‘And how is aspiration the mark of faith?’
‘In as much as the recluse, on perceiving how the hearts of others have been set free, aspires to enter as it were by a leap upon the fruit of the first stage, or of the second, or of the third in the Excellent Way, or to gain Arahatship itself, and thus applies himself to the attainment of what he has not reached, to the experience of what he has not yet felt, to the realisation of what he has not yet realised—therefore is it that aspiration is the mark of faith.’
‘Give me an illustration.’
‘Just, O king, as if a mighty storm PTS vp Pali 36 were to break upon a mountain top and pour out rain, the water would flow down according to the levels, and after filling up the crevices and chasms and gullies PTS vp En 56 of the hill, would empty itself into the brook below, so that the stream would rush along, overflowing both its banks. Now suppose a crowd of people, one after the other, were to come up, and being ignorant of the real breadth or depth of the water, were to stand fearful and hesitating on the brink. And suppose a certain man should arrive, who knowing exactly his own strength and power should gird himself firmly and, with a spring, land himself on the other side. Then the rest of the people, seeing him safe on the other side, would likewise cross. That is the kind of way in which the recluse, by faith, aspires to leap, as it were by a bound, into higher things. For this has been said, O king, by the Blessed One in the Samyutta Nikāya:
“By faith he crosses over the stream,
By earnestness the sea of life;
By steadfastness all grief he stills,
By wisdom is he purified.”
‘Well put, Nāgasena!’
11. Sampakkhandanalakkhaṇasaddhāpañha
11. Sampakkhandanalakkhaṇasaddhāpañha
11. Sampakkhandanalakkhaṇasaddhāpañha
“Kathaṁ, bhante, sampakkhandanalakkhaṇā saddhā”ti? “Yathā, mahārāja, yogāvacaro aññesaṁ cittaṁ vimuttaṁ passitvā sotāpattiphale vā sakadāgāmiphale vā anāgāmiphale vā arahatte vā sampakkhandati yogaṁ karoti appattassa pattiyā anadhigatassa adhigamāya asacchikatassa sacchikiriyāya. Evaṁ kho, mahārāja, sampakkhandanalakkhaṇā saddhā”ti.
“Kathaṁ, bhante, sampakkhandanalakkhaṇā saddhā”ti?
“Yathā, mahārāja, yogāvacaro aññesaṁ cittaṁ vimuttaṁ passitvā sotāpattiphale vā sakadāgāmiphale vā anāgāmiphale vā arahatte vā sampakkhandati yogaṁ karoti appattassa pattiyā anadhigatassa adhigamāya asacchikatassa sacchikiriyāya.
Evaṁ kho, mahārāja, sampakkhandanalakkhaṇā saddhā”ti.
“Kathaṁ, bhante, sampakkhandanalakkhaṇā saddhā”ti? “Yathā, mahārāja, yogāvacaro aññesaṁ cittaṁ vimuttaṁ passitvā sotāpattiphale vā sakadāgāmiphale vā anāgāmiphale vā arahatte vā sampakkhandati yogaṁ karoti appattassa pattiyā anadhigatassa adhigamāya asacchikatassa sacchikiriyāya. Evaṁ kho, mahārāja, sampakkhandanalakkhaṇā saddhā”ti.
