पुनर्जन्मको चक्र

“कुन बढी छ: यति लामो, अति लामो समयसम्म जन्मान्तरमा घुम्दै र भौँतारिँदै, अप्रियसँगको संयोग र प्रियसँगको वियोगका कारण रोएर, बिलौना गरेर तिमीहरूले बगाएका आँसु, वा चार महासागरको पानी?… यही बढी छ: तिमीहरूले बगाएका आँसु…

"Which is greater, the tears you have shed while transmigrating & wandering this long, long time — crying & weeping from being joined with what is displeasing, being separated from what is pleasing — or the water in the four great oceans?... This is the greater: the tears you have shed...

“लामो समयदेखि तिमीहरूले (बारम्बार) आमाको मृत्यु भोगेका छौ। यति लामो, अति लामो समयसम्म जन्मान्तरमा घुम्दै र भौँतारिँदै, अप्रियसँगको संयोग र प्रियसँगको वियोगका कारण रोएर, बिलौना गरेर आमाको मृत्युमा तिमीहरूले बगाएका आँसु चार महासागरको पानीभन्दा बढी छन्।

"Long have you (repeatedly) experienced the death of a mother. The tears you have shed over the death of a mother while transmigrating & wandering this long, long time — crying & weeping from being joined with what is displeasing, being separated from what is pleasing — are greater than the water in the four great oceans.

“लामो समयदेखि तिमीहरूले (बारम्बार) बुबाको मृत्यु… दाजुभाइको मृत्यु… दिदीबहिनीको मृत्यु… छोराको मृत्यु… छोरीको मृत्यु… आफन्तको क्षति… सम्पत्तिको क्षति… रोगबाट भएको क्षति भोगेका छौ। यति लामो, अति लामो समयसम्म जन्मान्तरमा घुम्दै र भौँतारिँदै, अप्रियसँगको संयोग र प्रियसँगको वियोगका कारण रोएर, बिलौना गरेर रोगबाट भएको क्षतिमा तिमीहरूले बगाएका आँसु चार महासागरको पानीभन्दा बढी छन्।

"Long have you (repeatedly) experienced the death of a father... the death of a brother... the death of a sister... the death of a son... the death of a daughter... loss with regard to relatives... loss with regard to wealth... loss with regard to disease. The tears you have shed over loss with regard to disease while transmigrating & wandering this long, long time — crying & weeping from being joined with what is displeasing, being separated from what is pleasing — are greater than the water in the four great oceans.

“किन यस्तो हुन्छ? जन्मान्तरमा भौँतारिने यस क्रमको आरम्भ पत्ता लगाउन सकिँदैन। अविद्याले अवरुद्ध र तृष्णाले बाँधिएका प्राणीहरू जन्मान्तरमा घुम्दै र भौँतारिँदै छन्, तर यसको प्रारम्भिक बिन्दु देखिँदैन। यसरी तिमीहरूले लामो समयसम्म दुःख भोगेका छौ, पीडा भोगेका छौ, क्षति भोगेका छौ, चिहानहरू भरिदिएका छौ—सबै संस्कृत वस्तुहरूप्रति निर्वेद उत्पन्न गर्न, विरागी हुन र मुक्त हुन पर्याप्त हुने गरी।”

"Why is that? From an inconstruable beginning comes transmigration. A beginning point is not evident, though beings hindered by ignorance and fettered by craving are transmigrating & wandering on. Long have you thus experienced stress, experienced pain, experienced loss, swelling the cemeteries — enough to become disenchanted with all fabricated things, enough to become dispassionate, enough to be released."

“भिक्षुहरू, मानौँ यो विशाल पृथ्वी पूरै पानीले ढाकिएको छ, र कुनै मानिसले त्यहाँ एउटा मात्र प्वाल भएको जुवा फाल्छ। पूर्वबाट चलेको हावाले त्यसलाई पश्चिम लैजान्छ, पश्चिमबाट चलेको हावाले पूर्व लैजान्छ। उत्तरबाट चलेको हावाले दक्षिण लैजान्छ, दक्षिणबाट चलेको हावाले उत्तर लैजान्छ। त्यहाँ एउटा अन्धो समुद्री कछुवा पनि छ। त्यो प्रत्येक सय वर्षमा एकपटक सतहमा आउँछ। तिमीहरू के ठान्छौ: प्रत्येक सय वर्षमा एकपटक सतहमा आउने त्यो अन्धो समुद्री कछुवाले एउटै प्वाल भएको त्यस जुवामा आफ्नो घाँटी छिराउला?”

"Monks, suppose that this great earth were totally covered with water, and a man were to toss a yoke with a single hole there. A wind from the east would push it west, a wind from the west would push it east. A wind from the north would push it south, a wind from the south would push it north. And suppose a blind sea-turtle were there. It would come to the surface once every one hundred years. Now what do you think: would that blind sea-turtle, coming to the surface once every one hundred years, stick his neck into the yoke with a single hole?"

