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雜阿含經 Related Discourses 1
(一) 1-4. Impermanent, Painful, Empty, and Not Self
如是我聞： Thus I have heard:
一時，佛住舍衞國，祇樹，給孤獨園。 One time, the Buddha was staying at Anāthapiṇḍada’s Park in Jeta’s Grove of Śrāvastī.
爾時，世尊告諸比丘： It was then that the Bhagavān addressed the monks,
「當觀色無常。 “You should observe that form is [1] impermanent … [2] painful … [3] empty … [4] not self.
如是觀者則爲正見。 Such observation then is right view.
正觀者則生厭離。 Correctly observing it gives rise to disillusionment.
厭離者喜、貪盡。 Being disillusioned, delight and greed [for form] will end.
喜、貪盡者説心解脱。 When delight and greed [for form] have ended, that’s said to be the mind’s liberation.
「如是觀受⋯想⋯行⋯識無常。 “Thus observe that feeling … perception … volition … consciousness is [1] impermanent … [2] painful … [3] empty … [4] not self.
如是觀者則爲正見。 Such observation then is right view.
正觀者則生厭離。 Correctly observing it gives rise to disillusionment.
厭離者喜、貪盡。 Being disillusioned, delight and greed [for consciousness] will end.
喜、貪盡者説心解脱。 When delight and greed [for consciousness] have ended, that’s said to be the mind’s liberation.
「如是，比丘，心解脱者，若欲自證，則能自證： “Thus, monks, someone wanting to realize the mind’s liberation for themselves then can realize it:
『我生已盡，梵行已立，所作已作。 ‘My births have been ended, the religious practice has been established, and the task has been accomplished.
自知不受後有。』」 I myself know that I won’t be subject to a later existence.’”
時，諸比丘聞佛所説歡喜，奉行。 When the monks heard what the Buddha taught, they rejoiced and approved.
如觀無常，苦、空、非我亦復如是。