2013年1月31日 星期四

大念住經(103) 道聖諦——正命


《長部經典》第二十二 Mahāsatipaṭṭhānasutta 大念住經 (DN 22)


 第五節   正命 sammāājīva
 
Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sammāājīvo?

又,比丘們!什麼是『正當活命』呢?

And what is right livelihood?


Idha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako micchāājīvaṃ pahāya sammāājīvena jīvitaṃ kappeti,

在這裡,比丘們!聖弟子『不以錯誤方式營取生活,而以正確方式經營生活。』

There is the case where a disciple of the noble ones, having abandoned dishonest livelihood, keeps his life going with right livelihood:


ayaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, sammāājīvo.

比丘們!這就叫『正當活命』。

This is called right livelihood.