Samyuktagama (Sanskrit fragments) 760

760.1

（七六〇）

(760)

Thus I have heard: One time, the Buddha was staying at Anāthapiṇḍada’s Park in Jeta’s Grove of Śrāvastī.

760.2

如是我聞：

Thus have I heard:

760.3

一時，佛住舍衛國祇樹給孤獨園。

At one time, the Buddha was staying at Śrāvastī in the Jetavana Anāthapiṇḍadārāma.

760.4

爾時，世尊告諸比丘：「世有三法，不可喜、不可愛、不可念。何等為三？謂老、病、死，此三法不可喜、不可愛、不可念。世間若無此三法不可喜、不可愛、不可念者，無有如來、應、等正覺出於世間，世間亦不知有如來說法教誡、教授。以世間有此三法不可喜、不可愛、不可念故，如來、應、等正覺出於世間，世間知有如來說法教誡、教授。」

At that time, the Bhagavat told the bhikṣus: "There are three dharmas in the world that are not pleasing, not beloved, and not desirable. What are the three? Namely, aging, sickness, and death; these three dharmas are not pleasing, not beloved, and not desirable. If there were not these three dharmas in the world that are not pleasing, not beloved, and not desirable, no Tathāgata, Arhat, Samyaksambuddha would arise in the world, nor would the world know of the Tathāgata's teaching, admonishing, and instructing. Because there are in the world these three dharmas that are not pleasing, not beloved, and not desirable, the Tathāgata, Arhat, Samyaksambuddha arises in the world, and the world knows of the Tathāgata's teaching, admonishing, and instructing."

It was then that the Bhagavān addressed the monks, “The world has three things that are disagreeable, unattractive, and immemorable. What are the three? They are old age, illness, and death. These three things are disagreeable, unattractive, and immemorable. If the world didn’t have these three things that are disagreeable, unattractive, and immemorable, there wouldn’t be a Tathāgata, an Arhat, or a Completely Awakened One who appears in it. The world wouldn’t know there was a teaching, instruction, or guidance taught by the Tathāgata, either. The Tathāgata, the Arhat, and the Completely Awakened One appears in the world because it has these three things that are disagreeable, unattractive, and immemorable, and the world does know that there is a teaching, instruction, and guidance taught by the Tathāgata.”

760.5

諸比丘白佛：「有道有跡，斷此三法不可喜、不可愛、不可念者不？」

The bhikṣus said to the Buddha: "Is there a path, is there a track, to sever these three dharmas that are not pleasing, not beloved, and not desirable?"

The monks asked the Buddha, “Isn’t there a path and steps that put an end to these three things that are disagreeable, unattractive, and immemorable?”

760.6

佛告比丘：「有道有跡，修習多修習，斷此三法不可喜、不可愛、不可念。何等為道？何等為跡？修習多修習，斷此三法不可喜、不可愛、不可念？謂八聖道，正見、正志、正語、正業、正命、正方便、正念、正定。」

The Buddha told the bhikṣus: "There is a path, there is a track, by cultivating and frequently cultivating which one severs these three dharmas that are not pleasing, not beloved, and not desirable. What is the path? What is the track, by cultivating and frequently cultivating which one severs these three dharmas that are not pleasing, not beloved, and not desirable? It is the noble eightfold path: right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right samādhi."

The Buddha told the monks, “There is a path and steps that put an end to these three things that are disagreeable, unattractive, and immemorable when cultivated and cultivated often. What is that path and those steps that put an end to these three things that are disagreeable, unattractive, and immemorable when cultivated and cultivated often? It’s the noble eightfold path and right view, right intent, right speech, right action, right method, right mindfulness, and right samādhi.”

760.7

佛說此經已，諸比丘聞佛所說，歡喜奉行。

When the Buddha had spoken this sūtra, the bhikṣus, hearing what the Buddha had said, rejoiced and practiced accordingly.

After the Buddha spoke this sūtra, the monks who heard what the Buddha taught rejoiced and approved.