dibbatūriyāni vajjiṃsu, sakaladasasahassilokadhātu vaṭṭetvā vissaṭṭhamālāguḷaṃ viya, uppīḷetvā pavattamālākalāpo viya, alaṅkatapaṭiyattaṃ mālāsanaṃ viya ca ekamālāmālinī vipphurantavāḷabījanī pupphadhūpagandhaparivāsitā paramasobhaggappattā ahosi, tāni ca pubbanimittāni upari adhigatānaṃ anekesaṃ visesādhigamānaṃ nimittabhūtāni eva ahesuṃ. Evaṃ anekacchariyapātubhāvā ayaṃ abhijāti yadatthaṃ tena abhipatthitā, tassā abhisambodhiyā ekantasiddhiyā tathāva ahosi avitathā anaññathā.
同样地,那些应当由佛陀来调伏、应当与觉悟结下因缘的亲族们,全部都由世尊亲自调伏,一个也没有剩下。而那些应当由声闻来调伏、应当由法来调伏的,也由声闻等众调伏,正在得到调伏,将来也会得到调伏。因此,世尊所希求的正等觉,由于这个目的必定能够实现,所以正等觉是真实的、不虚的、不会变成别的样子。巴利
Tathā ye buddhaveneyyā bodhaneyyabandhavā, te sabbepi anavasesato sayameva bhagavatā vinītā. Ye ca sāvakaveneyyā dhammaveneyyā ca, tepi sāvakādīhi vinītā vinayaṃ gacchanti gamissanti cāti yadatthaṃ bhagavatā abhisambodhi abhipatthitā, tadatthassa ekantasiddhiyā abhisambodhi tathā avitathā anaññathā.
而且,对于任何应当被了知的法,无论它的自性应当如何被觉悟,世尊都凭着自己那仅依作意而生的智慧,毫无颠倒、毫无遗漏地完全证知了,就如同放在掌中的庵摩罗果一样。因此,这“正等觉”也是如实的、不虚的、不异的。巴利
Apica yassa yassa ñeyyadhammassa yo yo sabhāvo bujjhitabbo, so so hatthatale ṭhapitaāmalakaṃ viya āvajjanamattapaṭibaddhena attano ñāṇena aviparītaṃ anavasesato bhagavatā abhisambuddhoti evampi abhisambodhi tathā avitathā anaññathā.
同样,对于每一种法,应当以怎样的方式宣说,以及对于每一个有情的意乐、随眠、行迹和胜解,世尊都如实观察之后,在不背离法性、不越出假名施设——即仅仅作为言说表达的界限——的同时,阐明法性;随其过失、随其意乐、随顺法理而加以教导。就这样,世尊把应当受调伏的众生调伏了,使他们到达圣者的境地。因此,他安立法与律,由于成就了其中的义利、由于如实而行,也是真实的、不虚的、不异的。巴利
Tathā tesaṃ tesaṃ dhammānaṃ tathā tathā desetabbappakāraṃ, tesaṃ tesañca sattānaṃ āsayānusayacariyādhimuttiṃ sammadeva oloketvā dhammataṃ avijahanteneva paññattinayaṃ vohāramattaṃ anatidhāvanteneva ca dhammataṃ vibhāventena yathāparādhaṃ yathājjhāsayaṃ yathādhammañca anusāsantena bhagavatā veneyyā vinītā ariyabhūmiṃ sampāpitāti dhammavinayapaññāpanāpissa tadatthasiddhiyā yathābhūtavuttiyā ca tathā avitathā anaññathā.
同样,世尊所证得的那种境界,脱离以地等、触、受等为始的色与非色之自性;因为既没有坏灭也没有崩坏,所以超越了世间的自性;因为远离黑暗,所以不被任何事物所照亮;正因为无世间的自性,所以没有来去等状态;它无所住,没有所缘,是甘露、伟大的涅槃界。由于在被称为“蕴”的执取中,连最微细的一分也不存在,所以也称为“无余”。针对这一点,经中说:巴利
Tathā yā sā bhagavatā anuppattā pathaviyādiphassavedanādirūpārūpasabhāvanimuttā lujjanapalujjanabhāvābhāvato lokasabhāvātītā tamasā visaṃsaṭṭhattā kenaci anobhāsanīyā lokasabhāvābhāvato eva gatiādibhāvarahitā appatiṭṭhā anārammaṇā amatamahānibbānadhātu khandhasaṅkhātānaṃ upādīnaṃ lesamattassāpi abhāvato ‘‘anupādisesā’’tipi vuccati. Yaṃ sandhāya vuttaṃ –
比丘们,存在这样一个处:在那里,没有地,没有水,没有火,没有风;没有空无边处,没有识无边处,没有无所有处,没有非想非非想处;没有这个世界,没有另一个世界,也没有日月两者。比丘们,对那个处,我不说它有来,不说它有去,不说它有停留,不说它有死亡,不说它有再生;它无所依止,不向前运转,无所缘取。这就是苦的尽头。巴利
‘‘Atthi, bhikkhave, tadāyatanaṃ, yattha neva pathavī na āpo na tejo na vāyo na ākāsānañcāyatanaṃ na viññāṇañcāyatanaṃ na ākiñcaññāyatanaṃ na nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṃ nāyaṃ loko na paro loko na ca ubho candimasūriyā. Tamahaṃ, bhikkhave, neva āgatiṃ vadāmi na gatiṃ na ṭhitiṃ na cutiṃ na upapattiṃ; appatiṭṭhaṃ appavattaṃ anārammaṇamevetaṃ esevanto dukkhassā’’ti (udā. 71).
这个(涅槃)是一切取蕴的灭尽,一切行的止息,一切依着的舍离,一切苦的平息,一切执取的根除,一切轮回的断绝,以毕竟寂静为特征。因为所说的这种自性任何时候都不会欺骗,所以它是真实的、不虚妄的、不异样的。如此,对于这些“如”等(特质),已如是而去、到达、获得、证得、抵达者,就是如来。因此,世尊以“如是而去”之义,名为如来。巴利
Sā sabbesampi upādānakkhandhānaṃ atthaṅgamo sabbasaṅkhārānaṃ samatho, sabbūpadhīnaṃ paṭinissaggo, sabbadukkhānaṃ vūpasamo, sabbālayānaṃ samugghāto, sabbavaṭṭānaṃ upacchedo, accantasantilakkhaṇāti yathāvuttasabhāvassa kadācipi avisaṃvādanato tathā avitathā anaññathā . Evametā abhijātiādikā tathā gato upagato adhigato paṭipanno pattoti tathāgato. Evaṃ bhagavā tathā gatoti tathāgato.
为什么说“像那样的人”就是如来?因为过去的正自觉者是什么样,我们的世尊也是什么样。这话说的是什么意思呢?那些世尊在道戒、果戒,乃至一切世间与出世间的戒上是什么样;在道定、果定,乃至一切世间与出世间的定上是什么样;在道慧、果慧,乃至一切世间与出世间的慧上是什么样;在每天所行的二十四万亿十万种定住中是什么样;在智相应解脱、镇伏解脱、正断解脱、止息解脱、出离解脱上是什么样——简要来说是这样,详细来说,则是以无量无边种种不可思议的威德、以全部的一切知智功德来说,我们的世尊也同样是这样。因为一切正自觉者虽然在寿命、身量、家族、难行苦行、身光这五个方面可能有差别,但在戒清净等种种清净上,在止观修行道上,在自己所证得的功德上,却没有任何差别。就像剖开的黄金,彼此没有分别,诸佛世尊也是这样平等无别。所以,过去的正自觉者是什么样,我们的世尊也就是什么样。这样,“像那样的人”就是如来。这里“gata”这个词,意思就是“vidha”(样、类)。因为在世间用法中,人们把带有“vidha”的“gata”一词用在表示“种类、样子”的意思上。巴利
Kathaṃ tathāvidhoti tathāgato? Yathāvidhā purimakā sammāsambuddhā, ayampi bhagavā tathāvidho. Kiṃ vuttaṃ hoti? Yathāvidhā te bhagavanto maggasīlena, phalasīlena, sabbenapi lokiyalokuttarasīlena, maggasamādhinā, phalasamādhinā, sabbenapi lokiyalokuttarasamādhinā, maggapaññāya, phalapaññāya, sabbāyapi lokiyalokuttarapaññāya, devasikaṃ vaḷañjitabbehi catuvīsatikoṭisatasahassasamāpattivihārehi, tadaṅgavimuttiyā vikkhambhanavimuttiyā samucchedavimuttiyā paṭippassaddhivimuttiyā nissaraṇavimuttiyāti saṅkhepato, vitthārato pana anantāparimāṇabhedehi acinteyyānubhāvehi sakalasabbaññuguṇehi, ayampi amhākaṃ bhagavā tathāvidho. Sabbesañhi sammāsambuddhānaṃ āyuvemattaṃ, sarīrappamāṇavemattaṃ, kulavemattaṃ, dukkaracariyāvemattaṃ, rasmivemattanti imehi pañcahi vemattehi siyā vemattaṃ, na pana sīlavisuddhiādīsu visuddhīsu samathavipassanāpaṭipattiyaṃ attanā paṭividdhaguṇesu ca kiñci nānākaraṇaṃ atthi, atha kho majjhe bhinnasuvaṇṇaṃ viya aññaṃmaññaṃ nibbisesā te buddhā bhagavanto. Tasmā yathāvidhā purimakā sammāsambuddhā, ayampi bhagavā tathāvidho. Evaṃ tathāvidhoti tathāgato. Vidhattho cettha gatasaddo. Tathā hi lokiyā vidhayuttagatasadde pakāratthe vadanti.
