南傳法句經 第十三 世間品（167～178偈）
〈简〉
法增比丘譯
（Dhammavaro Bhikkhu）
167、
莫追逐欲樂，
莫流於放逸，
莫邪見世利，
此乃離苦道。
168、
警覺不放逸，
精進行聖道，
實踐善法者*，
今世來世樂。
*（Dhammacari）。
169、
奉善不造惡，
精進行聖道，
實踐善法者，
今世來世樂。
（168，169兩偈合誦）
170、
觀世如水泡，
觀世如幻相，
如是觀世者，
死魔*不得見。
*（Maccuraja）。
171、
細觀此世間，
如盛妝皇乘，
愚人為沉迷，
智者離貪著。
172、
人若前放逸，
今止而不犯，
如月出雲散，
普明照世間。
173、
人若前作惡，
今則奉諸善，
如月出雲散，
普明照世間。
（172，173兩偈合誦）
174、
此世間盲闇*，
鮮為人察見，
鳥少脫羅網，
人鮮有昇天。
*（無智慧）。
175、
如鵝飛虛空，
勤者以神力1。
破魔及魔軍2，
得脫離於死。
1.（Iddhi神通）。
2.（maramsavahinim十煩惱：色愛、厭梵行、饑渴、貪、怠惰、恐懼、疑、掉舉惡作、得名譽、自讚毀他）。
176、
欺妄不真語，
無惡而不作，
違犯真諦法，
不信於來世。
177、
慳貪不生天，
愚不歎布施，
智者隨喜施，
後世得安樂。
178、
大地之君主，
或生天界者，
一切世君王，
不勝預流果*。
*預流果：Sotapattiphala須陀洹果，初果）。
Lokavagga: Worlds
translated from the Pali by
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
167
Don't associate with lowly qualities. Don't consort with heedlessness. Don't associate with wrong views. Don't busy yourself with the world.
168-169
Get up! Don't be heedless. Live the Dhamma well. One who lives the Dhamma sleeps with ease in this world & the next.
Live the Dhamma well. Don't live it badly. One who lives the Dhamma sleeps with ease in this world & the next.
170
See it as a bubble, see it as a mirage: one who regards the
world this way the King of Death doesn't see.
171
Come look at this world all decked out like a royal chariot, where fools plunge in, while those who know don't cling.
172-173
Who once was heedless, but later is not, brightens the world like the moon set free
from a cloud.
His evil-done deed is replaced with skillfulness: he brightens the world like the moon set free
from a cloud.
174
Blinded this world — how few here see clearly! Just as birds who've escaped from a net are few, few are the people who make it to heaven.
175
Swans fly the path of the sun; those with the power fly
through space; the enlightened flee
from the world, having defeated the
armies of Mara.
176
The person who tells a lie, who transgresses in this one thing, transcending concern for
the world beyond: there's no evil he might not do.
177
No misers go to the world of the devas. Those who don't praise giving are fools. The enlightened express their approval for giving and so find ease in the world beyond.
178
Sole dominion over the earth, going to heaven, lordship over all worlds: the fruit of stream-entry excels them.