SĀ 499
Saṃyuktāgama杂阿含经
SA 499（四九九） 石柱
Parallel to: AN 9.26
Thus have I heard: | 如是我闻： |
At one time, the Buddha was staying at the Kalandaka Bamboo Grove in Rājagṛha. At that time, Venerable Śāriputra was on Vulture Peak. | 一时，佛住王舍城迦兰陀竹园。尔时，尊者舍利弗在耆阇崛山中。 |
At that time, there was a bhikṣu named Candraprabha, a disciple of Devadatta. He went to Venerable Śāriputra, exchanged greetings and pleasantries, and then stood to one side. Standing to one side, Venerable Śāriputra asked Bhikṣu Candraprabha, "Does the bhikṣu Devadatta teach the Dharma to the bhikṣus?" | 时，有月子比丘！是提婆达多弟子，诣尊者舍利弗，共相问讯慰劳已，退住一面。退住一面已，尊者舍利弗问月子比丘言：「提婆达多比丘为诸比丘说法不？」 |
Bhikṣu Candraprabha replied, "He teaches the Dharma." | 月子比丘答言：「说法。」 |
Venerable Śāriputra asked Bhikṣu Candraprabha, "How does Devadatta teach the Dharma?" | 尊者舍利弗问月子比丘言：「提婆达多云何说法？」 |
Bhikṣu Candraprabha said to Venerable Śāriputra, "Devadatta teaches the Dharma like this: 'Bhikṣus, cultivate the mind through the Dharma. Such bhikṣus can declare for themselves: "I have already abandoned desire and attained liberation from the five sense pleasures."'" | 月子比丘语尊者舍利弗言：「彼提婆达多如是说法言：『比丘心法修心，是比丘能自记说：「我已离欲，解脱五欲功德。」』」 |
Śāriputra said to Bhikṣu Candraprabha, "Why doesn't Devadatta teach the Dharma like this: 'Bhikṣus, cultivate the mind well through the Dharma. Liberate the mind from desire, anger, and delusion. Attain the Dharma of non-greed, non-hatred, and non-delusion. Do not return to the realms of desire, form, or formlessness. Such bhikṣus can declare for themselves: "My births are exhausted, the holy life has been established, what was to be done has been done, and I know for myself that I will not be subject to future lives."'" | 舍利弗语月子比丘言：「汝提婆达多何以不说法言：『比丘心法善修心，离欲心，离瞋恚心，离愚痴心，得无贪法、无恚法、无痴法，不转还欲有、色有、无色有法，彼比丘能自记说言：「我生已尽，梵行已立，所作已作，自知不受后有。」耶？』」 |
Bhikṣu Candraprabha said, "He cannot, Venerable Śāriputra!" | 月子比丘言：「彼不能也。尊者舍利弗！」 |
At that time, Venerable Śāriputra said to Bhikṣu Candraprabha, "If there is a bhikṣu who cultivates the mind well through the Dharma, he can liberate the mind from desire, anger, and delusion. Attaining the Dharma of non-greed, non-hatred, and non-delusion, such a bhikṣu can declare for himself: 'My births are exhausted, the holy life has been established, what was to be done has been done, and I know for myself that I will not be subject to future lives.'" | 尔时，尊者舍利弗语月子比丘言：「若有比丘心法善修心者，能离贪欲心、瞋恚、愚痴心，得无贪法、无恚、无痴法，是比丘能自记说：『我生已尽，梵行已立，所作已作，自知不受后有。』 |
"It is like a village near a large stone mountain, uncut, unbroken, unpierced, thick and solid. Even if an eastern wind comes, it cannot move it, nor can it pass through to the west. Similarly, winds from the south, west, north, and the four intermediate directions cannot topple it, nor can they pass through. In the same way, a bhikṣu who cultivates the mind well through the Dharma, who is free from a mind of desire, anger, and delusion, who attains the Dharma of non-greed, non-hatred, and non-delusion, such a bhikṣu can declare for himself: 'My births are exhausted, the holy life has been established, what was to be done has been done, and I know for myself that I will not be subject to future lives.'" | 「譬如村邑，近有大石山，不断、不坏、不穿、厚密，正使东方风来，不能令动，亦复不能过至西方。如是南、西、北方、四维风来，不能倾动，亦不能过。如是，比丘心法善修心者，离贪欲心，离瞋恚心，离愚痴心，得无贪法、无恚法、无痴法，是比丘能自记说：『我生已尽，梵行已立，所作已作，自知不受后有。』 |
"It is like a copper pillar or iron pillar deeply embedded in the ground, firmly built, which cannot be toppled by winds from the four directions. In the same way, a bhikṣu who cultivates the mind well through the Dharma, who is free from a mind of desire, anger, and delusion, who attains the Dharma of non-greed, non-hatred, and non-delusion, such a bhikṣu can declare for himself: 'My births are exhausted, the holy life has been established, what was to be done has been done, and I know for myself that I will not be subject to future lives.'" | 「譬如因陀铜铁及铜柱深入地中，筑令坚密，四方风吹不能倾动。如是，比丘心法善修心已，离贪欲心，离瞋恚心，离愚痴心，得无贪法、无恚法、无痴法，是比丘能自记说：『我生已尽，梵行已立，所作已作，自知不受后有。』 |
"It is like a stone pillar sixteen cubits long, eight cubits of which are embedded in the ground, which cannot be toppled by winds from the four directions. In the same way, a bhikṣu who cultivates the mind well through the Dharma, who is free from a mind of desire, anger, and delusion, who attains the Dharma of non-greed, non-hatred, and non-delusion, such a bhikṣu can declare for himself: 'My births are exhausted, the holy life has been established, what was to be done has been done, and I know for myself that I will not be subject to future lives.'" | 「譬如石柱长十六肘，八肘入地，四方风吹不能倾动。如是，比丘心法善修心已，悉离贪欲心，离瞋恚心，离愚痴心，得无贪法、无恚法、无痴法，能自记说：『我生已尽，梵行已立，所作已作，自知不受后有。』 |
"It is like fire burning what is not yet burned, and having burned it does not burn again. In the same way, a bhikṣu who cultivates the mind well through the Dharma, who is free from a mind of desire, anger, and delusion, who attains the Dharma of non-greed, non-hatred, and non-delusion, such a bhikṣu can declare for himself: 'My births are exhausted, the holy life has been established, what was to be done has been done, and I know for myself that I will not be subject to future lives.'" | 「譬如火烧未烧者，烧已不复更烧。如是，比丘心法修心已，离贪欲心，离瞋恚心，离愚痴心，得无贪法、无恚法、无痴法，能自记说：『我生已尽，梵行已立，所作已作，自知不受后有。』」 |
Having spoken this sūtra, the bhikṣus were delighted and practiced accordingly. | 舍利弗说此经已，诸比丘闻其所说，欢喜奉行。 |
Translated from Chinese using Gemma-2-Mitra (Buddhist-NLP).
This is the classical Chinese root text of Saṃyuktāgama, a parallel to the Pali sutta(s) listed above. Source: CBETA (Taishō edition).