..续本文上一页Having arrived, he went deeper into the grove and sat down under a tree to spend the day there. But while staying in that mango grove, three evil, unwholesome thoughts constantly assailed him: sensual thoughts, thoughts of aversion and thoughts of aggressiveness.[4]
Then he thought: "Truly, it is strange, it is amazing! In faith have I gone forth from home into the homeless life and yet I am harassed by these three evil, unwholesome thoughts; thoughts of sensuality, of aversion and of aggressiveness!"[5]
Then the venerable Meghiya went back to the Blessed One, and having saluted him, he told him what had occurred and he exclaimed: "Truly it is strange, it is amazing! In faith have I gone forth from home into the homeless life and yet I am harassed by these three evil, unwholesome thoughts!"
"If, Meghiya, the mind still lacks maturity for liberation, there are five conditions conducive to making it mature. What five
"The first thing, Meghiya, for making the immature mind mature for liberation is to have a noble friend, a noble companion, a noble associate.
"Further, Meghiya, a monk should be virtuous; his life should be disciplined by the code of his monastic rules; his conduct should be proper and also his resort;[6] seeing danger in the slightest fault, he should train himself in the rules he has accepted. This is the second thing making the immature mind mature for liberation.
"Further, Meghiya, the talk in which a monk engages should befit an austere life and be helpful to mental clarity; that is to say, it should be talk on wanting little, on contentment, on solitude, on seclusion, on application of energy, on virtue, concentration, wisdom, deliverance, and on the knowledge and vision of deliverance. If a monk has easily, without difficulty, opportunities for such talk, this is the third thing making the immature mind mature for liberation.
"Further, Meghiya, a monk lives with his energy set upon the abandoning of everything harmful and the acquiring of everything beneficial; he is steadfast and firm in his efforts, not shirking the task as to (cultivating) things beneficial. This is the fourth thing making the immature mind mature for liberation.
"Further, Meghiya, a monk possesses wisdom; he is equipped with the wisdom that perceives the rise and fall (of conditioned things), which is noble and penetrating and leads to the complete destruction of suffering. This is the fifth thing making the immature mind mature for liberation.
"Of a monk, Meghiya, who has a noble friend, a noble companion and associate, it can be expected that he will be virtuous... that he will engage in talk befitting the austere life and helpful to mental clarity... that his energy will be set upon the abandoning of everything harmful and the acquiring of everything beneficial... that he will be equipped with the wisdom that leads to the complete destruction of suffering.
"Then, Meghiya, when the monk is firmly grounded in these five things, he should cultivate another four things: he should cultivate the reflection on the impurity (of the body) for abandoning lust; he should cultivate loving-kindness for abandoning aversion; he should cultivate mindfulness of breathing for cutting off (distracting) thoughts; he should cultivate the perception of impermanence for eliminating the conceit ”I am.” In one who perceives impermanence, the perception of egolessness becomes firmly established; and one who perceives egolessness attains to the elimination of the conceit ”I am” and, in this very life, he reaches Nibbaana."[7]
— AN 9.3
9. FREED OF FIVEFOLD FEAR
"There are, monks, four powers. The power of wisdom, the power of energy, the power of an unblemished life,[8] and the power of benevolence.
"And what, monks, is the power of wisdom
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