怎样才是“如此而行”所以叫如来?因为世尊具足了不共于他人的神通威力,达到了义无碍解等的最高圆满,又获得了无障碍的智慧,所以世尊的身行等无论在哪里都没有阻碍,能随自己的意愿而行。这种“行”——也就是身、语、意的活动——是他所具有的,所以叫如来。这样,“如此而行”就叫如来。巴利
Kathaṃ tathāpavattikoti tathāgato? Anaññasādhāraṇena iddhānubhāvena samannāgatattā atthapaṭisambhidādīnaṃ ukkaṃsapāramippattiyā anāvaraṇañāṇapaṭilābhena ca bhagavato kāyappavattiyādīnaṃ katthaci paṭighātābhāvato yathāruci tathā gataṃ gati gamanaṃ kāyavacīcittappavatti etassāti tathāgato. Evaṃ tathāpavattikoti tathāgato.
怎样才是“以如实智而不去”的如来?在积累菩提资粮时,与这些资粮相违背的活动,对他来说已经不存在,所以叫“不去”。而他这种“不去”,是通过如实智达成的,也就是以正确观察悭吝、布施波罗蜜等的过患与功德等方式生起的智慧。以如实智而不去,所以叫如来。巴利
Kathaṃ tathehi agatoti tathāgato? Bodhisambhārasambharaṇe tappaṭipakkhappavattisaṅkhātaṃ natthi etassa gatanti agato. So panassa agatabhāvo maccheradānapāramiādīsu aviparītaṃ ādīnavānisaṃsapaccavekkhaṇādinayappavattehi ñāṇehīti tathehi ñāṇehi agatoti tathāgato.
或者也可以这样说:所谓“不来”,是指他没有烦恼造作的活动,也没有五蕴的活动,也就是不再有在五趣中趣向、行走的状态。而他这种“不来”的状态,是通过证得有余涅槃和无余涅槃,并依靠如实的圣道智而成立的。因此,世尊也可以说是“以如实而来”,所以称为如来。巴利
Atha vā kilesābhisaṅkhārappavattisaṅkhātaṃ khandhappavattisaṅkhātameva vā pañcasupi gatīsu gataṃ gamanaṃ etassa natthīti agato. Saupādisesaanupādisesanibbānappattiyā svāyamassa agatabhāvo tathehi ariyamaggañāṇehīti evampi bhagavā tathehi āgatoti tathāgato.
如来为什么因为“如来性”而被称为如来呢?“因为如来性”的意思是:以如来的真实状态,也就是以他的存在性,这就是这句话的含义。那么,这个如来是什么呢?正因其存在性,世尊才被称为如来。是正法。
正法当中,圣道确实是这样:依靠止观双运的力量,彻底铲除一切烦恼,通过正断的方式应当到达,这就是“如去”。果法则是依照与自身之道相应的方式,通过安息断的方式应当到达,这就是“如去而现起”。涅槃法则是通过智慧所通达,为了止息一切轮回之苦而成就,被诸佛等所证悟,所以是“如去”,因此叫如来。
教理法也是这样:过去诸佛以经、应颂等方式宣说,并开示其流传等情形,为随顺所化众生的根性意乐等而流转,我们的世尊也同样如此宣说、流传,所以叫如来。或者,像世尊所宣说的那样,世尊的弟子们也如此随行、通达,所以叫如来。这样一来,一切正法都是如来。因此帝释天神说:“如来为天人所敬奉,我们礼敬正法,愿得安乐。”这个正法存在于世尊之中,所以世尊是如来。巴利
Kathaṃ tathāgatabhāvena tathāgato? Tathāgatabhāvenāti ca tathāgatassa sabbhāvena, atthitāyāti attho. Ko panesa tathāgato, yassa atthitāya bhagavā tathāgatoti vuccatīti? Saddhammo. Saddhammo hi ariyamaggo tāva yathā yuganaddhasamathavipassanābalena anavasesakilesapakkhaṃ samūhanantena samucchedappahānavasena gantabbaṃ, tathā gato. Phaladhammo yathā attano maggānurūpaṃ paṭippassaddhippahānavasena gantabbaṃ, tathā gato pavatto. Nibbānadhammo pana yathā gato paññāya paṭividdho sakalavaṭṭadukkhavūpasamāya sampajjati, buddhādīhi tathā gato sacchikatoti tathāgato. Pariyattidhammopi yathā purimabuddhehi suttageyyādivasena pavattiādippakāsanavasena ca veneyyānaṃ āsayādianurūpaṃ pavattito, amhākampi bhagavatā tathā gato gadito pavattitoti vā tathāgato. Yathā bhagavatā desito, tathā bhagavato sāvakehi gato avagatoti tathāgato. Evaṃ sabbopi saddhammo tathāgato. Tenāha sakko devānamindo ‘‘tathāgataṃ devamanussapūjitaṃ, dhammaṃ namassāma suvatthi hotū’’ti (khu. pā. 6.17; su. ni. 240). Svāssa atthīti bhagavā tathāgato.
就像法那样,圣僧伽也是如此:那些为了自利和利他而修行的人,以极为清净的前分止观修行之道为先导,然后沿着各各圣道前行,这就是如实地到达、如实地行去,所以称为如来。或者,像世尊所教导的谛、缘起等道理那样,因为已经成佛,所以能如实宣说,因此也称为如来。所以天王帝释说:“如来为天人所崇敬,我们顶礼僧伽,愿得安乐。”(《小诵》6.18;《经集》241)而这个僧伽作为声闻弟子,也是世尊所拥有的,所以世尊是如来。这就是从如来性的角度称为如来。巴利
Yathā ca dhammo, evaṃ ariyasaṅghopi, yathā attahitāya parahitāya ca paṭipannehi suvisuddhaṃ pubbabhāgasamathavipassanāpaṭipadaṃ purakkhatvā tena tena maggena gantabbaṃ, taṃ taṃ tathā gatoti tathāgato. Yathā vā bhagavatā saccapaṭiccasamuppādādinayo desito, tathā ca buddhattā tathā gadanato ca tathāgato. Tenāha sakko devarājā – ‘‘tathāgataṃ devamanussapūjitaṃ, saṅghaṃ namassāma suvatthi hotū’’ti (khu. pā. 6.18; su. ni. 241), svāssa sāvakabhūto atthīti bhagavā tathāgato. Evaṃ tathāgatabhāvena tathāgato.
这一点也只是在显示如来之所以为如来时的一个开头而已,只有如来自己才能以一切方式完整说明如来的如来性。因为“如来”这个词含义重大、趣向广大、境界广阔,就像“不放逸”这个词一样,即使把整部三藏佛语都按道理、按意义拿来铺陈,也不能说这位说法者“从非渡口一头扎进去”。巴利
Idampi tathāgatassa tathāgatabhāvadīpane mukhamattakameva, sabbākārena pana tathāgatova tathāgatassa tathāgatabhāvaṃ vaṇṇeyya. Idañhi tathāgatapadaṃ mahatthaṃ, mahāgatikaṃ, mahāvisayaṃ, tassa appamādapadassa viya tepiṭakampi buddhavacanaṃ yuttito atthabhāvena āharanto ‘‘atitthena dhammakathiko pakkhando’’ti na vattabboti.
这里说的是:巴利
Tatthetaṃ vuccati –
就像世间过去那些大仙人一样,
牟尼们已经来到这里,成就了一切知。
如是,此释迦牟尼亦已来,
具眼者由是名为如来。
彻底舍弃了欲等一切污垢,毫无残留,
胜者们通过定与智,如此这般地前行。
往昔的释迦牟尼,持有光辉者,
如此而去,因此被认为是如来。
界、处等法之特相亦如是,
依自相与共相之分别差别而辨。
这位胜者凭自生智而来,
如来被称为释迦族中的雄牛。
以遍照之眼,彼等真理如实;
此缘性亦复如是,于一切处。
不依他人之智,而是通过正理得以阐明。
如此而去,因此这位胜者就是如来。
即使在种种各不相同的世间界中,
在胜利者的色处等境界中,
于种种差别,见亦如是。
如来因此被称为遍眼者。
当他如实宣说正法,
他按照自己的言语行事。
如来以诸功德胜伏世间而行,
故彼亦为世间导师。
就这样,以这样的方式,完全地遍知之后,
他了知了世间,并超越了它的根源。
他已经通过亲身体证而到达寂灭。
如来已经走上圣道。
如其所诺,如是圆满,于一切处悉皆如此;
此人已来,正为利益世间。
救护者如是恒以悲悯而行,
胜者由是亦名如来。
彼证得如是诸智;
如实了知诸境真性故,由证如是智故,是名如来。
因如是出身等,故为如来;
因成办彼义,故为如来。
就像过去那些大圣者一样,
就像那样的人,也随自己的喜好那样去做。
言语的运作,因为心的状态如此微细,
如来被称为最上士。
从前从正觉资粮的对立面
已去者,甚至不是轮回中的去者,或彼之;
对于照见存在之尽头的依怙者,根本不存在,
因此,确实如此,如来已去。
“ 如来、大仙、法之最胜者,
如应断之垢被断除。
如来是圣者僧团的导师。
由于具足彼之状态,故为如来。”巴利
‘‘Yatheva loke purimā mahesino, Sabbaññubhāvaṃ munayo idhāgatā; Tathā ayaṃ sakyamunīpi āgato, Tathāgato vuccati tena cakkhumā. ‘‘Pahāya kāmādimale asesato, Samādhiñāṇehi yathā gatā jinā; Purātanā sakyamunī jutindharo, Tathā gato tena tathāgato mato. ‘‘Tathañca dhātāyatanādilakkhaṇaṃ, Sabhāvasāmaññavibhāgabhedato; Sayambhuñāṇena jinoyamāgato, Tathāgato vuccati sakyapuṅgavo. ‘‘Tathāni saccāni samantacakkhunā, Tathā idappaccayatā ca sabbaso; Anaññaneyyā nayato vibhāvitā, Tathā gato tena jino tathāgato. ‘‘Anekabhedāsupi lokadhātusu, Jinassa rūpāyatanādigocare; Vicittabhede tathameva dassanaṃ, Tathāgato tena samantalocano. ‘‘Yato ca dhammaṃ tathameva bhāsati, Karoti vācāyanurūpamattano; Guṇehi lokaṃ abhibhuyyirīyati, Tathāgato tenapi lokanāyako. ‘‘Tathā pariññāya tathāya sabbaso, Avedi lokaṃ pabhavaṃ atikkami; Gato ca paccakkhakiriyāya nibbutiṃ, Ariyamaggañca gato tathāgato. ‘‘Tathā paṭiññāya tathāya sabbaso, Hitāya lokassa yatoyamāgato; Tathāya nātho karuṇāya sabbadā, Gato ca tenāpi jino tathāgato. ‘‘Tathāni ñāṇāni yatoyamāgato, Yathāsabhāvaṃ visayāvabodhato; Tathābhijātippabhutī tathāgato, Tadatthasampādanato tathāgato. ‘‘Yathāvidhā te purimā mahesino, Tathāvidhoyampi tathā yathāruci; Pavattavācā tanucittabhāvato, Tathāgato vuccati aggapuggalo. ‘‘Sambodhisambhāravipakkhato pure, Gataṃ na saṃsāragatampi tassa vā; Na catthi nāthassa bhavantadassino, Tathehi tasmā agato tathāgato. ‘‘Tathāgato dhammavaro mahesinā, Yathā pahātabbamalaṃ pahīyati; Tathāgato ariyagaṇo vināyako, Tathāgato tena samaṅgibhāvato’’ti.
