Patala Sutta - The Bottomless Chasm

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Samyutta Nikaya XXXVI.4

Patala Sutta

The Bottomless Chasm

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Monks, when an uninstructed run-of-the-mill person makes the statement, "There is a bottomless chasm in the ocean," he is talking about something that doesn't exist, that can't be found. The word "bottomless chasm" is actually a designation for painful bodily feeling.

When an uninstructed run-of-the-mill person is touched by a painful bodily feeling, he sorrows, grieves, & laments, beats his breast, becomes distraught. This is called an uninstructed run-of-the-mill person who has not risen up out of the bottomless chasm, who has not gained a foothold.

When a well-instructed noble disciple is touched by a painful bodily feeling, he does not sorrow, grieve, or lament, does not beat his breast or become distraught. This is called a well-instructed noble disciple who has risen up out of the bottomless chasm, whose foothold is gained.

Whoever can't endure them
once they've arisen--
   painful bodily feelings
   that could kill living beings--
who trembles at their touch,
who cries & wails,
a weakling with no resiliance:
   he hasn't risen up
   out of the bottomless chasm
   or even gained
   a foothold.

Whoever endures them
once they've arisen--
   painful bodily feelings
   that could kill living beings--
who doesn't tremble at their touch:
   he's risen up
   out of the bottomless chasm,
   his foothold is gained.

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[앤풀빛]

암^^ . 글씨가 또박또박해 보여서 저절로 시원해요. ...ㅎㅎ

[에즈잇이즈]

ㅎㅎ...()()()...

[앤풀빛]

* chasm - a very deep narrow opening in rock, earth or ice.

[에즈잇이즈]

Thanks a lot...()()()...

[앤풀빛]

에즈님! 제가 올린 노래 꼭 들어보셔요!! ^^ . ..()()().. 한참 이 노래에 취해서 놀았거덩요.

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네...()()()...

[청수]

잘 훈련이 되지 않은 수행자가 대양에는 "바닥없는 갈라진 틈이 있다" 라고 말할 때 실제 존재하거나 발견되지 않는 것을 말한다. 바닥없는 갈라진 틈이란 고통스런 몸의 느낌에 대한 표시이다. 잘 훈련되지 않은 수행자가 고통스런 몸의 느낌에 의해서 그는 슬퍼하고, 근심하고, 비탄에 빠지고, 그의 가슴을 치고, 정신이 혼란해 진다. 잘 훈련된 수행자는 바닥없는 틈새에서 벗어나서 발판을 가진다. 한번 일어날 수 있는 생물을 죽이는 고통스런 몸의 느낌을 참을 수 있고, 그 접촉에 떨리지 않는 사람은 바닥없는 틈새에서 벗어나서 발판을 가진다. 감사합니다. ...()()()...

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고맙습니다...()()()...