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English version: 'Cutting off the bonds of craving, breaking down the aggregates (Skandhas: form, feeling, perception, mental formations, consciousness), distancing oneself from the five coverings (greed, hatred, sloth, restlessness, doubt), aspiring towards Nirvana (extinction), shunning conditioned actions, hence called 'distancing'. The meaning of the Khakkhara (monk's staff) is 'to take'. One who holds this staff takes the jewels of the Buddhas' precepts, concentration, and wisdom, attaining liberation, hence called 'taking'. Khakkhara means 'accomplishment'. One who holds this staff accomplishes the Dharma treasury of the Buddhas, practicing as taught, without deficiency or reduction, fully accomplishing everything, hence called 'accomplishment'.' The Buddha told Kashyapa (one of the Buddha's ten great disciples): 'Thus, the word Khakkhara, its meaning is vast and numerous, impossible to fully state. For now, you should receive and uphold it in this way.' Kashyapa (one of the Buddha's ten great disciples) said to the Buddha: 'World Honored One! The meaning of this Khakkhara is thus. What then is the Wisdom Staff, and the aspiration for the meaning of establishing mindfulness? May the World Honored One! Please explain it for me.' The Buddha said: 'This Khakkhara is for those who cultivate wisdom, widely study and hear, understand the mundane and supramundane, distinguish between good and evil, conditioned and unconditioned, defiled and undefiled, comprehend wisdom without obstruction, and achieve wisdom, hence called 'Wisdom Staff'. 'It is for upholding precepts, patience, meditation, one-pointedness of mind, constantly cultivating meritorious deeds, without a moment of懈怠 (xie dai: laxity), like saving one's head from burning, hence called 'Virtue Staff'. 'Holding this staff, such a person inwardly possesses the sixteen practices (referring to the Four Noble Truths: suffering, origination, cessation, path; the Four Immeasurables: loving-kindness, compassion, joy, equanimity; the Four Dhyanas: first dhyana, second dhyana, third dhyana, fourth dhyana; the Four Formless Realms: realm of infinite space, realm of infinite consciousness, realm of nothingness, realm of neither perception nor non-perception), and also possesses the thirty-seven practices (referring to the Thirty-Seven Factors of Enlightenment). Within these Dharmas, they clearly distinguish, personally realize, not following sounds; within these Dharmas, they freely roam, entering the empty, signless, and wishless gates of liberation, free and without difficulty, called a Sage. Inwardly possessing such virtue, outwardly holding the Khakkhara, it signifies that this person certainly has the virtue of a Sage. Precepts, concentration, patience, wisdom, the three understandings, the six supernormal powers, and the eight liberations are all possessed, to mark this person, hoping to express respect, hence called the symbol of a Sage. 'The clarity of a virtuous person -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 记者：内有智性，故曰贤士。