..续本文上一页f water of which this shore is perilous and fearful, while the other shore is safe and free from danger. But there is no boat for crossing nor is there a bridge for going over from this side to the other. So the man thinks: ”This is a vast expanse of water; and this shore is perilous and fearful, but the other shore is safe and free from danger. There is, however, no boat here for crossing, nor a bridge for going over from this side to the other. Suppose I gather reeds, sticks, branches and foliage, and bind them into a raft.” Now that man collects reeds, sticks, branches and foliage, and binds them into a raft. Carried by that raft, laboring with hands and feet, he safely crosses over to the other shore. Having crossed and arrived at the other shore, he thinks: ”This raft, indeed, has been very helpful to me. Carried by it, laboring with hands and feet, I got safely across to the other shore. Should I not lift this raft on my head or put it on my shoulders, and go where I like

　　”

　　"What do you think about it, O monks

　　 Will this man by acting thus, do what should be done with a raft

　　" — "No, Lord" — "How then, monks, would he be doing what ought to be done with a raft

　　 Here, monks, having got across and arrived at the other shore, the man thinks: ”This raft, indeed, has been very helpful to me. Carried by it, and laboring with hands and feet, I got safely across to the other shore. Should I not pull it up now to the dry land or let it float in the water, and then go as I please

　　” By acting thus, monks, would that man do what should be done with a raft.

　　"In the same way, monks, have I shown to you the Teaching”s similitude to a raft: as having the purpose of crossing over, not the purpose of being clung to.

　　14. "You, O monks, who understand the Teaching”s similitude to a raft, you should let go even (good) teachings,[14] how much more false ones!

　　Grounds for Views

　　15. "There are, monks, these six grounds for false views.[15] What are the six

　　 There is here, monks, an uninstructed worldling who has no regard for Noble Ones, who is ignorant of their teaching and untrained in it; who has no regard for men of worth, who is ignorant of their teaching and untrained in it: he considers corporeality thus: ”This is mine, this I am, this is my self”;[16] he considers feeling... perception... mental formations thus: ”This is mine, this I am, this is my self”; and what is seen, heard, sensed, and thought;[17] what is encountered, sought, pursued in mind,[18] this also he considers thus: ”This is mine, this I am, this is my self”; and also this ground for views (holding): ”The universe is the Self.[19] That I shall be after death;[20] permanent, stable, eternal, immutable; eternally the same,[21] shall I abide in that very condition” — that (view), too, he considers thus: ”This is mine, this I am, this is my self.”[22]

　　16. "But, monks, there is here a well-instructed noble disciple who has regard for Noble Ones, who knows their teaching and is well trained in it; who has regard for men of worth, who knows their teaching and is well trained in it: he does not consider corporeality in this way: ”This is mine, this I am, this is my self”; he does not consider feeling... perception... mental formations in this way: ”This is mine, this I am, this is my self”; and what is seen, heard, sensed, and thought; what is encountered, sought, pursued in mind, this also he does not consider in this way: ”This is mine, this I am, this is my self”; and also this ground for views (holding): ”The universe is the Self. That I shall be after death; permanent, stable, eternal, immutable, eternally the same shall I abide in that very condition” — that (view), too, he does not consider thus: ”This is mine, this I am, this is my self.”

　　17. "Considering thus, he is n…

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