在“阿拉汉、正自觉者”这个说法里,“阿拉汉”这个词的意思前面已经讲过了。所谓“正自觉者”,是因为他正确、而且完全靠自己觉悟了一切法。也就是说,凡是能被认知的任何事物,他都以一切方式、毫无颠倒地,完全靠自己彻底觉悟了全部。这就说明:他不依赖别人的教导,有能力以一切方式通达一切法,他的运作随其愿欲而转,也就是证得了被称为“无碍智”的一切知智。巴利
Arahantaṃ sammāsambuddhanti ettha arahāti padassa attho heṭṭhā vuttoyeva. Sammā sāmañca sabbadhammānaṃ buddhattā sammāsambuddhaṃ. Yaṃkiñci ñeyyaṃ nāma, tassa sabbassapi sabbākārato aviparītato sayameva abhisambuddhattāti vuttaṃ hoti. Imināssa paropadesarahitassa sabbākārena sabbadhammāvabodhanasamatthassa ākaṅkhāpaṭibaddhavuttino anāvaraṇañāṇasaṅkhātassa sabbaññutaññāṇassa adhigamo dassito.
难道不是这样吗:无碍智不就是有别于一切知智吗?否则“六种不共智就是佛陀之智”这句话不就自相矛盾了吗?并不矛盾。因为这是按照所缘境界和生起方式的差别,为了说明同一个智相对于其他智是不共的,才把同一个智说成两种。实际上,那同一个智以无余的有为法、无为法和施设法为所缘境,所以叫“一切知智”;又因为对那些法没有障碍,依无著而行,所以叫“无碍智”。巴利
Nanu ca sabbaññutaññāṇato aññaṃ anāvaraṇaṃ, aññathā cha asādhāraṇāni ñāṇāni buddhañāṇānīti vacanaṃ virujjheyyāti? Na virujjhati, visayappavattibhedavasena aññehi asādhāraṇabhāvadassanatthaṃ ekasseva ñāṇassa dvidhā vuttattā. Ekameva hi taṃ ñāṇaṃ anavasesasaṅkhatāsaṅkhatasammutidhammavisayatāya sabbaññutaññāṇaṃ, tattha ca āvaraṇābhāvato nissaṅgacāramupādāya anāvaraṇañāṇanti vuttaṃ. Yathāha paṭisambhidāyaṃ –
了知一切有为法与无为法而无所剩余,这叫一切知智;对其中没有障碍,这叫无碍智。等等。巴利
‘‘Sabbaṃ saṅkhatāsaṅkhataṃ anavasesaṃ jānātīti sabbaññutaññāṇaṃ. Tattha āvaraṇaṃ natthīti anāvaraṇañāṇa’’ntiādi (paṭi. ma. 1.119).
所以,从意义上说,它们之间并没有差别,这一点就应该完全这样认定。否则,一切知智和无碍智就会变成共通的了,也会变成不以一切法为所缘。事实上,世尊的智慧连极微小的障碍都没有;而如果无碍智不以一切法为所缘,那么在它不运作的地方,由于那里本质上就是障碍,无碍性本身就不可能成立。或者换个说法,就算承认无碍智和一切知智是两回事,但这里因为说的是在一切处都无阻碍地运作,所以这里所指的“无碍智”就是一切知智本身。正是由于证得这种智慧,世尊才被称为一切知者、一切见者、正自觉者,而不是因为仅仅一次通达了一切法。同样,《无碍解道》中也这样说:巴利
Tasmā natthi nesaṃ atthato bhedo, ekantenevetaṃ evamicchitabbaṃ. Aññathā sabbaññutānāvaraṇañāṇānaṃ sādhāraṇatā asabbadhammārammaṇatā ca āpajjeyya. Na hi bhagavato ñāṇassa aṇumattampi āvaraṇaṃ atthi, anāvaraṇañāṇassa ca asabbadhammārammaṇabhāve yattha taṃ na pavattati tatthāvaraṇasabbhāvato anāvaraṇabhāvoyeva na siyā. Atha vā pana hotu aññameva anāvaraṇaṃ sabbaññutaññāṇato, idha pana sabbattha appaṭihatavuttitāya anāvaraṇañāṇanti sabbaññutaññāṇameva adhippetaṃ, tassevādhigamena bhagavā sabbaññū sabbavidū sammāsambuddhoti vuccati, na sakiṃyeva sabbadhammāvabodhato. Tathā ca vuttaṃ paṭisambhidāyaṃ –
这就是诸佛世尊在菩提树下,与证得一切知智同时现证的解脱终极施设,即“佛陀”。巴利
‘‘Vimokkhantikametaṃ buddhānaṃ bhagavantānaṃ bodhiyā mūle saha sabbaññutaññāṇassa paṭilābhā sacchikā paññatti yadidaṃ buddho’’ti.
因为世尊正是通过证得能够了悟一切法的智慧,才在他的心相续中具备了彻底通达一切法的能力。巴利
Sabbadhammāvabodhanasamatthañāṇasamadhigamena hi bhagavato santāne anavasesadhamme paṭivijjhituṃ samatthatā ahosīti.
这里有人提出疑问:那么,这个智在生起时,是一次性地在一切所缘上生起,还是依次第生起呢?这又有什么问题呢?如果它一次性地在一切所缘上生起,那么,对于被过去、未来、现在、内、外等种种差别所划分的诸有为法、无为法和施设法,当它们同时呈现时,就像从远处看画布一样,无法按所缘的差别来加以了知。如果真是这样,那么对于观照“一切法无我”的修行者来说,世尊的智就会像以无我相观照那样,以不分辨诸法的方式把一切法都作为所缘——这就会导致过失。也有人主张:“这种以一切应知法的安住特相为所缘、远离分别、一切时中都在佛陀心中生起的智,因此他们被称为一切知者。这样一来——”巴利
Etthāha – kiṃ panidaṃ ñāṇaṃ pavattamānaṃ sakiṃyeva sabbasmiṃ visaye pavattati, udāhu kamenāti? Kiñcettha – yadi tāva sakiṃyeva sabbasmiṃ visaye pavattati, atītānāgatappaccupannaajjhattabahiddhādibhedabhinnānaṃ saṅkhatadhammānaṃ asaṅkhatasammutidhammānañca ekajjhaṃ upaṭṭhāne dūrato cittapaṭaṃ pekkhantassa viya visayavibhāgenāvabodho na siyā, tathā ca sati ‘‘sabbe dhammā anattā’’ti vipassantānaṃ anattākārena viya sabbadhammā anirūpitarūpena bhagavato ñāṇassa visayā hontīti āpajjati. Yepi ‘‘sabbañeyyadhammānaṃ ṭhitalakkhaṇavisayaṃ vikapparahitaṃ sabbakālaṃ buddhānaṃ ñāṇaṃ pavattati, tena te sabbavidūti vuccanti. Evañca katvā –
‘‘Caraṃ samāhito nāgo, tiṭṭhantopi samāhito’’ti. –
他们说“这句话也说得好”,但前面说的那些过失,他们也逃不掉。而且,如果以“住立相”作为所缘,那么过去法、未来法和施设法都没有这个住立相,世尊的智就只会局限于一部分对象。所以,“智只生起一次”这种说法站不住脚。巴利
‘‘Idampi vacanaṃ suvuttaṃ hotī’’ti vadanti, tesampi vuttadosānātivatti, ṭhitalakkhaṇārammaṇatāya ca atītānāgatasammutidhammānaṃ tadabhāvato, ekadesavisayameva bhagavato ñāṇaṃ siyā. Tasmā sakiṃyeva ñāṇaṃ pavattatīti na yujjati.
