（八二七）
Chapter 827
如是我聞：
Thus have I heard:
一時，佛住舍衛國祇樹給孤獨園。
At one time, the Buddha was residing in the Jeta Grove, Anathapindika's Park, in the city of Shravasti.
爾時，世尊告諸比丘：「譬如田夫有三種作田，隨時善作。何等為三？謂彼田夫隨時耕磨，隨時溉灌，隨時下種。彼田夫隨時耕磨、溉灌、下種已，不作是念：『欲令今日生長，今日果實，今日成熟，若明日、後日也。』諸比丘！然彼長者耕田、溉灌、下種已，不作是念：『今日生長、果實、成熟，若明日、若復後日。』而彼種子已入地中，則自隨時生長，果實成熟。如是，比丘於此三學隨時善學？謂善戒學、善意學、善慧學已，不作是念：『欲令我今日得不起諸漏，心善解脫，若明日、若後日。』不作是念：『自然神力能令今日，若明日、後日，不起諸漏，心善解脫。』彼已隨時增上戒學、增上意學、增上慧學已，隨彼時節，自得不起諸漏，心善解脫。
At that time, the World-Honored One addressed the monks, saying: "Consider a farmer who skillfully tends his field in three ways, each in its proper season. What are the three? That farmer plows and harrows in season, irrigates in season, and sows the seeds in season. Having done this—plowing, irrigating, and sowing in their proper time—the farmer does not think: 'Let the crops sprout today, bear fruit today, and ripen today, or tomorrow, or the day after.' Monks, though the farmer does not think, 'Let them sprout, fruit, and ripen today, tomorrow, or the next day,' once the seeds are in the earth, they grow, bear fruit, and ripen naturally, each in its own time.
"In the same way, monks, you should skillfully cultivate these three trainings in their proper season: the training in higher virtue, the training in higher mind, and the training in higher wisdom. Having cultivated them, do not think: 'May I today—or tomorrow, or the day after—become free from the taints, with my mind well liberated.' Do not think: 'By some natural power, may I today, tomorrow, or the next day become free from the taints, with my mind well liberated.' Rather, when you have cultivated the training in higher virtue, higher mind, and higher wisdom in due season, then in that very time, you will naturally attain freedom from the taints and the liberation of the mind."
「譬如，比丘！伏鷄生卵，若十乃至十二，隨時消息，冷暖愛護。彼伏鷄不作是念：『我今日，若明日、後日，當以口啄，若以瓜刮，令其兒安隱得生。』然其伏鷄善伏其子，愛護隨時，其子自然安隱得生。如是，比丘善學三學，隨其時節，自得不起諸漏，心善解脫。」
"Consider, bhikkhu, a hen sitting on her eggs—ten or twelve of them—keeping them warm, caring for them, and tending to them properly. The hen does not think: 'Today, or tomorrow, or the day after, I will peck with my beak or scratch with my claws so that my chicks may safely hatch.' Yet because she sits on them well, caring for them and tending to them at the right time, the chicks naturally and safely break out of their shells.
In the same way, bhikkhu, when you diligently cultivate the three trainings, in due time you will naturally put an end to the outflows and attain liberation of mind."
佛說此經已，諸比丘聞佛所說，歡喜奉行。
When the Buddha finished speaking this sutra, the monks who heard his teaching rejoiced and resolved to put it into practice.