法苑珠林 95.29

95.29

蓋聞三界之宅。寔四大之器。六塵之境。是五陰所居。良由妄想虛搆惑倒交興。致使萬苦爭纏百憂總萃。今既報熟命臨風燭。然眾生貪著至死不覺。恐在舊所戀愛資財。染著眷屬。佛教移處令生厭離。知無常將至使興心正念也。

Now, we have heard that the house of the three realms is truly a vessel of the four great elements; the sphere of the six sense-objects is what the five aggregates inhabit. It is precisely because false imaginings are vainly constructed and confusion and inversion arise in succession that myriad sufferings compete to entangle and a hundred worries gather all together. Now, since retribution has matured and life is like a candle before the wind, yet sentient beings cling covetously and remain unaware unto death, fearing that in their accustomed place they will long for their wealth and resources and become attached to their relatives, the Buddha's teaching requires them to be moved to another place to give rise to weariness and renunciation, and to know that impermanence is about to arrive, causing them to generate a mind of right mindfulness.