那么,智是依次在一切境上生起的吗?这样说也不合理。因为所应知的对象,由于生类、生处、自性等不同,以及方位、地域、时间等不同,而有无数种差别;如果要依次第去了知它,就不可能对它无余通达,因为所应知的对象本来就没有边际。
至于有些人说:“因为义理不相违,所以世尊先亲自现见所应知对象的一部分,然后对其余部分也以‘同样如此’来信解确定,因此世尊是一切知者;而且这种智不是比量,因为它没有疑惑。世间与疑惑相伴的智才是比量智。”——他们这种说法也不合理。因为,当一切并非都是现见时,仅凭“义理不相违”,就先现见所应知对象的一部分,再对其余部分以“同样如此”来信解确定,这是不可能的。因为那其余的部分,就是非现见的。如果那其余部分也是现见的,那它就不可能有“其余”的性质了。所以这一切说法都没有道理。为什么?因为这属于不可思维的范围。世尊确实说过:巴利
Atha kamena sabbasmiṃ visaye ñāṇaṃ pavattatīti? Evampi na yujjati. Na hi jātibhūmisabhāvādivasena disādesakālādivasena ca anekabhedabhinne ñeyye kamena gayhamāne tassa anavasesapaṭivedho sambhavati apariyantabhāvato ñeyyassa. Ye pana ‘‘atthassa avisaṃvādanato ñeyyassa ekadesaṃ paccakkhaṃ katvā sesepi evanti adhimuccitvā vavatthāpanena sabbaññū bhagavā, tañca ñāṇaṃ na anumānikaṃ saṃsayābhāvato. Saṃsayānubaddhañhi loke anumānañāṇa’’nti vadanti, tesampi na yuttaṃ. Sabbassa hi apaccakkhabhāve atthassa avisaṃvādanena ñeyyassa ekadesaṃ paccakkhaṃ katvā sesepi evanti adhimuccitvā vavatthāpanassa asambhavato. Yañhi taṃ sesaṃ, taṃ apaccakkhanti. Atha tampi paccakkhaṃ, tassa sesabhāvo pana na siyāti sabbametaṃ akāraṇaṃ. Kasmā? Avisayavicārabhāvato. Vuttañhetaṃ bhagavatā –
比丘们,佛陀的境界不可思议,不该去思维;谁要是去思维,就会落得发疯、心智崩溃的下场。巴利
‘‘Buddhavisayo, bhikkhave, acinteyyo, na cintetabbo; yo cinteyya, ummādassa vighātassa bhāgī assā’’ti (a. ni. 4.77).
这里要确立的定论是:凡是世尊想了知的,无论是全部还是部分,他的智都在那上面毫无阻碍地直接现前生起;而且因为恒常定止、没有散乱,对于想了知的全部对象,不会因为“这不是他的境界”而令他的愿望受到限制。一定要这样认定:正如经文所说,“一切法对于佛世尊来说,都是随转向而现、随愿求而现、随作意而现、随心生起而现。”世尊对过去、未来之境的智,也完全远离推论、比量、思辨和执取,所以纯粹是现量。巴利
Idaṃ panettha sanniṭṭhānaṃ – yaṃkiñci bhagavatā ñātuṃ icchitaṃ sakalamekadeso vā, tattha appaṭihatavuttitāya paccakkhato ñāṇaṃ pavattati, niccasamādhānañca vikkhepābhāvato, ñātuṃ icchitassa sakalassa avisayabhāvato tassa ākaṅkhāpaṭibaddhavuttitā na siyā, ekanteneva sā icchitabbā ‘‘sabbe dhammā buddhassa bhagavato āvajjanapaṭibaddhā, ākaṅkhāpaṭibaddhā, manasikārapaṭibaddhā, cittuppādapaṭibaddhā’’ti (mahāni. 69; cūḷani. mogharājamāṇavapucchāniddesa 85) vacanato. Atītānāgatavisayampi bhagavato ñāṇaṃ anumānāgamanatakkaggahaṇavirahitattā paccakkhameva.
难道在这个立场上也有同样的质疑吗:当世尊想要了知全部时,他的智难道不会因为一次性以全体为所缘,而以一种无法被构想的方式生起,因此超越前面所说的过失吗?不是这样的,因为他的境界已经被彻底净化了。正因为佛陀的境界已被净化,所以才说它不可思议。否则,如果诸佛世尊的智和凡夫的智在运作方式上没有差别,那么诸佛世尊的智就不会具有不可思议的特质了。因此,即使是以一切法为所缘,那智也能像以单一法为所缘一样,在诸法已被妥善安立的情况下生起——这就是此处所说的不可思议。所应知的范围有多大,智就有多大;智有多大,所应知的范围就有多大。智以所应知为边界,所应知以智为边界。就这样,无论是总合地、个别地、一次性还是次第地,随其所愿,正确且亲自地了知一切法,因此觉悟成佛,所以世尊就是正自觉者。这就是正自觉者。巴利
Nanu ca etasmimpi pakkhe yadā sakalaṃ ñātuṃ icchitaṃ, tadā sakimeva sakalavisayatāya anirūpitarūpena bhagavato ñāṇaṃ pavatteyyāti vuttadosānātivattiyevāti? Na, tassa visodhitattā. Visodhito hi so buddhavisayo acinteyyoti. Aññathā pacurajanañāṇasamavuttitāya buddhānaṃ bhagavantānaṃ ñāṇassa acinteyyatā na siyā, tasmā sakaladhammārammaṇampi taṃ ekadhammārammaṇaṃ viya suvavatthāpiteyeva te dhamme katvā pavattatīti idamettha acinteyyaṃ. Yāvatakaṃ ñeyyaṃ, tāvatakaṃ ñāṇaṃ, yāvatakaṃ ñāṇaṃ, tāvatakaṃ ñeyyaṃ, ñeyyapariyantikaṃ ñāṇaṃ, ñāṇapariyantikaṃ ñeyyanti evamekajjhaṃ visuṃ visuṃ sakiṃ kamena ca icchānurūpaṃ sammā sāmañca sabbadhammānaṃ buddhattā sammāsambuddho bhagavā. Taṃ sammāsambuddhaṃ.
两种寻,就是两种正确的寻。其中,“寻”的意思是:通过它来思惟,或者它自己思惟,或者仅仅就是思惟这个动作本身。这种寻的特点是把心投向所缘,作用是撞击和反复撞击,表现方式是引导心朝向所缘。不过,按照所缘的不同,把它分成两种,所以说“两种寻”。“等起”的意思是:平等地、正确地、上下不断地、不越出界限地运行。这里“方式”这个词本身就含有“界限”的意思,而按照这种用法,“对如来、阿拉汉、正自觉者”这一句,是在“拥有者”的意义上用了业格。这段话要表达的是:在如来、阿拉汉、正自觉者自己的领域里,这两种寻平等地、正确地,彼此不逾越界限,上下不断地、频繁地、屡屡地、持续地运行、生起。巴利
Dve vitakkāti dve sammā vitakkā. Tattha vitakkenti etena, sayaṃ vā vitakketi, vitakkanamattameva vāti vitakko. Svāyaṃ ārammaṇābhiniropanalakkhaṇo, āhananapariyāhananaraso, ārammaṇe cittassa ānayanapaccupaṭṭhāno. Visayabhedena pana taṃ dvidhā katvā vuttaṃ ‘‘dve vitakkā’’ti. Samudācarantīti samaṃ sammā ca uddhamuddhaṃ mariyādāya caranti. Mariyādattho hi ayamākāro, tena ca yogena ‘‘tathāgataṃ arahantaṃ sammāsambuddha’’nti idaṃ sāmiatthe upayogavacanaṃ. Idaṃ vuttaṃ hoti – tathāgatassa arahato sammāsambuddhassa attano visaye samaṃ sammā ca aññamaññaṃ mariyādaṃ anatikkamantā uddhamuddhaṃ bahulaṃ abhiṇhaṃ caranti pavattantīti.
那么,它们的活动范围是什么?界限又是什么?它们又是怎样在不越界的情况下,持续不断地向上、频繁、反复、恒常地生起的呢?回答是:就是安稳寻和远离寻这两种寻。其中,安稳寻在世尊那里,特别与悲相应,也可以见到与慈和喜相应的情况。因此应当知道,它是大悲等至和慈等至的前行,也与它们相应。而远离寻则是果等至的前行和相应,也可以通过天住等方式出现。这样,它们的活动范围就是“寻”。因此,即使在同一心相续中频繁生起,由于它们只是各自在自己的范围内运作,所以并没有固定的界限,也不会混杂着运作。巴利
Ko pana nesaṃ visayo, kā vā mariyādā, kathañca taṃ anatikkamitvā te uddhamuddhaṃ bahulaṃ abhiṇhaṃ niccaṃ pavattantīti? Vuccate – khemavitakko, pavivekavitakkoti ime dve vitakkāyeva. Tesu khemavitakko tāva bhagavato visesena karuṇāsampayutto, mettāmuditāsampayuttopi labbhateva, tasmā so mahākaruṇāsamāpattiyā mettādisamāpattiyā ca pubbaṅgamo sampayutto ca veditabbo. Pavivekavitakko pana phalasamāpattiyā pubbaṅgamo sampayutto ca, dibbavihārādivasenāpi labbhateva. Iti nesaṃ vitakko visayo, tasmā ekasmiṃ santāne bahulaṃ pavattamānānampi kālena kālaṃ savisayasmiṃyeva caraṇato natthi mariyādā, na saṅkarena vutti.
