Man and History: 阿含與尼柯耶（一一）：六入

阿含與尼柯耶（一一）：六入

2023/04/02

2023/03/30

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圖一、身口意（全部資料的圖解）。

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圖二、心如熾火（全部資料的精華）。

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◎ 六入

六入，是十二緣起其中的一環。跟六入有關的，有六根：眼耳鼻舌身意，與六塵：色聲香味觸法 [1]。

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◎ 名色與六入

「名色，依經中說，名是受、想、行、識等「四無色陰」，色是四大以及四大所造色。那麼，名色所指的，就是五蘊身心了，這與六入處的身心範圍，是相同的。另外，如果依「內有此識身，外有名色，此二因緣生觸」的經文，「名色」也可看為「識所認識的境界」：色是外境，名是內境。」[2]。

依莊春江居士的解說，名色與六入，其實是非常接近的東西。這裡就有一個疑問產生了，非常接近，那不同之處在哪？

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◎ 五蘊六識

依《心如熾火》中文版頁 83, 84 內容，我們可以理解，六根與六塵都不是束縛心的東西，那個羈絆，是六識，也就是五蘊。沒有六根與六塵的時候，是單獨的五蘊存在，也就是名色。六根與六塵纏縛的時候，五蘊就成為六識，也就是六入。

「Here again, we see the reciprocal nature of attachment: One is bound by what one relishes & latches onto — or rather, by the act of relishing & latching on, in and of itself.

這裡，我們看到執著的回饋性質：人們會被他所喜愛和繫著的對象所束縛；如實的說，被喜愛和繫著所束縛。

Citta: 'Venerable sirs, it is just as if a black ox & a white ox were joined with a single collar or yoke. If someone were to say, "The black ox is the fetter of the white ox, the white ox is the fetter of the black" — speaking this way, would he be speaking rightly?'

Some elder monks: 'No, householder. The black ox is not the fetter of the white ox, nor is the white ox the fetter of the black. The single collar or yoke by which they are joined: That is the fetter there.'

Citta: 'In the same way, the eye is not the fetter of forms, nor are forms the fetter of the eye. Whatever desire & passion arises in dependence on the two of them: That is the fetter there. The ear is not the fetter of sounds... The nose is not the fetter of aromas... The tongue is not the fetter of flavors... The body is not the fetter of tactile sensations... The intellect is not the fetter of ideas, nor are ideas the fetter of the intellect. Whatever desire & passion arises in dependence on the two of them: That is the fetter there.'

— SN 41.1

In other words, neither the senses nor their objects are fetters for the mind. Beautiful sights, sounds, & so forth, do not entrap it, nor do the senses themselves. Instead, it is trapped by the act of desire & passion based on such things.

換句話說，根或塵都不是心的枷鎖。美麗的色聲香味觸法都不會繫縛心，眼耳鼻舌身意也不會繫縛心。心反而是被根塵所引生的欲望和貪愛所繫縛。」[3]。

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◎ 黑牛與白牛

詳細的內容，可以參考莊春江居士改寫的故事，黑牛與白牛：「拘絺羅學友！這就像將兩頭牛，一頭黑色，一頭白色，並排綁在一起拉車，如果有人問，是黑牛綁著白牛呢？還是白牛綁著黑牛呢？這樣問恰當嗎？」[4]。

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References

[1] 六入處的運作；六入處相應 (4/5)

http://buddhaspace.org/agama/sub/%25C3%25A5%25C2%2585%25C2%25AD%25C3%25A5%25C2%2585%25C2%25A5%25C3%25A8%25C2%2599%25C2%2595%25C3%25A7%25C2%259A%25C2%2584%25C3%25A9%25C2%2581%25C2%258B%25C3%25A4%25C2%25BD%25C2%259C%25C3%25AF%25C2%25BC%25C2%259B%25C3%25A5%25C2%2585%25C2%25AD%25C3%25A5%25C2%2585%25C2%25A5%25C3%25A8%25C2%2599%25C2%2595%25C3%25A7%25C2%259B%25C2%25B8%25C3%25A6%25C2%2587%25C2%2589%2520%25284%252F5%2529.html

[2] 學佛的基本認識

http://agama.buddhason.org/book/bb/bb12.htm

[3] Mind Like Fire Unbound: Chapter III (Fourth Edition)

https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/likefire/2-3.html