He who has gone for refuge to the Buddha, the Teaching and his Order, penetrates with transcendental wisdom the Four Noble Truths – suffering, the cessation of suffering, and the Noble Eightfold Path leading to the cessation of suffering.
Trái lại, quy y Phật, Pháp, Tăng, phát trí tuệ chơn chánh, hiểu thấu Bốn lẽ mầu: Biết khổ, biết khổ ________________ 25 Thọ thần: Thọ chi đề (Rkkhacetya) là “ thọ miếu”, vị thọ thần của Ấn Độ tín ngưỡng, lấy cây làm đối tượng sùng bái, như đối với tháp miếu vậy. nhân, biết khổ diệt, và biết Tám chi Thánh đạo (26) diệt trừ hết khổ não. Đó là chỗ quy y an ổn, là chỗ quy y tối thượng. Ai quy y được như vậy, giải thoát hết khổ đau. Driven only by fear, do men go for refuge to many places – to hills, woods, groves, trees and shrines. Such, indeed, is no safe refuge; such is not the refuge supreme. Not bu resorting to such a refuge is one released from all suffering. He who has gone for refuge to the Buddha, his Teaching and his Order, penetrates with transcendental wisdom the Four Noble Truths – suffering, the cause of suffering, the cessation of suffering, and the Noble Eightfold Path leading to the cessation of suffering. This indeed is the safe refuge, this is the refuge supreme. Having gone to such a refuge, one is released from all suffering.
Deep Commentary
This verse concludes the teaching given to the Brahmin Aggidatta regarding the nature of true refuge. It underscores that relying on external, impermanent phenomena—such as worldly power, nature, or deities—cannot resolve the fundamental human condition of suffering. The Buddha emphasizes that while the Triple Gem serves as an essential guide, liberation is a personal journey. By embodying the wisdom of the Four Noble Truths and diligently following the Noble Eightfold Path, the practitioner transforms reliance on the external Triple Gem into the realization of the internal Triple Gem, thereby achieving permanent cessation of suffering.
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