“Opammaṁ karohī”ti. “Yathā, mahārāja, uparipabbate mahāmegho abhippavasseyya, taṁ udakaṁ yathāninnaṁ pavattamānaṁ pabbatakandarapadarasākhā paripūretvā nadiṁ paripūreyya, sā ubhato kūlāni saṁvissandantī gaccheyya, atha mahājanakāyo āgantvā tassā nadiyā uttānataṁ vā gambhīrataṁ vā ajānanto bhīto vitthato tīre tiṭṭheyya, athaññataro puriso āgantvā attano thāmañca balañca sampassanto gāḷhaṁ kacchaṁ bandhitvā pakkhanditvā tareyya, taṁ tiṇṇaṁ passitvā mahājanakāyopi tareyya; evameva kho, mahārāja, yogāvacaro aññesaṁ cittaṁ vimuttaṁ passitvā sotāpattiphale vā sakadāgāmiphale vā anāgāmiphale vā arahatte vā sampakkhandati yogaṁ karoti appattassa pattiyā anadhigatassa adhigamāya asacchikatassa sacchikiriyāya. Evaṁ kho, mahārāja, sampakkhandanalakkhaṇā saddhāti. Bhāsitampetaṁ, mahārāja, bhagavatā saṁyuttanikāyavare—
“Yathā, mahārāja, uparipabbate mahāmegho abhippavasseyya, taṁ udakaṁ yathāninnaṁ pavattamānaṁ pabbatakandarapadarasākhā paripūretvā nadiṁ paripūreyya, sā ubhato kūlāni saṁvissandantī gaccheyya, atha mahājanakāyo āgantvā tassā nadiyā uttānataṁ vā gambhīrataṁ vā ajānanto bhīto vitthato tīre tiṭṭheyya, athaññataro puriso āgantvā attano thāmañca balañca sampassanto gāḷhaṁ kacchaṁ bandhitvā pakkhanditvā tareyya, taṁ tiṇṇaṁ passitvā mahājanakāyopi tareyya;
evameva kho, mahārāja, yogāvacaro aññesaṁ cittaṁ vimuttaṁ passitvā sotāpattiphale vā sakadāgāmiphale vā anāgāmiphale vā arahatte vā sampakkhandati yogaṁ karoti appattassa pattiyā anadhigatassa adhigamāya asacchikatassa sacchikiriyāya.
Evaṁ kho, mahārāja, sampakkhandanalakkhaṇā saddhāti.
Bhāsitampetaṁ, mahārāja, bhagavatā saṁyuttanikāyavare—
“Opammaṁ karohī”ti. “Yathā, mahārāja, uparipabbate mahāmegho abhippavasseyya, taṁ udakaṁ yathāninnaṁ pavattamānaṁ pabbatakandarapadarasākhā paripūretvā nadiṁ paripūreyya, sā ubhato kūlāni saṁvissandantī gaccheyya, atha mahājanakāyo āgantvā tassā nadiyā uttānataṁ vā gambhīrataṁ vā ajānanto bhīto vitthato tīre tiṭṭheyya, athaññataro puriso āgantvā attano thāmañca balañca sampassanto gāḷhaṁ kacchaṁ bandhitvā pakkhanditvā tareyya, taṁ tiṇṇaṁ passitvā mahājanakāyopi tareyya; evameva kho, mahārāja, yogāvacaro aññesaṁ cittaṁ vimuttaṁ passitvā sotāpattiphale vā sakadāgāmiphale vā anāgāmiphale vā arahatte vā sampakkhandati yogaṁ karoti appattassa pattiyā anadhigatassa adhigamāya asacchikatassa sacchikiriyāya. Evaṁ kho, mahārāja, sampakkhandanalakkhaṇā saddhāti. Bhāsitampetaṁ, mahārāja, bhagavatā saṁyuttanikāyavare—
‘Saddhāya taratī oghaṁ, appamādena aṇṇavaṁ; Vīriyena dukkhamacceti, paññāya parisujjhatī’”ti.
paññāya parisujjhatī’”ti.
‘Saddhāya taratī oghaṁ, appamādena aṇṇavaṁ; Vīriyena dukkhamacceti, paññāya parisujjhatī’”ti.
“Kallosi, bhante nāgasenā”ti.
“Kallosi, bhante nāgasenā”ti.
“Kallosi, bhante nāgasenā”ti.
Sampakkhandanalakkhaṇasaddhāpañho ekādasamo. *Sampakkhandanalakkhaṇasaddhāpañho → saddhālakkhaṇapañho (maku)
Sampakkhandanalakkhaṇasaddhāpañho ekādasamo. *Sampakkhandanalakkhaṇasaddhāpañho → saddhālakkhaṇapañho (maku)
Sampakkhandanalakkhaṇasaddhāpañho ekādasamo. *Sampakkhandanalakkhaṇasaddhāpañho → saddhālakkhaṇapañho (maku)