智慧
相応部経典
趣旨一致
相応部経典(SN48.70)
“Mendicants, of all the trees belonging to the phoenixes, the red silk-cotton tree is said to be the best. In the same way, the faculty of wisdom is said to be the best of the qualities that lead to awakening in terms of becoming awakened. And what are the qualities that lead to awakening? The faculties of faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom are qualities that lead to awakening, in that they lead to becoming awakened. Of all the trees belonging to the phoenixes, the red silk-cotton
比丘たちよ、鳳凰に属する一切の樹木の中で、赤い絹綿の樹が最勝なりと説かれる。これと同じく、覚りに至る諸々の菩提分法の中で、覚りへと導くものとして、慧根が最勝なりと説かれる。では、菩提分法とは何か。信根・精進根・念根・定根・慧根、これらが菩提分法にして、覚りへと導くがゆえに菩提分法と呼ばれるのである。鳳凰に属する一切の樹木の中で、赤い絹綿の樹が最勝であるがごとく、