EĀ 38.1
Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含经
Chapter 38 力品第三十八之一
38.1 （一）
Parallel to: AN 8.27 (~) / SĀ 692 (~) / SĀ 693 (~)
Thus have I heard: | 闻如是： |
At one time, the Buddha was at Anāthapiṇḍada's Park in the Jeta Grove near Śrāvastī. | 一时，佛在舍卫国祇树给孤独园。 |
At that time, the World-Honored One told the bhikṣus, "There are six kinds of constant power of ordinary beings. What are the six? Infants use crying as power. Before they can speak, they must cry first; Women use anger as power. After relying on anger, they then speak; Śramaṇas and brāhmaṇas use patience as power. They always think of being humble and inferior to others before they speak; Kings use arrogance as power. They use this authority to speak for themselves; Arhats use concentration as power to speak for themselves; The Buddhas and World-Honored Ones attain great compassion and use great compassion as power to benefit sentient beings. These are called, bhikṣus, the six kinds of constant power of ordinary beings. Therefore, bhikṣus, always contemplate and practice this great compassion. Thus, bhikṣus, you should train in this way." | 尔时，世尊告诸比丘：「有六凡常之力。云何为六？小儿以啼为力，欲有所说，要当先啼；女人以瞋恚为力，依瞋恚已，然后所说；沙门、婆罗门以忍为力，常念下，下于人然后自陈；国王以憍慠为力，以此豪势而自陈说；然阿罗汉以专精为力，而自陈说；诸佛世尊成大慈悲，以大悲为力弘益众生。是谓，比丘！有此六凡常之力。是故，比丘！常念修行此大慈悲。如是，诸比丘！当作是学。」 |
At that time, the bhikṣus, having heard the Buddha's teaching, joyfully received and practiced it. | 尔时，诸比丘闻佛所说，欢喜奉行。 |
Translated from Chinese using Gemma-2-Mitra (Buddhist-NLP).
This is the classical Chinese root text of Ekottarāgama, a parallel to the Pali sutta(s) listed above. Source: CBETA (Taishō edition).