諸經要集 20.18

20.18

何謂死苦。人死之時。四百四病同時俱作。四大欲散魂神不安。欲死之時。刀風解形無處不痛。白汗流出兩手摸空。室家內外在其左右。憂悲涕泣痛徹骨髓。不能自勝。死者去之。風逝氣絕。火滅身冷。風光失次。魂靈去矣。身體侹直無所復知。旬日之間肉壞血流。膖脹爛臭甚不可近。棄之曠野眾鳥噉食。肉盡骨乾髑髏異處。此是苦不。答言。實是大苦。何謂恩愛別苦。謂室家內外兄弟妻子。共相戀慕。一朝破亡為人抄劫。各自分張。父東子西母南女北。非唯一處。為人奴婢各自悲呼。心肉斷絕。窈窈冥冥無有相見之期。此是苦不。答言。實是大苦。

"What is meant by the suffering of death? At the time when a person dies, the four hundred and four ailments arise all at once. The four great elements are about to disperse, and the soul is ill at ease. When on the verge of death, the knife-like wind dissevers the body, and there is nowhere that does not ache. White sweat flows forth, and both hands grope at the air. Family and kin, both within and without, surround them on left and right, grieving, weeping, their pain piercing to the bone marrow, unable to bear it. The dying person departs: the breath is gone and respiration ceases; the fire is extinguished and the body grows cold. Wind and light lose their order; the soul departs. The corpse lies stiff and straight, conscious of nothing. Within ten days, the flesh rots and blood flows forth; it swells, festers, and stinks so terribly that none can approach. Cast out into the open wilderness, birds devour it. The flesh consumed and the bones dried up, the skull lies in another place. Is this suffering or not?" One replies: "Truly, it is great suffering." "What is meant by the suffering of separation from what is loved? It means that inside and outside the household, brothers, wives, and children fondly cherish one another. In a single morning they are ruined and destroyed, plundered by bandits, and scattered in every direction: father to the east, son to the west, mother to the south, and daughter to the north—none in the same place. Becoming slaves and maidservants, they each cry out in grief, their hearts and flesh torn asunder, in vast obscurity, with no prospect of ever seeing one another again. Is this suffering or not?" One replies: "Truly, it is great suffering."