2013年1月31日 星期四

大念住經(70) 求不得苦——生


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


 1.   生 jāti
 
Jātidhammānaṃ, bhikkhave, sattānaṃ evaṃ icchā uppajjati – ‘aho vata mayaṃ na jātidhammā assāma, na ca vata no jāti āgaccheyyā’ti. Na kho panetaṃ icchāya pattabbaṃ, idampi yampicchaṃ na labhati tampi dukkhaṃ.

比丘們!眾生受生之法則支配,生起這樣欲求:『哎呀!我們不願受生之法則支配,但願不再輪迴轉生!』但不是只靠欲求就可得到,這就是求不得苦。

In beings subject to birth, the wish arises, 'O, may we not be subject to birth, and may birth not come to us.' But this is not to be achieved by wishing. This is the stress of not getting what one wants.