Samyuktagama (Sanskrit fragments) 156.4
雜阿含經 156.4
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156.4
爾時,世尊告諸比丘:「何所有故,何所起?何所繫著,何所見我?令諸眾生作如是見、如是說:『諸眾生此世活,死後斷壞無所有,四大和合士夫,身命終時,地歸地、水歸水、火歸火、風歸風,根隨空轉,輿床第五,四人持死人往塜間,乃至未燒可知燒然已,骨白鴿色立,高慢者知施,黠慧者知受,若說有者,彼一切虛誑妄說,若愚若智,死後他世,俱斷壞無所有。』?」
It was then that the Bhagavān addressed the monks, “What is it that exists, that arises, that ties, that’s an attachment, and that’s viewed as self and causes sentient beings to create such views and such statements? ‘Sentient beings are alive in this world. After death, they are destroyed and become non-existent. The four elements combine to form a man. When his life ends, earth returns to earth, water returns to water, fire returns to fire, wind returns to wind, and his faculties turn into space. The bier bed being fifth, four people carry his dead body to the graveyard … he’s recognizable before he’s burned. After he’s burned, his bones are made white as a dove. The conceited know generosity, and the intelligent know acceptance. Those who say [its fruit] exists are all vain and speaking falsely. Whether foolish or wise, in the other world after death, they are both destroyed and become non-existent.’”
Translations (2)
- The Connected Discourses (selected sūtras) — Charles Patton, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Linked texts (2)
- Sāmaññaphalasutta — Pāli
- Natthidinnasutta — Pāli