明记此人内有智性，习功德本，于法增进，善心成办，故曰贤士明记。 “此人不久之间，智慧成就，入无为处，寂然宴静，涅槃安乐，第一义道，故曰趣道之法幢。 “建念义之志者，是杖有三鬲。见三鬲重，则念三涂苦恼，则修戒、定、慧；念三灾老病死，则除三毒贪、瞋、痴；念三界之无常，则信重于三宝、除三恶、断三漏、净三业，欲具三明、入三解脱、得三念处、通三达智，故立三鬲，以相重也。 “复有四钴者，用断四生、念四谛、修四等、入四禅、净四空、明四念处、坚四正勤、得四神足，故立四楞。 “通中鬲五，用断五道苦恼轮回，修五根、具五力、除五盖、散五阴，得五分法身，故立五也。 “十二环者，用念十二因缘，通达无碍，修行十二门禅，令心无患。 “三重四楞合数成七，以念如来七觉意法，成就七圣财。 “通鬲钻八，用念八正道，得八解脱，除灭八难，故用八也。略说锡杖其义如是！汝当善持。” 迦叶白佛：“如是世尊！如圣法教。” 尔时迦叶复白佛言：“世尊！三世诸佛法同是也？”佛言：“有杖是同，若用不同，或有四钴；或有二钴，环数无别；但我今日四钴十二环，用是之教。二 { "translations": [ "现代汉语译本", "记者：因为内心具有智慧，所以称为‘贤士’。要清楚记住，这个人内心具有智慧，修习功德的根本，在佛法上不断进步，成就善良的心，所以称为‘贤士明记’。", "‘这个人不久之后，智慧就会成就，进入无为的境界，寂静安宁，得到涅槃的安乐，达到第一义的道路，所以称为趣向正道的法幢。’", "‘建立正念意义的志向者，所持的锡杖有三个隔断（鬲，gé，通‘膈’，这里指锡杖上的分节）。看到这三个隔断的意义重大，就想到三涂（地狱、饿鬼、畜生）的苦恼，于是修习戒、定、慧；想到三灾（水灾、火灾、风灾）和老、病、死，就去除贪、嗔、痴这三种毒；想到三界（欲界、色界、无色界）的无常，就更加信奉三宝（佛、法、僧），去除三种恶行，断除三种烦恼，净化身、口、意三种业，想要具备三明（宿命明、天眼明、漏尽明），进入三种解脱（空解脱门、无相解脱门、无作解脱门），得到三种念处（身念处、受念处、心念处），通达三种智慧（闻慧、思慧、修慧），所以设立三个隔断，以示其重要。’", "‘又有四个棱角（钴，gǔ），用来断除四生（胎生、卵生、湿生、化生），忆念四谛（苦、集、灭、道），修习四等心（慈、悲、喜、舍），进入四禅（初禅、二禅、三禅、四禅），净化四空定（空无边处定、识无边处定、无所有处定、非想非非想处定），明了四念处（身念处、受念处、心念处、法念处），坚定四正勤（已生恶令断、未生恶令不生、未生善令生、已生善令增长），得到四神足（欲神足、精进神足、心神足、思惟神足），所以设立四个棱角。’", "‘贯通中间的五个隔断，用来断除五道（地狱、饿鬼、畜生、人、天）的苦恼轮回，修习五根（信根、精进根、念根、定根、慧根），具备五力（信力、精进力、念力、定力、慧力），去除五盖（贪欲盖、嗔恚盖、睡眠盖、掉悔盖、疑盖），散灭五阴（色阴、受阴、想阴、行阴、识阴），得到五分法身（戒身、定身、慧身、解脱身、解脱知见身），所以设立五个隔断。’", "‘十二个环，用来忆念十二因缘（无明、行、识、名色、六入、触、受、爱、取、有、生、老死），通达无碍，修行十二门禅，使内心没有忧患。’", "‘三个隔断和四个棱角加起来总数为七，用来忆念如来的七觉支法（择法觉支、精进觉支、喜觉支、轻安觉支、念觉支、定觉支、舍觉支），成就七圣财（信、戒、惭、愧、闻、舍、慧）。’", "‘贯通隔断的八个孔，用来忆念八正道（正见、正思惟、正语、正业、正命、正精进、正念、正定），得到八解脱（内有色想观外色解脱、内无色想观外色解脱、净解脱身作证、空无边处解脱、识无边处解脱、无所有处解脱、非想非非想处解脱、灭受想定身作证），消除八难（地狱、饿鬼、畜生、长寿天、边地、盲聋喑哑、世智辩聪、佛前佛后），所以使用八个孔。简略地说，锡杖的意义就是这样！你应该好好地持有它。’", "迦叶（Kasyapa）对佛说：‘是的，世尊！正如您神圣的佛法教导。’", "这时，迦叶又对佛说：‘世尊！过去、现在、未来三世诸佛的教法都是一样的吗？’佛说：‘有锡杖这一点是相同的，但用法不同，有的有四个棱角，有的有两个棱角，环的数量没有区别；但我今天用四个棱角和十二个环，就是用这样的教法。’", "", "english_translations": [ "English version", "Reporter: Because one possesses wisdom within, they are called a 'Wise Person'. Clearly remember that this person has wisdom within, practices the roots of merit, continuously progresses in the Dharma, and accomplishes a virtuous mind; therefore, they are called a 'Wise Person with Clear Memory'.", "'This person, before long, will achieve wisdom, enter the realm of non-action (Nirvana), be peaceful and tranquil, attain the bliss of Nirvana, and reach the path of the ultimate truth; therefore, it is called a Dharma banner leading to the path.'", "'One who establishes the aspiration for the meaning of mindfulness holds a staff with three sections (鬲, gé, refers to the sections on the staff). Seeing the significance of these three sections, one contemplates the suffering of the three evil realms (hell, hungry ghosts, animals), and thus cultivates morality (sila), concentration (samadhi), and wisdom (prajna); contemplating the three calamities (water, fire, wind) and old age, sickness, and death, one eliminates the three poisons of greed (raga), hatred (dvesha), and delusion (moha); contemplating the impermanence of the three realms (desire realm, form realm, formless realm), one increases