The Related Discourses
1. The Aggregates
| （一〇） 解脫 | 16 (10). Liberation |
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| 如是我聞： 一時，佛住舍衛國、祇樹、給孤獨園。 | 1. Thus I have heard:1 One time, the Buddha was staying at Anāthapiṇḍada’s Park in Jeta’s Grove of Śrāvastī. |
| 爾時，世尊告諸比丘： 「色無常。 無常即苦，苦即非我，非我者即非我所。 如是觀者名真實觀。 如是，受⋯想⋯行⋯識無常，無常即苦，苦即非我，非我者即非我所。 如是觀者名真實觀。 | 2. It was then that the Bhagavān addressed the monks, “Form is impermanent. What’s impermanent is painful, something painful is not self, and something that’s not self doesn’t belong to self, either. Observing it in this way is called a true observation. Thus, feeling … conception … volition … awareness is impermanent. What’s impermanent is painful, something painful is not self, and something that’s not self doesn’t belong to self, either. Observing it in this way is called true observation. |
| 「聖弟子如是觀者於色解脫⋯ 於受⋯想⋯行⋯識解脫。 我說是等解脫於生、老、病、死、憂、悲、苦、惱。」 | 3. “Noble disciples who observe it in this way are liberated from form … liberated from sensation … conception … volition … awareness. I say that this is liberation2 from birth, old age, illness, death, grief, sorrow, pain, and trouble.” |
| 時，諸比丘聞佛所說，歡喜奉行。 | 4. When the monks heard what the Buddha taught, they rejoiced and approved. |
Notes
This is sūtra no. 10 in the Taisho edition and no. 16 in Yinshun (T99.2.2a12-20, Y30.13a13-14a2). It’s a variant of the previous one (SĀ 1.15), and both are parallel with SN 22.15 and similar to SN 22.16-17. See the notes to SĀ 1.15 for more discussion of these parallels. [back]
this is liberation. C. 是等解脫. The parallel passage in SĀ 1.18 reads 是等為解脫, which makes a bit more sense than 等解脫. It means that liberation from the five aggregates (是等, “these things”) is liberation from suffering. As the Taisho reads here, I would take 等解脫 to mean “complete” or “thorough liberation” (S. *sama or sam- + (vi)mokṣa?). But I think this is a case of inattentive copying leading to minor omissions. In this case, 為 was lost. [back]
Translator: Charles Patton
Last Revised: 19 December 2023
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