The Related Discourses
2. The Sense Fields
| （一八八） 無常、苦、空、非我 | 1-4 (188). Impermanent, Painful, Empty, and Not Self |
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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： 「當正觀察眼無常。 如是觀者是名正見。 正觀故，生厭。 生厭故，離喜、離貪。離喜、貪故，我說心正解脫。 | 2. It was then that the Bhagavān addressed the monks, “You should correctly observe the eye to be [1] impermanent … [2] painful … [3] empty … [4] not self. Observing it in this way is called right view. Because it’s correctly observed, disillusionment arises. Because disillusionment arises, one becomes free of delight and greed. I say one’s mind is correctly liberated because they are free of delight and greed. |
| 「如是，耳⋯鼻⋯舌⋯身⋯意⋯離喜、離貪。 離喜、貪故，比丘，我說心正解脫。 | 3. “Thus with the ear … nose … tongue … body … mind … one becomes free of delight and greed. Monks, I say one’s mind is correctly liberated because they are free of delight and greed. |
| 「心正解脫者能自記說： 『我生已盡，梵行已立，所作已作。 自知不受後有。』」 | 4. “Someone who’s mind is correctly liberated can declare about themselves: ‘My births have been ended, the religious practice has been established, and the task has been accomplished. I myself know that I won’t be subject to a later existence.’” |
| 佛說此經已，諸比丘聞佛所說歡喜，奉行。 | 5. After the Buddha spoke this sūtra, the monks who heard what the Buddha taught rejoiced and approved. |
| （如「無常」，如是「苦」、「空」、「非我」，亦如是說。） | 6. Like “impermanence,” “pain,” “emptiness,” and “not self” are taught in the same way. |
Notes
- These four sūtras (SĀ 2.1-4) are sūtra no. 188 in the Taisho edition and nos. 179-82 in Yinshun (T99.2.49b7-16). They are parallel with SN 35.156-7 and SĀ 1.1-4. These four sūtras follow the same template with the keywords “painful,” “empty,” and “not self” substituted for “impermanent” in SĀ 2.2-4. [back]
Translator: Charles Patton
Last Revised: 15 March 2024
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