faith in the Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma, Sangha), eliminates the three evil deeds, cuts off the three outflows (sense desires, becoming, ignorance), purifies the three karmas (body, speech, mind), desires to possess the three kinds of knowledge (knowledge of past lives, divine eye, extinction of outflows), enters the three doors of liberation (emptiness, signlessness, wishlessness), attains the three foundations of mindfulness (mindfulness of body, feeling, mind), and comprehends the three kinds of wisdom (hearing, thinking, cultivation); therefore, three sections are established to emphasize their importance.'", "'Furthermore, there are four prongs (钴, gǔ), used to cut off the four kinds of birth (womb-born, egg-born, moisture-born, transformation-born), contemplate the Four Noble Truths (suffering, origin, cessation, path), cultivate the four immeasurables (loving-kindness, compassion, joy, equanimity), enter the four dhyanas (first dhyana, second dhyana, third dhyana, fourth dhyana), purify the four formless realms (sphere of infinite space, sphere of infinite consciousness, sphere of nothingness, sphere of neither perception nor non-perception), clarify the four foundations of mindfulness (mindfulness of body, feeling, mind, dharma), strengthen the four right efforts (preventing unwholesome states from arising, abandoning unwholesome states that have arisen, arousing wholesome states that have not arisen, maintaining and perfecting wholesome states that have arisen), and attain the four miraculous powers (power of will, power of effort, power of mind, power of investigation); therefore, four prongs are established.'", "'Penetrating the five sections in the middle is used to cut off the suffering and cycle of rebirth in the five paths (hell, hungry ghosts, animals, humans, devas), cultivate the five roots (faith, effort, mindfulness, concentration, wisdom), possess the five powers (faith, effort, mindfulness, concentration, wisdom), eliminate the five coverings (sensual desire, ill-will, sloth and torpor, restlessness and remorse, doubt), scatter the five aggregates (form, feeling, perception, mental formations, consciousness), and attain the fivefold Dharma body (moral conduct, concentration, wisdom, liberation, knowledge and vision of liberation); therefore, five sections are established.'", "'The twelve rings are used to contemplate the twelve links of dependent origination (ignorance, volitional formations, consciousness, name and form, six sense bases, contact, feeling, craving, grasping, becoming, birth, old age and death), achieving unobstructed understanding, and to practice the twelve gates of dhyana, so that the mind has no worries.'", "'The sum of the three sections and four prongs is seven, used to contemplate the seven factors of enlightenment of the Tathagata (mindfulness, investigation of phenomena, energy, rapture, tranquility, concentration, equanimity), and to accomplish the seven noble riches (faith, moral conduct, shame, remorse, learning, generosity, wisdom).