苦しみ
相応部経典
趣旨一致
相応部経典(SN17.5)
At Sāvatthī. With a mind overcome and overwhelmed by possessions, honor, and popularity, they look down on other good-hearted mendicants. This will be for their lasting harm and suffering. So grim are possessions, honor, and popularity. …” “Possessions, honor, and popularity are grim … Suppose there was a dung-eating beetle full of dung, stuffed with dung, and before her was a huge pile of dung. She’d look down on other beetles, thinking: ‘For I am a dung-eating beetle full of dung, stuffed with
舎衛城にて。財利・名誉・称讃によって心を征服され、圧倒された者は、他の善き心を持つ比丘たちを見下す。これは彼らにとって、長きにわたる損害と苦しみとなるであろう。かくも恐ろしきものなり、財利・名誉・称讃は……「財利・名誉・称讃は恐ろしきものなり……」譬えば、糞を食らう甲虫が、糞に満ち、糞で身を膨らませ、その眼前に巨大な糞の山があるとせよ。彼女は他の甲虫たちを見下し、かく思うであろう——「我こそは糞に満ち、糞で身を膨らませたる糞食の甲虫なり」と。