The Related Discourses
2. The Sense Fields
| （一八九） 正思惟 | 5 (189). Correctly Contemplated |
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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： 「於眼當正思惟，觀察無常。 所以者何？ 於眼正思惟，觀察無常故，於眼欲貪斷。 欲貪斷故，我說心正解脫。 | 2. It was then that the Bhagavān addressed the monks, “One should correctly contemplate the eye, observe that it’s impermanent[, and truly know it].1 Why is that? Because the eye is correctly contemplated, observed to be impermanent, [and truly known,] one’s desire and greed for the eye stops. I say one’s mind is correctly liberated because they’ve stopped desire and greed. |
| 「耳⋯鼻⋯舌⋯身⋯意，正思惟，觀察⋯故⋯欲貪斷。 欲貪斷者，我說心正解脫。 | 3. “Because one correctly contemplates and observes … the ear … nose … tongue … body … mind, they stop desire and greed … I say one’s mind is correctly liberated because they’ve stopped desire and greed. |
| 「如是，比丘，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. “Thus, monks, 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. |
Notes
- This is sūtra no. 189 in the Taisho edition and no. 183 in Yinshun (T99.2.49b17-25). It’s parallel to SN 35.158-9 and SĀ 1.5. [back]
- and truly know it. I’ve restored this phrase because it occurs in both SĀ 1.5 (“於色當正思惟，觀色無常，如實知”) and SN 35.158 (“cakkhuṁ, bhikkhave, yoniso manasi karotha, cakkhāniccatañca yathābhūtaṁ samanupassatha”). I place restored passages in [] to indicate that they aren’t present in the CBETA or Taisho editions. [back]
Translator: Charles Patton
Last Revised: 15 March 2024
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