Samyuktagama (Sanskrit fragments) 104.45

104.45

「如是，焰摩迦比丘！愚癡無聞凡夫於五受陰作常想、安隱想、不病想、我想、我所想，於此五受陰保持護惜，終為此五受陰怨家所害。如彼長者，為詐親怨家所害而不覺知。焰摩迦！多聞聖弟子於此五受陰，觀察如病、如癰、如刺、如殺，無常、苦、空、非我、非我所，於此五受陰不著、不受、不受故不著，不著故自覺涅槃：『我生已盡，梵行已立，所作已作，自知不受後有。』」

“Thus, Yamaka, foolish, unlearned ordinary people perceive permanence, solace, health, self, and what belongs to self in the five acquired aggregates. They preserve and guard these five acquired aggregates, but the five acquired aggregates are enemies that do them harm in the end. Like it was with that prominent man, they are pretend friends that do them harm, but people don’t realize it.

“Yamaka, well-versed noble disciples observe that these five acquired aggregates are like illnesses, abscesses, thorns, and killers. They’re impermanent, painful, empty, not self, and don’t belong to self. Noble disciples don’t cling to or acquire them. Because they don’t acquire them, they aren’t attached to them. Because they aren’t attached to them, they themselves realize Nirvāṇa: ‘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.’”