(２６)“我們談到人滿足于涅槃，所謂“滿足”是什麼？”

　　26) “We speak of a person finding satisfaction in nibbāna. What ought we to call that satisfaction

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　　我們佛教徒教導人不應該喜歡這個，討厭那個；滿意這個，不滿意那個，但是所謂的“滿足于涅槃”又是什麼呢？

　　WE BUDDHISTS TEACH that one ought not to go about liking and disliking, finding satisfaction in this and dissatisfaction in that. So if someone finds satisfaction in nibbāna, what are we to call that

　　于涅槃感到“滿足”叫作“法欲”(Dhamma-raga)、“法喜”(Dhamma-nandi)。各位聽到巴利語把“欲”(raga)和“法“(Dhamma)放在一起，也許有些驚訝。但我們必須了解，“法欲”中的“欲”不是那種對色、聲、香、味、觸等刺激的欲望，它比起一般凡夫在感官上的滿足更爲滿足。但在這裏，是指對不死、涅槃——空性的滿足。

　　It has been said that satisfaction in nibbāna is Dhamma-rāga (lust for Dhamma) or Dhamma-nandi (delight in, Dhamma). On hearing this, there may be some alarm at the use of a Pali word like rāga (lust) together with the word “Dhamma”. But we must understand that the rāga in Dhamma-rāga is not the kind that desires visual objects, sounds, odours, tastes, and tactile stimuli; it is not sensual lust. It means satisfaction as intense as that which the ordinary householder finds in sensuality, but in this case the satisfaction is found in emptiness, in immortality, in nibbāna.

　　現在我們懼怕並痛恨涅槃，不想去接近它，一聽到它就搖頭，因此不曾體驗法喜、法欲或涅槃喜、涅槃欲，我們的欲望全指向官能性的色、聲、香、味、觸。如我們對涅槃的滿足相當于對色、聲、香、味、觸的滿足，那就算是很平衡了，而後爲超越痛苦所作的修行，將很容易進展。佛陀在這方面使用“法欲”和“法喜”這二個字(泰本巴利藏第２３冊，４３９頁)。

　　At the present moment we fear and hate nibbāna, and do not want to go near it. As soon as we hear the word we shake our heads. We have never had any desire for Dhamma or for nibbāna. Our desires are all directed towards sensuality: colours and shapes, sounds, odours, and tastes. To be fair to ourselves we ought to find as much satisfaction in nibbāna as we now find in colours and shapes, sounds, odours, and tastes. Then our practice towards the transcending of suffering will go ahead easily. These words “Dhamma-rāga” and “Dhamma-nandi” were used by the Buddha in this sense.