在这里,安稳寻要透过世尊入大悲等至等方式来说明,远离寻则要透过各种等至来说明。具体的说明是这样的:以“这个世间已被热恼所生、被苦所逼迫”等语句,透过见到世间居所被贪火等燃烧的种种行相,这属于大悲等至的前分;在等至本身之中,则要依初禅来说。因为《无碍解道》(1.117-118)中这样说过:巴利
Tattha khemavitakko bhagavato karuṇokkamanādinā vibhāvetabbo, pavivekavitakko samāpattīhi. Tatrāyaṃ vibhāvanā – ‘‘ayaṃ loko santāpajāto dukkhapareto’’tiādinā rāgaggiādīhi lokasannivāsassa ādittatādiākāradassanehi mahākaruṇāsamāpattiyā pubbabhāge , samāpattiyampi paṭhamajjhānavasena vattabbo. Vuttañhetaṃ (paṭi. ma. 1.117-118) –
诸佛世尊以种种方式观察时,大悲就对众生生起;诸佛世尊观察到“世间这个住处正在燃烧”时,大悲就对众生生起。世间被驱使着、被赶着往前走,走上了邪路,正被带向无常;世间是不稳固的,没有救护,没有主宰;世间没有一样东西真正属于自己,一切都必须舍弃而离去;世间是匮乏的、不满足的,是渴爱的奴隶。巴利
‘‘Bahūhi ākārehi passantānaṃ buddhānaṃ bhagavantānaṃ sattesu mahākaruṇā okkamati, āditto lokasannivāsoti passantānaṃ buddhānaṃ bhagavantānaṃ sattesu mahākaruṇā okkamati. Uyyutto, payāto, kummaggapaṭipanno, upanīyati loko addhuvo, atāṇo loko anabhissaro, assako loko, sabbaṃ pahāya gamanīyaṃ, ūno loko atitto taṇhādāso.
世间众生无处可依靠,没有庇护,没有归依,完全找不到归依之处。世间动荡不安,得不到平静。世间众生身中毒箭,被无数利箭射穿,被无明的黑暗遮蔽,被烦恼的牢笼团团围住。陷于无明的世间众生,像被裹在蛋壳里一样被完全包住,像乱丝一样纠缠,像线团一样打结,像文阇草和波多巴伽草一样交错缠缚,无法超越恶趣、恶道、堕落和轮回。当诸佛世尊这样观察时,对众生生起大悲——世间众生被无明之毒的过患所染污,沉没在烦恼的泥淖中,被贪、嗔、痴的死结紧紧缠住。巴利
‘‘Atāyano lokasannivāso, aleṇo, asaraṇo, asaraṇībhūto, uddhato loko avūpasanto, sasallo lokasannivāso viddho puthusallehi, avijjandhakārāvaraṇo kilesapañjaraparikkhitto, avijjāgato lokasannivāso aṇḍabhūto pariyonaddho tantākulakajāto kulāguṇṭhikajāto muñjapabbajabhūto apāyaṃ duggatiṃ vinipātaṃ saṃsāraṃ nātivattatīti passantānaṃ, avijjāvisadosasaṃlitto kilesakalalībhūto, rāgadosamohajaṭājaṭito.
被渴爱的衣甲裹住,被渴爱的网覆盖,被渴爱的急流冲走,被渴爱的结缚绑住,被渴爱的随眠紧紧跟随,被渴爱的热恼烧得发热,被渴爱的炽燃烧得焦灼。巴利
‘‘Taṇhāsaṅghāṭapaṭimukko, taṇhājālena otthaṭo, taṇhāsotena vuyhati, taṇhāsaṃyojanena saṃyutto, taṇhānusayena anusaṭo, taṇhāsantāpena santappati, taṇhāpariḷāhena pariḍayhati.
被邪见的衣甲裹住,被邪见的罗网覆盖,被邪见的洪流冲走,被邪见的结缚绑住,被邪见的随眠紧紧跟随,被邪见的热恼烧得发热,被邪见的炽燃烧得焦灼。巴利
‘‘Diṭṭhisaṅghāṭapaṭimukko, diṭṭhijālena otthaṭo, diṭṭhisotena vuyhati, diṭṭhisaṃyojanena saṃyutto, diṭṭhānusayena anusaṭo, diṭṭhisantāpena santappati, diṭṭhipariḷāhena pariḍayhati.
被生所跟随,被老所追逐,被病所压倒,被死所击打,立足于苦之中。巴利
‘‘Jātiyā anugato, jarāya anusaṭo, byādhinā abhibhūto, maraṇena abbhāhato, dukkhe patiṭṭhito.
住在这个世间的众生,被渴爱缠住,被老年的围墙围住,被死神的绳索套住,被大束缚绑住;被贪欲的束缚、嗔恨与愚痴的束缚,以及傲慢、邪见、烦恼、恶行的束缚绑住。他们走在极度拥挤的路上,被巨大的障碍堵住,掉进了巨大的悬崖,走入了巨大的荒野,走在漫长的轮回路上,在巨大的险难中不停打转,陷进了巨大的泥沼。巴利
‘‘Taṇhāya oḍḍito, jarāpākāraparikkhitto, maccupāsaparikkhitto, mahābandhanabaddho, lokasannivāso, rāgabandhanena, dosamohabandhanena, mānadiṭṭhikilesaduccaritabandhanena baddho, mahāsambādhapaṭipanno, mahāpalibodhena palibuddho, mahāpapāte patito, mahākantārapaṭipanno, mahāsaṃsārapaṭipanno, mahāvidugge samparivattati, mahāpalipe palipanno.
住在这个世间的众生被打击、被逼迫,被贪火、嗔火、痴火所燃烧,被生……乃至愁、悲、苦、忧、恼所燃烧。住在这个世间的众生被牵引着,恒常被杀害,没有救护,遭受杖罚,做偷窃之事,被罪罚的绳索捆绑,被押到刑场。住在这个世间的众生无依无靠,陷入极度悲惨的境地,被痛苦所逼迫,长久以来备受折磨,恒常贪著,恒常渴求。巴利
‘‘Abbhāhato lokasannivāso, āditto lokasannivāso rāgagginā, dosagginā, mohagginā jātiyā…pe… upāyāsehi, unnītako lokasannivāso haññati niccamatāṇo pattadaṇḍo takkaro, vajjabandhanabaddho āghātanapaccupaṭṭhito, anātho lokasannivāso paramakāruññataṃ patto, dukkhābhitunno cirarattapīḷito, niccagadhito niccapipāsito.
是盲人,没有眼睛,毁坏了眼目,没有引导者,踏上了歧路,偏离了正道,跌入大暴流。巴利
‘‘Andho, acakkhuko, hatanetto, apariṇāyako, vipathapakkhando, añjasāparaddho, mahoghapakkhando.
众生被两种恶见缠住,被三种恶行带偏,被四种轭套住,被四种结缚住,被四种取执取;登上五趣,贪染五种欲乐,被五种盖覆盖;以六种争论的根源争论,贪染六种渴爱身,被六种恶见缠住;被七种随眠紧跟,被七种结绑住,被七种慢抬高;被八种世间法搅动,被八种邪性定为必定,被八种人的过失败坏;以九种嗔恨的缘由生嗔,被九种慢抬高,贪染九种以渴爱为根本的法;以十种烦恼的缘由染污,以十种嗔恨的缘由生嗔,具足十种不善业道,被十种结绑住,被十种邪性定为必定,具足十种邪见,具足十种执边的邪见;被一百零八种渴爱戏论戏论,被六十二种恶见缠住——当诸佛、世尊这样看见众生在世间居住时,对众生的大悲就生起了。巴利
‘‘Dvīhi diṭṭhigatehi pariyuṭṭhito, tīhi duccaritehi vippaṭipanno, catūhi yogehi yojito, catūhi ganthehi ganthito, catūhi upādānehi upādīyati, pañcagatisamāruḷho, pañcahi kāmaguṇehi rajjati, pañcahi nīvaraṇehi otthaṭo, chahi vivādamūlehi vivadati, chahi taṇhākāyehi rajjati, chahi diṭṭhigatehi pariyuṭṭhito, sattahi anusayehi anusaṭo, sattahi saṃyojanehi saṃyutto, sattahi mānehi unnato, aṭṭhahi lokadhammehi samparivattati, aṭṭhahi micchattehi niyato, aṭṭhahi purisadosehi dussati, navahi āghātavatthūhi āghātito, navahi mānehi unnato, navahi taṇhāmūlakehi dhammehi rajjati, dasahi kilesavatthūhi kilissati, dasahi āghātavatthūhi āghātito, dasahi akusalakammapathehi samannāgato, dasahi saṃyojanehi saṃyutto, dasahi micchattehi niyato, dasavatthukāya diṭṭhiyā samannāgato, dasavatthukāya antaggāhikāya diṭṭhiyā samannāgato, aṭṭhasatataṇhāpapañcehi papañcito, dvāsaṭṭhiyā diṭṭhigatehi pariyuṭṭhito lokasannivāsoti sampassantānaṃ buddhānaṃ bhagavantānaṃ sattesu mahākaruṇā okkamati.
