Samyuktagama (Sanskrit fragments) 262.13

262.13

爾時，阿難語闡陀言：「我親從佛聞，教摩訶迦旃延言：『世人顛倒依於二邊，若有、若無，世人取諸境界，心便計著。迦旃延！若不受、不取、不住、不計於我，此苦生時生、滅時滅。迦旃延！於此不疑、不惑、不由於他而能自知，是名正見，如來所說。所以者何？迦旃延！如實正觀世間集者，則不生世間無見，如實正觀世間滅，則不生世間有見。迦旃延！如來離於二邊，說於中道，所謂此有故彼有，此生故彼生，謂緣無明有行，乃至生、老、病、死、憂、悲、惱、苦集；所謂此無故彼無，此滅故彼滅，謂無明滅則行滅，乃至生、老、病、死、憂、悲、惱、苦滅。』」

Ānanda then said to Chandaka, “I personally heard the Buddha say this when he was teaching Mahākātyāyana: ‘Worldly people are deluded by their reliance on two extreme positions, either existence or non-existence. Worldly people grasp at their domains, and then their minds become attached to what they imagine.

“‘Kātyāyana, if one doesn’t accept, grasp, abide, or imagine the self, then when pain arises here, it arises, and it ceases when it ceases. Kātyāyana, they won’t be doubtful or confused. They’ll know for themselves instead of getting it from someone else. This is called right view as explained by the Tathāgata. Why is that?

“‘Kātyāyana, someone who truely and correctly contemplates the formation of the world won’t give rise to the view that the world doesn’t exist. Truly and correctly contemplating the cessation of the world, they won’t give rise to the view that the world exists.

“‘Kātyāyana, the Tathāgata has abandoned these two extreme positions and teaches the middle way. That is, “That exists because this exists. That arises because this arose.” This refers to there being action because of ignorance … and then birth, old age, illness, death, sorrow, lamentation, trouble, and suffering form. That is, “That doesn’t exist because this doesn’t exist. That ceases because this ceased.” This refers to action ceasing when ignorance ceases … and then birth, old age, illness, death, sorrow, lamentation, trouble, and pain cease.’”