Samyuktagama (Sanskrit fragments) 191.4

191.4

爾時，世尊告諸比丘：「於眼若不識、不知、不斷、不離欲者，不堪任越生、老、病、死苦。耳、鼻、舌、身、意，不識、不知、不斷、不離欲者，不堪任越生、老、病、死苦。諸比丘！於眼若識、若知、若斷、若離欲者，堪任越生、老、病、死苦。於耳、鼻、舌、身、意，若識、若知、若斷、若離欲，堪任越生、老、病、死苦。」

It was then that the Bhagavān addressed the monks, “If someone doesn’t know and understand and doesn’t stop and become free of desire for the eye, it isn’t possible for them to transcend the suffering of birth, old age, illness, and death. Not knowing and understanding or stopping and becoming free of desire for the ear … nose … tongue … body … mind, it isn’t possible to transcend the suffering of birth, old age, illness, and death.

“Monks, if someone knows and understands and stops and becomes free of desire for the eye, it’s possible for them to transcend the suffering of birth, old age, illness, and death. If they know and understand and stop and become free of desire for the ear … nose … tongue … body … mind, it’s possible for them to transcend the suffering of birth, old age, illness, and death.”