我已度脱,而世间尚未度脱;我已解脱,而世间尚未解脱;我已调御,而世间尚未调御;我已寂静,而世间尚未寂静;我已安稳,而世间尚未安稳;我已寂灭,而世间尚未寂灭。我确实有能力:已度脱的能令他人度脱,已解脱的能令他人解脱,已调御的能令他人调御,已寂静的能令他人寂静,已安稳的能令他人安稳,已寂灭的能令他人寂灭。当诸佛、世尊们这样看见时,对众生便生起了大悲悯。巴利
‘‘Ahañcamhi tiṇṇo, loko ca atiṇṇo. Ahañcamhi mutto, loko ca amutto. Ahañcamhi danto, loko ca adanto. Ahañcamhi santo, loko ca asanto. Ahañcamhi assattho, loko ca anassattho. Ahañcamhi parinibbuto, loko ca aparinibbuto. Pahomi khvāhaṃ tiṇṇo tāretuṃ, mutto mocetuṃ, danto dametuṃ, santo sametuṃ , assattho assāsetuṃ, parinibbuto pare ca parinibbāpetunti passantānaṃ buddhānaṃ bhagavantānaṃ sattesu mahākaruṇā okkamatī’’ti (paṭi. ma. 1.117-118).
用这个方法,也应当说明世尊对众生生起慈心的情况。因为慈心把与悲悯所缘的苦相对立的乐带给众生时,慈心本身也在运作,所以这里的无嗔寻思和无害寻思就是安稳寻思。而远离寻思其实就是出离寻思,应当知道它是在天住和圣住的前行阶段,以及观察初禅时运作的。其中,世尊每天在日常活动中有二十四万亿次等至安住,以这些等至为前行而运作的、伴随定行的智和伴随智行的智,被称为二十四万亿等至行大金刚智。依这些来看,应当知道世尊的远离寻思是经常运作的。这个含义也可以从《大萨遮迦经》来了知。世尊在那部经中确实说过:巴利
Imināva nayena bhagavato sattesu mettāokkamanañca vibhāvetabbaṃ. Karuṇāvisayassa hi dukkhassa paṭipakkhabhūtaṃ sukhaṃ sattesu upasaṃharantī mettāpi pavattatīti idha abyāpādaavihiṃsāvitakkā khemavitakko. Pavivekavitakko pana nekkhammavitakkoyeva, tassa dibbavihāraariyavihāresu pubbabhāgassa paṭhamajjhānassa paccavekkhaṇāya ca vasena pavatti veditabbā. Tattha ye te bhagavato devasikaṃ vaḷañjanakavasena catuvīsatikoṭisatasahassasaṅkhā samāpattivihārā, yesaṃ purecaraṇabhāvena pavattaṃ samādhicariyānugataṃ ñāṇacariyānugataṃ ñāṇaṃ catuvīsatikoṭisatasahassasamāpattisañcārimahāvajirañāṇanti vuccati, tesaṃ vasena bhagavato pavivekavitakkassa bahulaṃ pavatti veditabbā. Ayañca attho mahāsaccakasuttenapi veditabbo. Vuttañhi tattha bhagavatā –
火种居士,我就把心只向内安住在先前那个定相上,让它稳定下来,让它平静下来,因此我常常能一直这样安住。巴利
‘‘So kho ahaṃ, aggivessana, tasmiṃyeva purimasmiṃ samādhinimitte ajjhattameva cittaṃ saṇṭhapemi, sannisādemi, yena sudaṃ niccakappaṃ viharāmī’’ti (ma. ni. 1.387).
世尊之所以引出这段话,是因为萨遮迦·尼干陀子曾这样想:“沙门乔达摩相貌端正、令人欢喜,牙齿排列紧密,舌头薄,说话甜美,我看他只是靠这些来取悦大众、到处游化,可他心里并没有一境性,他就是这样一个人,靠大量劝说引导来行事。”为了说明事实并非如此,世尊就像捉拿一个连赃物一起查获的盗贼一样,说出了这段话:“火种,如来并不是靠取悦大众、靠大量劝说引导来游化的。即使面对遍满整个轮围世界的大众,他也照样说法,毫不退缩,毫无染着,安住于一境,专注于独居的空果——等至之果。”巴利
Idañhi bhagavā ‘‘samaṇo gotamo abhirūpo pāsādiko suphusitaṃ dantāvaraṇaṃ, jivhā tanukā, madhuraṃ vacanaṃ, tena parisaṃ rañjento maññe vicarati, citte panassa ekaggatā natthi, yo evaṃ saññattibahulo caratī’’ti saccakena nigaṇṭhaputtena vitakkite avassaṃ sahoḍhaṃ coraṃ gaṇhanto viya ‘‘na aggivessana tathāgato parisaṃ rañjento saññattibahulo vicarati, cakkavāḷapariyantāyapi parisāya dhammaṃ deseti, asallīno anupalitto ekattaṃ ekavihārisuññatāphalasamāpattiphalaṃ anuyutto’’ti dassetuṃ āhari.
世尊在众人发出赞叹声或他省察法义的那一刻,先以那一刹那的前分划定时间,然后在一次入息或一次出息之间进入果等至。当赞叹声还没有中断,以及省察法义结束时,他从等至中出定,从站立的地方开始说法。诸佛的有分流很轻快,所以能在一次入息或一次出息之间进入等至。应当知道,依前面所说的这些等至连同它们的前行阶段来看,世尊的安稳寻思和远离寻思大量地现起。巴利
Bhagavā hi yasmiṃ khaṇe parisā sādhukāraṃ deti, dhammaṃ vā paccavekkhati, tasmiṃ khaṇe pubbabhāgena kālaṃ paricchinditvā phalasamāpattiṃ assāsavāre passāsavāre samāpajjati, sādhukārasaddanigghose avicchinneyeva dhammapaccavekkhaṇāya ca pariyosāne samāpattito vuṭṭhāya ṭhitaṭṭhānato paṭṭhāya dhammaṃ deseti. Buddhānañhi bhavaṅgaparivāso lahuko, assāsavāre passāsavāre samāpattiyo samāpajjanti. Evaṃ yathāvuttasamāpattīnaṃ sapubbabhāgānaṃ vasena bhagavato khemavitakkassa pavivekavitakkassa ca bahulappavatti veditabbā.
在这里,对于断除了嗔害寻等杂染的人,依靠无嗔寻与无害寻的力量,因为无论从何处都不会有恐惧,具足这两种寻的人便安住在安稳中,而且从此对一切、在任何时候都只有安稳、只有无畏。因此,安稳寻能为自他双方带来安稳。而对于断除了欲寻等杂染的人,依靠出离寻的力量,身远离、心远离、依远离这三种远离,以及彼分远离、镇伏远离、正断远离、安息远离、出离远离这五种远离,都能圆满成就。这种寻在所缘和相应两方面都伴随着远离,所以叫远离寻。这两种寻虽然所缘范围不同,但对初学者来说,它们互相帮助。就像安稳寻能帮助尚未生起的远离寻生起,也能让已生起的远离寻进一步增长广大;同样,远离寻也能帮助安稳寻。因为如果没有身和心的独处,慈心住等就不可能生起;而如果不断除嗔害等,心远离等也不可能生起。所以应当看到,这些法是彼此大有助益的。至于世尊,因为已经彻底断尽一切杂染,为了利益世间,这样的安稳寻和远离寻,即便只是在入息出息的一瞬间,也都在带来利益和安乐。安稳寻和远离寻应当这样联系起来理解。巴利
Tattha yassa byāpādavihiṃsāvitakkādisaṃkilesappahānassa abyāpādavitakkassa avihiṃsāvitakkassa ca ānubhāvena kutocipi bhayābhāvato taṃsamaṅgī khemappatto ca viharati, tato ca sabbassapi sabbadāpi khemameva hoti abhayameva. Tasmā duvidhopi ubhayesaṃ khemaṅkaroti khemavitakko. Yassa pana kāmavitakkādisaṃkilesapahānassa nekkhammavitakkassa ānubhāvena kāyaviveko, cittaviveko, upadhivivekoti tividho; tadaṅgaviveko, vikkhambhanaviveko, samucchedaviveko, paṭippassaddhiviveko, nissaraṇavivekoti pañcavidho ca viveko pāripūriṃ gacchati. So yathārahaṃ ārammaṇato sampayogato ca pavivekasahagato vitakkoti pavivekavitakko. Ete ca dve vitakkā evaṃ vibhattavisayāpi samānā ādikammikānaṃ aññamaññūpakārāya sambhavanti. Yathā hi khemavitakkassa pavivekavitakko anuppannassa uppādāya uppannassa bhiyyobhāvāya vepullāya hoti, evaṃ pavivekavitakkassapi khemavitakko. Na hi vūpakaṭṭhakāyacittānamantarena mettāvihārādayo sambhavanti byāpādādippahānena ca vinā cittavivekādīnaṃ asambhavoyevāti aññamaññassa bahūpakārā ete dhammā daṭṭhabbā. Bhagavato pana sabbaso pahīnasaṃkilesassa lokahitatthāya evaṃ khemavitakko ca pavivekavitakko ca assāsavāramattepi hitasukhamāvahantiyevāti. Khemo ca vitakko paviveko ca vitakkoti sambandhitabbaṃ.
