III- Cittavagga |
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| Mind |
Phẩm Tâm |
| 33. Mind agitated, wavering, hard to guard and hard to check, one of wisdom renders straight as arrow-maker a shaft. |
33. Tâm hoảng hốt giao động, |
| 34. As fish from watery home is drawn and cast upon the land, even so flounders this mind while Mara's Realm abandoning. |
34. Như cá quăng lên bờ, |
| 35. The mind is very hard to check and swift, it falls on what it wants. The training of the mind is good, a mind so tamed brings happiness. |
35. Khó nắm giữ, khinh động, |
| 36. The mind is very hard to see and find, it falls on what it wants. One who's wise should guard the mind, a guarded mind brings happiness. |
36. Tâm khó thấy, tế nhị, |
| 37. Drifting far, straying all alone, formless, recumbent in a cave. They will be free from Mara's bonds who do restrain this mind. |
37. Chạy xa, sống một mình, |
| 38. One of unsteady mind, who doesn't know True Dhamma, who is of wavering confidence wisdom fails to win. |
38. Ai tâm không an trú, |
| 39. One of unflooded mind, a mind that is not battered, abandoning evil, merit too, no fear for One Awake. |
39. Tâm không đầy tràn dục, |
| 40. Having known this urn-like body, made firm this mind as fortress town, with wisdom-weapon one fights Mara while guarding booty, unattached. |
40. Biết thân như đồ gốm, |
| 41. Not long alas, and it will lie this body, here upon the earth. Discarded, void of consciousness, useless as a rotten log. |
41. Không bao lâu thân này, |
| 42. Whatever foe may do to foe, or haters those they hate the ill-directed mind indeed can do one greater harm. |
42. Kẻ thù hại kẻ thù, |
| 43. What one's mother, what one's father, whatever other kin may do, the well directed mind indeed can do greater good. |
43. Ðiều mẹ cha bà con, |
| Chú thích: [1] Trú xứ của Thức [2] Dục giới, sắc giới, vô sắc giới [3] Tức là quán (vipassana) mới chứng được. [4] Ðối với các thiền mới chứng [5] Hướng về 10 pháp bất thiện như sát sanh v.v. |
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