十一、远离
[11] Far Departure
【释迦牟尼佛】：汝等比丘，欲求寂静无为安乐，当离愦闹，独处闲居。
[Śākyamuni Buddha]: You [and] other Bhikṣus, desiring [to] seek [the] tranquillity [of] unconditioned peace [and] bliss, should depart [from] confusions [and] disturbances, [to] alone live [in] vacant residences.
静处之人，帝释诸天，所共敬重，是故当舍己众他众，空闲独处，思灭苦本。
Of people quietly living, [as they are by] Śakra [and] all heavenly [beings], those together revered [and] honoured, therefore should [there be] renunciation [of] personal assemblies [and] others’ assemblies, [for] free time alone living, [to] contemplate elimination [of] suffering’s root.
若乐众者，则受众恼。譬如大树众鸟集之，则有枯折之患。
If [there are] those joyful [with] crowds, [they will] then receive many afflictions. For example, [they are] like big trees [with] many birds gathering there, then having [the] calamity of withering [and] breaking.
世间缚者，没于众苦，譬如老象溺泥，不能自出，是名远离。
Those [by the] world bound, sunken in all sufferings, for example, [are] like old elephants drowning [in] mud, not able [to] personally exit. [These] are named [as teachings on] far departure.
[Note: New and junior monastics should live in proper monastic communities with senior monastics for guidance, to train in their precepts sufficiently, before going for long solo retreats, to further train their concentration for wisdom. They can first attend periodical group retreats, which also offer respites from distractions by the masses.
For indefinitely long solo living, there must be great self-motivation and self-discipline for furthering spiritual learning and practice. Otherwise, there might be seeping in of laxity and even breaking of precepts, secretly and continually, thus creating much evil karma that further binds them to the cycle of rebirth, instead of progressing towards liberation. Eventually, after sufficient practice, there should still be compassionate return to serve the larger monastic and/or lay community.]
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