像这样列出了两种寻思之后,为了说明“以无害为乐处”等,接着说了这些话。其中,对任何众生都不加伤害、不令痛苦,就是“无害”;这是应当乐于安住的去处,所以叫“乐处”;具足这个乐处的人,就叫“以无害为乐处者”。通过反复亲近修习而在无害中感到喜乐,就叫“乐于无害者”。“这即是”:就是指这个。“以行”:指以行为和身语的活动。“我不恼害任何人”:无论对低劣等各类众生,还是对因渴爱而躁动不安的众生,或者对已断尽一切烦恼、不再有躁动而安住的人,我都不恼害、不令他们痛苦。世尊心怀悲悯,常常安住于大悲等至,是随顺自己最珍爱的悲悯心性才这样说的。以此显示了无害寻思和无嗔寻思。这里说的是:“我以这样的行为、这样的修行方式,如此正确地修行,如此以等至安住而住,如此接受那些求福的人所作的恭敬、尊重、敬仰、礼敬和供养,却不曾恼害任何众生;相反,我只是增长他们现世的利益、来世的利益和究竟的利益与安乐。”巴利
Evaṃ uddiṭṭhe dve vitakke niddisituṃ ‘‘abyāpajjhārāmo’’tiādimāha. Tattha abyāpajjhanaṃ kassaci adukkhanaṃ abyāpajjho, so āramitabbato ārāmo etassāti abyāpajjhārāmo. Abyāpajjhe rato sevanavasena niratoti abyāpajjharato. Esevāti eso eva. Iriyāyāti kiriyāya, kāyavacīpayogenāti attho. Na kañci byābādhemīti hīnādīsu kañcipi sattaṃ taṇhātasādiyogato tasaṃ vā tadabhāvato pahīnasabbakilesavipphanditattā thāvaraṃ vā na bādhemi na dukkhāpemi. Karuṇajjhāsayo bhagavā mahākaruṇāsamāpattibahulo attano paramarucitakaruṇajjhāsayānurūpamevamāha. Tena avihiṃsāvitakkaṃ abyāpādavitakkañca dasseti. Idaṃ vuttaṃ hoti – ‘ahaṃ imāya iriyāya imāya paṭipattiyā evaṃ sammā paṭipajjanto evaṃ samāpattivihārehi viharanto evaṃ puññatthikehi katāni sakkāragarukāramānanavandanapūjanāni adhivāsento sattesu na kañci byābādhemi, apica kho diṭṭhadhammikasamparāyikaparamatthappabhedaṃ hitasukhameva nesaṃ paribrūhemī’ti.
“凡是不善,都已被断除”意思是:那一千五百种烦恼所摄的不善,以及与之相应、种类无穷无尽的不善法,这一切在菩提树下就已经被我全部断除、彻底灭尽了。通过这句话,世尊也开示了正断远离和安息远离,并连同作为种种远离之顶的出离远离一并开示。不过,有些注释者在这里还把彼分远离和镇伏远离也引了进来,因为世尊在这里是结合自己的修行之道,宣说自己烦恼的灭尽。巴利
Yaṃ akusalaṃ, taṃ pahīnanti yaṃ diyaḍḍhakilesasahassabhedaṃ aññañca taṃsampayuttaṃ anantappabhedaṃ akusalaṃ, taṃ sabbaṃ bodhimūleyeva mayhaṃ pahīnaṃ samūhatanti. Iminā pavivekesu muddhabhūtena saddhiṃ nissaraṇavivekena samucchedappaṭippassaddhiviveke dasseti. Keci panettha tadaṅgavikkhambhanavivekepi uddharanti . Āgamanīyapaṭipadāya hi saddhiṃ bhagavatā attano kilesakkhayo idha vuttoti.
世尊就这样把自己在无量劫中修成的远离倾向,连同出离倾向一起推到了顶点,安住于此,然后进入以远离倾向和出离倾向为内容的果等至,并通过观察自己已断烦恼这一角度把它显示出来。导师在这里举出这两种寻思,是为了说明这个目的,所以接着说“因此,诸比丘”等等。世尊正是通过展示自己经常修习这两种寻思,来让比丘们安住于此,才开始了这段开示。巴利
Iti bhagavā aparimitakappaparicittaṃ attano pavivekajjhāsayaṃ saddhiṃ nissaraṇajjhāsayena idāni matthakaṃ pāpetvā ṭhito tamajjhāsayaṃ phalasamāpattiṃ samāpajjitvā attano kilesappahānapaccavekkhaṇamukhena vibhāveti. Yadatthaṃ panettha satthā ime dve vitakke uddhari, idāni tamatthaṃ dassento ‘‘tasmātiha, bhikkhave’’tiādimāha. Bhagavā hi imassa vitakkadvayassa attano bahulasamudācāradassanamukheneva tattha bhikkhū nivesetuṃ imaṃ desanaṃ ārabhi.
在这里,“因此”是说:因为我乐于无嗔和远离,安隐远离的寻思确实经常生起,所以说“因此”。“此处”只是一个语气词。“你们当以无嗔为乐而住”的意思是:你们要以对一切众生的慈心住和悲心住,欣乐而住。这句话说明了要远离嗔恚以及和它同类的烦恼。“他们”中的“你们”只是一个语气词。“你们当以远离为乐而住”的意思是:你们要把身远离等,以及以彼分断除为首的远离等,一切远离都当作可乐之处而安住。“依此我们”等句,是显示安隐寻思生起的方式;“什么是不善”等句,则是显示远离寻思生起的方式。其中,就像想要圆满无过失法的人,会先探寻什么是善,然后去寻求善法;同样,想要舍弃有过失法的人,也应当去探寻不善,所以说“什么是不善”等。因为证智是以遍知、断除、证悟、修习为前提的。其中,“什么是不善”是说:不善究竟是什么?它的自性是什么?它的作用、现起、近因又是什么?这是显示从自性和作用等方面来观察不善的方法。这个寻思是就初学者而说的;“什么是未断的”“我们断除什么”这两句,则是就有学圣者而说的。因此,“什么是未断的”是说:在欲贪结等不善法中,什么是我们还没有被道断除的不善?“我们断除什么”是说:我们要根除什么不善?或者,“我们断除什么”是说:在违犯、缠缚、随眠当中,我们现在要断除哪一种不善?有些人读作“什么是未断的”。按他们的读法,就是在见结等种种不善法中,哪一种不善、以什么方式、由哪一道来说,是我们还未断除的。其余部分和前面所说的一样。巴利
Tattha tasmāti yasmā abyāpajjhapavivekābhiratassa me khemapavivekavitakkāyeva bahulaṃ pavattanti, tasmā. Tihāti nipātamattaṃ. Abyāpajjhārāmāviharathāti sabbasattesu mettāvihārena karuṇāvihāre na ca abhiramantā viharatha. Tena byāpādassa tadekaṭṭhakilesānañca dūrīkaraṇamāha. Tesaṃ voti ettha voti nipātamattaṃ. Pavivekārāmā viharathāti kāyādivivekañceva tadaṅgādivivekañcāti sabbaviveke āramitabbaṭṭhānaṃ katvā viharatha. Imāya mayantiādi yathā nesaṃ khemavitakkassa pavattanākāradassanaṃ, evaṃ kiṃ akusalantiādi pavivekavitakkassa pavattanākāradassanaṃ. Tattha yathā anavajjadhamme paripūretukāmena kiṃkusalagavesinā hutvā kusaladhammapariyesanā kātabbāva, sāvajjadhamme pajahitukāmenāpi akusalapariyesanā kātabbāti āha ‘‘kiṃ akusala’’ntiādi. Abhiññāpubbikā hi pariññāpahānasacchikiriyābhāvanā. Tattha kiṃ akusalanti akusalaṃ nāma kiṃ, sabhāvato kimassa lakkhaṇaṃ, kāni vā rasapaccupaṭṭhānapadaṭṭhānānīti akusalassa sabhāvakiccādito paccavekkhaṇavidhiṃ dasseti. Ādikammikavasena cesa vitakko āgato, kiṃ appahīnaṃ kiṃ pajahāmāti idaṃ padadvayaṃ sekkhavasena. Tasmā kiṃ appahīnanti kāmarāgasaṃyojanādīsu akusalesu kiṃ akusalaṃ amhākaṃ maggena asamucchinnaṃ? Kiṃpajahāmāti kiṃ akusalaṃ samugghātema? Atha vā kiṃ pajahāmāti vītikkamapariyuṭṭhānānusayesu kiṃ vibhāgaṃ akusalaṃ idāni mayaṃ pajahāmāti attho. Keci pana ‘‘kiṃ appahīna’’nti paṭhanti. Tesaṃ diṭṭhisaṃyojanādivasena anekabhedesu akusalesu kiṃ katamaṃ akusalaṃ, kena katamena pakārena, katamena vā maggena amhākaṃ appahīnanti vuttaṃ hoti. Sesaṃ vuttanayameva.
在偈颂中,“佛陀”是指:以自生智不颠倒地觉悟四圣谛、通达四圣谛,所以是佛陀;因为对已从谛中解脱者来说,不存在任何还应了知的东西。正如所说的:巴利
Gāthāsu buddhanti catunnaṃ ariyasaccānaṃ aviparītaṃ sayambhuñāṇena buddhattā paṭividdhattā buddhaṃ saccavinimuttassa ñeyyassa abhāvato. Tathā hi vuttaṃ –
“ 应当证知的,我已经证知;应当修习的,我已经修习。
应当断除的,我已经断除了。所以,婆罗门,我是佛陀。”巴利
‘‘Abhiññeyyaṃ abhiññātaṃ, bhāvetabbañca bhāvitaṃ; Pahātabbaṃ pahīnaṃ me, tasmā buddhosmi brāhmaṇā’’ti. (su. ni. 563; ma. ni. 2.399);
除了大菩萨以外,别人没法承受、没法担负,因为他能承受、担负那别人无法承受、无法担负的全部菩提资粮和广大悲行;同样,别人难以承受、难以制伏五魔,而他能承受、制伏这五种难忍的魔;又能以彻知意乐、随眠、行为、意趣等种种差别,恰如其分地用现世利益、来世利益和究竟意义来教导应受度化的人——这就是所谓的佛事,不是别人能承受的,而他能承受、能担负,或者说他在这方面善于成办,所以称为能忍难忍者。Samudācaranti nanti 这里的 naṃ 只是虚词,意思是那位如来。巴利
Ṭhapetvā mahābodhisattaṃ aññehi sahituṃ vahituṃ asakkuṇeyyattā asayhassa sakalassa bodhisambhārassa mahākaruṇādhikārassa ca sahanato vahanato, tathā aññehi sahituṃ abhibhavituṃ dukkarattā asayhānaṃ pañcannaṃ mārānaṃ sahanato abhibhavanato, āsayānusayacariyādhimuttiādivibhāgāvabodhena yathārahaṃ veneyyānaṃ diṭṭhadhammikasamparāyikaparamatthehi anusāsanasaṅkhātassa aññehi asayhassa buddhakiccassa sahanato vahanato, tattha vā sādhukāribhāvato asayhasāhinaṃ. Samudācaranti nanti ettha nanti nipātamattaṃ, naṃ tathāgatanti vā attho.
