Summary
s.1While giving teachings at Vārāṇasī, the Buddha Śākyamuni discerns that the time is right to train King Udayana of Vatsa. When he meets the king, who at the time is embarking on a military expedition, the king flies into a rage and tries to kill the Buddha with an arrow. However, the arrow circles in the sky, and a voice proclaims a verse on the dangers of anger and warfare. Hearing this verse, the king pays homage to the Buddha, who explains that an enemy far greater than worldly opponents is the affliction of perceiving a self, which binds one to saṃsāra. He uses a military analogy to explain how this great enemy can be controlled by the combined arsenal of the six perfections and slayed by the arrow of nonself. When the king asks what is meant by “nonself,” the Buddha replies in a series of verses that constitute a succinct teaching on all persons and all things being without a self.
s.1釋迦牟尼佛陀在瓦拉納西傳授教法時，察覺到調教跋蹉國王優陀延的時機已經成熟。當他見到正要出征的國王時，國王勃然大怒，試圖用箭射殺佛陀。然而，箭在空中迴旋，一個聲音誦出一首關於瞋恨和戰爭危害的偈頌。國王聽聞此偈頌後，向佛陀頂禮，佛陀解釋說有一個遠比世間敵人更偉大的敵人，即我執的煩惱，它將眾生束縛於輪迴之中。他用軍事的比喻解釋說，這個偉大的敵人可以通過六波羅蜜的聯合武裝來控制，並可被無我之箭所摧毀。當國王詢問什麼是「無我」時，佛陀以一系列偈頌回答，構成了一個簡明扼要的教導，說明所有眾生和所有事物都是無我的。