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Anātmalakṣaṇa Sūtra (’Characteristic of Nonself’)

非我

雜阿含經(三三)

雜阿含經

如是我聞: 

Thus have I heard:

一時,佛住舍衞國,祇樹,給孤獨園。

At one time, the Buddha was staying in Śrāvastī, at Jeta's Grove, in Anāthapiṇḍika's Park.

爾時,世尊告諸比丘: 「色非是我。 若色是我者,不應於色病苦生,亦不應於色欲: 『令如是,不令如是。』 以色無我故,於色有病有苦生,亦得於色欲: 『令如是,不令如是。』 受、想、行、識亦復如是。

At that time, the World-Honored One said to the bhikkhus: "Form is not self. If form were self, it should not give rise to affliction or suffering, and one should be able to have it of form: 'Let it be thus, let it not be thus.' It is because form is not self that it gives rise to affliction and suffering, and one cannot have it of form: 'Let it be thus, let it not be thus.' The same is true of feeling, perception, formations, and consciousness.

「比丘,於意云何? 色爲是常,爲無常耶?」

"Bhikkhus, what do you think? Is form permanent or impermanent?"

比丘白佛: 「無常,世尊。」

The bhikkhus replied to the Buddha: "Impermanent, World-Honored One."

「比丘,若無常者,是苦,不?」

"If it is impermanent, is it suffering or not?"

比丘白佛: 「是苦,世尊。」

The bhikkhus replied to the Buddha: "It is suffering, World-Honored One."

「若無常、苦,是變易法。 多聞聖弟子於中寧見有我、異我、相在,不?」

"If it is impermanent and suffering, it is subject to change. Would a well-instructed noble disciple regard that as self, as distinct from self, or as existing in self?"

比丘白佛: 「不也,世尊。」

The bhikkhus replied to the Buddha: "No, World-Honored One."

「受、想、行、識亦復如是。 是故,比丘,諸所有色,若過去、若未來、若現在,若内、若外,若麁、若細,若好、若醜,若遠、若近,彼一切非我、不異我、不相在。 如是觀察。 受、想、行、識亦復如是。

"The same is true of feeling, perception, formations, and consciousness. Therefore, bhikkhus, any kind of form whatsoever, whether past, future, or present, internal or external, gross or subtle, inferior or superior, far or near, all form is not self, is not distinct from self, does not exist in self. This should be seen as it really is with correct wisdom. The same is true of feeling, perception, formations, and consciousness.

「比丘,多聞聖弟子於此五受陰非我、非我所如實觀察。 如實觀察已,於諸世間都無所取。 無所取故,無所著。 無所著故,自覺涅槃: 『我生已盡,梵行已立,所作已作。 自知不受後有。』」

"Bhikkhus, when a well-instructed noble disciple sees thus, he grows disenchanted with form, disenchanted with feeling, disenchanted with perception, disenchanted with formations, disenchanted with consciousness. Through disenchantment, he becomes dispassionate. Through dispassion, he is liberated. When liberated, there comes the knowledge: 'It is liberated.' He understands: 'Birth is ended, the holy life has been lived, what had to be done has been done, there is no more coming to any state of being.'"

佛説此經已,諸比丘聞佛所説歡喜,奉行。

"Bhikkhus, when a well-instructed noble disciple sees thus, he grows disenchanted with form, disenchanted with feeling, disenchanted with perception, disenchanted with formations, disenchanted with consciousness. Through disenchantment, he becomes dispassionate. Through dispassion, he is liberated. When liberated, there comes the knowledge: 'It is liberated.' He understands: 'Birth is ended, the holy life has been lived, what had to be done has been done, there is no more coming to any state of being.'"