他驱散了自他相续中称为“黑暗”的愚痴,所以叫“除暗者”。他到达了彼岸涅槃,所以叫“到彼岸者”。或者,按照“已解脱者能令他人解脱”等说法,他到达了宏大誓愿的尽头,到达了一切轮回之苦的尽头,到达了一切知者功德的尽头,所以叫“到彼岸者”——那位除暗者、到彼岸者。正因如此,他是已证得应证之果的佛陀,意思是:戒等功德、十力智等一切正自觉者应当证得的东西,他都已证得。“具自在者”:他在禅那等境界中拥有随愿而起的、最殊胜的转向等自在,还拥有称为圣神通的、不与外道共通的心自在,所以叫“具自在者”,也就是自在者。“无漏者”:因为一切欲漏等烦恼都不存在了,所以叫无漏者。又或者,因为他舍弃了身不平等之类的不平等,因为他超越了称为“毒”的一切烦恼垢秽,也因为他自己超越了称为“毒”的一切轮回之苦并能引导他人超越,所以叫“度毒者”——那位度毒者。“牟尼”:他在渴爱灭尽的阿拉汉果或涅槃中获得解脱,因为通过称为“默”的智,或通过身默等而超群地具足,所以叫牟尼。要知道牟尼有多种:在家牟尼、出家牟尼、有学牟尼、无学牟尼、独觉牟尼、牟尼中的牟尼。其中,在家而已证果、已了知教法的,是在家牟尼;这样的出家者,是出家牟尼;七有学圣者,是有学牟尼;漏已尽者,是无学牟尼;独觉佛,是独觉牟尼;正自觉者,是牟尼中的牟尼。这里指的正是这最后一种。因为未来不再有再生,所以他持有最后的身、最终的身,叫“持最后身者”——那位持最后身者。因为他彻底舍弃了烦恼魔等,所以叫“舍魔者”。正因如此,由于断除了老之因,以证得无余涅槃的方式,他完全超越了显然的老等一切老,叫“到老彼岸者”。这里应当理解为:以老为首,连带生、死、愁等,都说为已到彼岸。我就是说:这样的如来,有两种寻思在他心中生起。巴利
Sakaparasantānesu tamasaṅkhātaṃ mohandhakāraṃ nudi khipīti tamonudo. Pāraṃ nibbānaṃ gatoti pāragato. Atha vā ‘‘mutto moceyya’’ntiādinā nayena pavattitassa mahābhinīhārassa sakalassa vā saṃsāradukkhassa sabbaññuguṇānaṃ pāraṃ pariyantaṃ gatoti pāragato, taṃ tamonudaṃ pāragataṃ. Tato eva pattipattaṃ buddhaṃ, sīlādiṃ dasabalañāṇādiñca sammāsambuddhehi pattabbaṃ sabbaṃ pattanti attho. Vasimanti jhānādīsu ākaṅkhāpaṭibaddho paramo āvajjanādivasibhāvo, ariyiddhisaṅkhāto anaññasādhāraṇo cittavasibhāvo ca assa atthīti vasimā, taṃ vasimaṃ, vasinanti attho. Sabbesaṃ kāmāsavādīnaṃ abhāvena anāsavaṃ. Kāyavisamādikassa visamassa vantattā vā visasaṅkhātaṃ sabbaṃ kilesamalaṃ taritvā vā visaṃ sakalavaṭṭadukkhaṃ sayaṃ taritvā tāraṇato visantaro taṃ visantaraṃ. Taṇhakkhaye arahattaphale nibbāne vā vimuttaṃ, ubhayamhi gamanato monasaṅkhātena ñāṇena kāyamoneyyādīhi vā sātisayaṃ samannāgatattā muniṃ. Munīti hi agāriyamuni, anagāriyamuni, sekkhamuni, asekkhamuni, paccekamuni, munimunīti anekavidhā munayo. Tattha gihī āgataphalo viññātasāsano agāriyamuni, tathārūpo pabbajito anagāriyamuni, satta sekkhā sekkhamuni, khīṇāsavo asekkhamuni, paccekabuddho paccekamuni, sammāsambuddho munimunīti. Ayameva idhādhippeto. Āyatiṃ punabbhavābhāvato antimaṃ, pacchimaṃ dehaṃ kāyaṃ dhāretīti antimadehadhārī, taṃ antimadehadhāriṃ. Kilesamārādīnaṃ sammadeva pariccattattā mārañjahaṃ. Tato eva jarāhetusamucchedato anupādisesanibbānappattivasena pākaṭajarādisabbajarāya pāraguṃ. Jarāsīsena cettha jātimaraṇasokādīnaṃ pāragamanaṃ vuttanti daṭṭhabbaṃ. Taṃ evaṃbhūtaṃ tathāgataṃ duve vitakkā samudācarantīti brūmīti sambandho.
世尊先用第一首偈颂点出两种寻思,接着用第二首偈颂说明远离寻思,现在为了说明安隐寻思,说了第三首偈颂“如石山”等。其中,“如同站在石山顶上”,就是像站在石头所成、整块岩石的山顶上。因为站在那上面,根本不需要抬头、伸脖子这些动作。“同喻”,就是与那情形相似的比喻,以石山为喻。这里简要的意思是:就像一个有眼力的人站在石山顶上,能四面看到人群;同样,善慧者、具妙智者、以一切知智为遍眼的世尊,登上法所成、慧所成的殿堂,自己已离忧愁,而注视着那些沉没于忧愁、被生和老所压倒的众生,观察他们、审查他们。这里更深的用意是:譬如在山脚下四周开辟大片田地,在田埂间搭起小屋,夜里点起火来,又有四种俱全的黑暗。这时,有眼力的人站在山顶上观看那片地面,既看不到田地,也看不到田埂,看不到小屋,看不到睡在里面的人,只能看到小屋里火焰的光而已。同样,如来登上法所成的殿堂观看众生时,那些没有修善的众生,即使坐在同一个住处南边,也不会进入佛智的范围,就像夜里射出的箭一样消失不见;而那些已修善、堪受教化的众生,即使站得很远,也会进入他的智见之中,就像火焰或雪山那样显眼。这一点也曾说过:巴利
Iti bhagavā paṭhamagāthāya vitakkadvayaṃ uddisitvā tato dutiyagāthāya pavivekavitakkaṃ dassetvā idāni khemavitakkaṃ dassetuṃ ‘‘sele yathā’’ti tatiyagāthamāha. Tattha sele yathā pabbatamuddhaniṭṭhitoti sele silāmaye ekagghanapabbatamuddhani yathā ṭhito. Na hi tattha ṭhitassa uddhaṃ gīvukkhipanapasāraṇādikiccaṃ atthi. Tathūpamanti tappaṭibhāgaṃ selapabbatūpamaṃ. Ayaṃ panettha saṅkhepattho – yathā selapabbatamuddhani ṭhito cakkhumā puriso samantato janataṃ passeyya, evameva sumedho, sundarapañño sabbaññutaññāṇena samantacakkhu bhagavā dhammamayaṃ paññāmayaṃ pāsādamāruyha sayaṃ apetasoko sokāvatiṇṇaṃ jātijarābhibhūtañca janataṃ sattakāyaṃ avekkhati upadhārayati upaparikkhati. Ayaṃ panettha adhippāyo – yathā hi pabbatapāde samantā mahantaṃ khettaṃ katvā tattha kedārapāḷīsu kuṭiyo katvā rattiṃ aggiṃ jāleyya, caturaṅgasamannāgatañca andhakāraṃ bhaveyya, athassa pabbatassa matthake ṭhatvā cakkhumato purisassa bhūmippadesaṃ olokayato neva khettaṃ, na kedārapāḷiyo, na kuṭiyo, na tattha sayitamanussā paññāyeyyuṃ, kuṭīsu pana aggijālamattameva paññāyeyya, evaṃ dhammamayaṃ pāsādamāruyha sattakāyaṃ olokayato tathāgatassa ye te akatakalyāṇā sattā, te ekavihāre dakkhiṇapasse nisinnāpi buddhañāṇassa āpāthaṃ nāgacchanti, rattiṃ khittasarā viya honti. Ye pana katakalyāṇā veneyyapuggalā, te evassa dūrepi ṭhitā āpāthaṃ āgacchanti, so aggi viya himavantapabbato viya ca vuttampi cetaṃ –
“ 善人即使身在远方,也依然光彩夺目,就像雪山一样。
不善的人在这里看不见,就像夜里射出的箭。”巴利
‘‘Dūre santo pakāsenti, himavantova pabbato; Asantettha na dissanti, rattiṃ khittā yathā sarā’’ti. (dha. pa. 304; netti. 11);
就这样,在这部经和这些偈颂里,世尊把自己当作别人来展示。巴利
Evametasmiṃ sutte gāthāsu ca bhagavā attānaṃ paraṃ viya katvā dassesi.
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