“Parabhava Sutta: Downfall”
The Deity:
Having come here with our questions to the Exalted One, we ask thee, O Gotama, about man’s decline. Pray, tell us the cause of downfall!
The Buddha:
Easily known is the progressive one, easily known he who declines. He who loves Dhamma progresses; he who is averse to it, declines.
The Deity:
Thus much do we see: this is the first cause of one’s downfall. Pray, tell us the second cause.
The Buddha:
The wicked are dear to him, with the virtuous he finds no delight, he prefers the creed of the wicked — this is a cause of one’s downfall.
–translated from the Pali by Narada Thera http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/snp/snp.1.06.nara.html
“Parabhava Sutta: Downfall”
The Deity:
Having come here with our questions to the Exalted One, we ask thee, O Gotama, about man’s decline. Pray, tell us the cause of downfall!
The Buddha:
Easily known is the progressive one, easily known he who declines. He who loves Dhamma progresses; he who is averse to it, declines.
The Deity:
Thus much do we see: this is the first cause of one’s downfall. Pray, tell us the second cause.
The Buddha:
The wicked are dear to him, with the virtuous he finds no delight, he prefers the creed of the wicked — this is a cause of one’s downfall.
–translated from the Pali by Narada Thera
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/snp/snp.1.06.nara.html
◎第六章 毀滅經
如是我聞，從前，世尊曾經住在舍衛城給孤獨園的逝多林裏。這天夜晚消逝時，有一位美麗的神靈照亮整座逝多林，走到世尊那裏，行禮問安，站在一旁。
然後，這位神靈用偈頌對世尊說道：「我們請教喬達摩關於人的毀滅，我們前來詢問世尊：毀滅的原因是什麼？」
[佛陀答：]「生存容易明白，毀滅也容易明白：熱愛正法的人生存，仇視正法的人毀滅。」
[神靈說：]「我們懂得這個了，這是第一種毀滅。世尊啊！請說說第二種毀滅的原因是什麼？」
[佛陀答：]「他親近惡人，不親近善人。他熱衷惡行，這是毀滅的原因。」
[神靈說：]「我們懂得這個了，這是第二種毀滅。（明日待續）
──郭良鋆譯《經集》(Sutta-nipāta)〈第五品 彼岸道品．第六章 毀滅經〉