隆波帕默尊者：初果聖者已斷除大部份的苦

A stream-enterer has eliminated most of the sufferings
有人誤以為：
須陀洹、斯陀含、阿那含、阿羅漢，
證悟每一個果位，苦就依次減少25%，
比如證悟初果須陀洹，苦就減少了25%。
事實是：證悟須陀洹之後，
粗重之苦幾乎殆盡，僅剩微細之苦；
尤其是證悟阿那含之後，
微細之苦也已日近黃昏，
約只剩5%而已，不會超過10%。
乍看起來，
阿那含接下來要做的工作是：
斷除五個結，但它們藏身於心的至深處，
而苦卻不會超過5%。
由此可見，絕大部分「失地」在基礎階段就已被收復，因為我們的心幾乎全是被粗重的煩惱習氣所掌控著的。
Some people mistakenly believe that:
With the attainment of each stage of enlightenment - Sotāpanna, Sakadāgāmi, Anāgāmi, and Arahant -
suffering is reduced by 25% incrementally.
For example, they think attaining Sotāpanna (Stream-enterer) reduces suffering by 25%.
The truth is: After attaining Sotāpanna,
gross suffering is almost completely eliminated,
leaving only subtle suffering.
Especially after attaining Anāgāmi (Non-returner),
even the subtle suffering is approaching its end,
remaining at about just 5%, never exceeding 10%.
At first glance,
what an Anāgāmi needs to accomplish next is:
to sever the five remaining fetters,
but these are deeply hidden in the mind's innermost layers,
while the remaining suffering doesn't exceed 5%.
This shows that most "lost territory" is reclaimed
at the foundational stages,
because our minds are almost entirely dominated
by gross defilements and habitual tendencies.
April 28, 2008 B
00:06:27～00:07:17
---隆波帕默尊者Luang Por Pramote