法苑珠林 66.20

66.20

沫聚喻於色　受如水中泡
想譬熱時焰　行為若芭蕉
器幻喻如識　諸佛說若此
當為觀是要　熟省而思惟
空虛之為審　不覩其有常
欲見陰當爾　真智說皆然
三事斷絕時　知身無所直
命盡溫暖氣　捨身而轉逝
當其死臥地　猶草無所知
觀其狀如是　但幻而愚貪
止止為無安　亦無有牢強
知五陰如此　比丘宜精進
是以當晝夜　自覺念正智
受行寂滅道　行除最安樂

"A cluster of foam is a simile for form; / feeling is like a bubble on water; / perception is compared to a mirage in the heat; / formations are like a plantain tree; / a vessel of illusion is a simile for consciousness: / thus do the Buddhas speak. / One should observe these essentials, / carefully examine and reflect upon them: / empty and hollow, ascertain them to be so; / one does not see them to have permanence. / If one wishes to see the aggregates, it should be thus; / true wisdom says all are so. / When the three things are severed, / know that the body is worth nothing: / life exhausted, warmth and breath / abandon the body and pass away. / When dead and lying on the ground, / like grass, it knows nothing. / Observing its condition to be like this, / it is merely an illusion, yet the foolish crave it. / Cease, cease! It provides no security, / nor has it any solidity. / Knowing the five aggregates to be thus, / a monk should be vigorous. / Therefore, day and night, / one should awaken oneself and be mindful of correct wisdom, / practice the path of quiescent extinction; / the elimination of conditioned action is the highest peace and joy."