Samyuktagama (Sanskrit fragments) 266.5

266.5

「比丘！譬如狗子繫柱，彼繫不斷，長夜繞柱，輪迴而轉。如是，比丘！愚夫眾生不如實知色、色集、色滅、色味、色患、色離，長夜輪迴，順色而轉。如是不如實知受、想、行、識、識集、識滅、識味、識患、識離，長夜輪迴，順識而轉。諸比丘！隨色轉、隨受轉、隨想轉、隨行轉、隨識轉。隨色轉故，不脫於色，隨受、想、行、識轉故，不脫於識。以不脫故，不脫生、老、病、死、憂、悲、惱、苦。多聞聖弟子如實知色、色集、色滅、色味、色患、色離故，不隨色轉；如實知受、想、行、識、識集、識滅、識味、識患、識離故，不隨識轉。不隨轉故，脫於色，脫於受、想、行、識，我說脫於生、老、病、死、憂、悲、惱、苦。」

“Monks, it’s like a dog tied to a post. While that tie isn’t broken, he’ll go around that post for a long night, turning as he circles it. In this way, monks, foolish sentient beings who don’t truly know form, the formation of form, the cessation of form, the enjoyment of form, the trouble of form, and the escape from form circulate around for a long night, turning as they follow form. In this way, [foolish sentient beings] who don’t truly know feeling … conception … volition … consciousness, the formation of consciousness, the cessation of consciousness, the enjoyment of consciousness, the trouble of consciousness, and the escape from consciousness, circulate around for a long night, turning as they follow consciousness.

“Monks, they turn to follow form, turn to follow feeling, turn to follow conception, turn to follow volition, and turn to follow consciousness. Because they turn to follow form, they aren’t freed from form. Because they turn to follow feeling … conception … volition … consciousness, they aren’t freed from consciousness. Not being freed from them, they aren’t freed from birth, old age, illness, death, sorrow, lamentation, trouble, and pain.

“When a well-versed noble disciple truly knows form, the formation of form, cessation of form, enjoyment of form, trouble of form, and escape from form … truly knows feeling … conception … volition … consciousness, the formation of consciousness, the cessation of consciousness, the enjoyment of consciousness, the trouble of consciousness, and the escape from consciousness, they don’t turn to follow consciousness. Not turning to follow it, they are freed from form, freed from feeling … conception … volition … consciousness. I say they are freed from birth, old age, illness, death, sorrow, lamentation, trouble, and pain.”