“भन्ते, प्रत्येक सय वर्षमा एकपटक सतहमा आउने अन्धो समुद्री कछुवाले एउटै प्वाल भएको जुवामा आफ्नो घाँटी छिराउनु त अति दुर्लभ संयोग हुनेछ।”

"It would be a sheer coincidence, lord, that the blind sea-turtle, coming to the surface once every one hundred years, would stick his neck into the yoke with a single hole."

“त्यसरी नै मनुष्यभाव प्राप्त हुनु पनि अति दुर्लभ संयोग हो। त्यसरी नै संसारमा अर्हत् सम्यक् सम्बुद्ध तथागत उत्पन्न हुनु पनि अति दुर्लभ संयोग हो। त्यसरी नै संसारमा तथागतद्वारा प्रतिपादित धर्मविनय देखा पर्नु पनि अति दुर्लभ संयोग हो। अहिले यो मनुष्यभाव प्राप्त भएको छ। संसारमा अर्हत् सम्यक् सम्बुद्ध तथागत उत्पन्न भएका छन्। संसारमा तथागतद्वारा प्रतिपादित धर्मविनय देखा परेको छ।

"It's likewise a sheer coincidence that one obtains the human state. It's likewise a sheer coincidence that a Tathagata, worthy & rightly self-awakened, arises in the world. It's likewise a sheer coincidence that a doctrine & discipline expounded by a Tathagata appears in the world. Now, this human state has been obtained. A Tathagata, worthy & rightly self-awakened, has arisen in the world. A doctrine & discipline expounded by a Tathagata appears in the world.

“त्यसैले तिमीहरूले मनन गर्नुपर्ने कुरा यो हो: ‘यो दुःख हो… यो दुःखको उत्पत्ति हो… यो दुःखको निरोध हो… यो दुःखको निरोधतर्फ लैजाने अभ्यासमार्ग हो।’”

"Therefore your duty is the contemplation: 'This is stress...This is the origination of stress...This is the cessation of stress...This is the path of practice leading to the cessation of stress.'"

“चार कुरालाई नबुझेका र तिनको मर्म नपहिल्याएका कारण नै तिमी र म यति लामो, अति लामो समयसम्म भौँतारिँदै, जन्मान्तरमा घुम्दै आएका छौँ। कुन चार?

"It's because of not understanding and not penetrating four things that we have wandered & transmigrated on such a long, long time, you & I. Which four?

“आर्य शीललाई नबुझेका र त्यसको मर्म नपहिल्याएका कारण नै तिमी र म यति लामो, अति लामो समयसम्म भौँतारिँदै, जन्मान्तरमा घुम्दै आएका छौँ।

"It's because of not understanding and not penetrating noble virtue that we have wandered & transmigrated on such a long, long time, you & I.

“आर्य समाधिलाई नबुझेका र त्यसको मर्म नपहिल्याएका कारण नै तिमी र म यति लामो, अति लामो समयसम्म भौँतारिँदै, जन्मान्तरमा घुम्दै आएका छौँ।

"It's because of not understanding and not penetrating noble concentration that we have wandered & transmigrated on such a long, long time, you & I.

“आर्य प्रज्ञालाई नबुझेका र त्यसको मर्म नपहिल्याएका कारण नै तिमी र म यति लामो, अति लामो समयसम्म भौँतारिँदै, जन्मान्तरमा घुम्दै आएका छौँ।

"It's because of not understanding and not penetrating noble discernment that we have wandered & transmigrated on such a long, long time, you & I.

“आर्य मुक्तिलाई नबुझेका र त्यसको मर्म नपहिल्याएका कारण नै तिमी र म यति लामो, अति लामो समयसम्म भौँतारिँदै, जन्मान्तरमा घुम्दै आएका छौँ।

"It's because of not understanding and not penetrating noble release that we have wandered & transmigrated on such a long, long time, you & I.

“तर जब आर्य शील बुझिन्छ र त्यसको मर्म पहिल्याइन्छ, जब आर्य समाधि… आर्य प्रज्ञा… आर्य मुक्ति बुझिन्छ र त्यसको मर्म पहिल्याइन्छ, तब भवतृष्णा नष्ट हुन्छ, भवतर्फ लैजाने कुरा (तृष्णा र आसक्ति) समाप्त हुन्छ, अब पुनः भव हुँदैन।”

"But when noble virtue is understood & penetrated, when noble concentration... noble discernment... noble release is understood & penetrated, then craving for becoming is destroyed, the guide to becoming (craving & attachment) is ended, there is now no further becoming."