諸經要集 20.12

20.12

Furthermore, the Saddharmasmṛtyupasthāna-sūtra says: At that time, the Yama Devarāja briefly said to the assembly of devas: 'Among humans, there are sixteen sufferings. What are the sixteen? They are subsumed under the good realm among devas and humans: first, the suffering of the intermediate existence; second, the suffering of dwelling in the womb; third, the suffering of emerging from the womb; fourth, the suffering of seeking food; fifth, the suffering of meeting with the hated; sixth, the suffering of parting from the loved; seventh, the suffering of cold, heat, and the like; eighth, the suffering of illness; ninth, the suffering of serving others; tenth, the suffering of seeking and laboring; eleventh, the suffering of associating with bad companions; twelfth, the suffering of affliction and decline among wives, children, and relatives; thirteenth, the suffering of hunger and thirst; fourteenth, the suffering of being despised and disparaged by others; fifteenth, the suffering of old age; sixteenth, the suffering of death. Such are the sixteen great sufferings among humans. In the human realm, up to the end of life and the remaining manifold sufferings, within saṃsāra they cannot be endured; within conditioned phenomena there is not the least pleasure; all is impermanent and all is ruinous.' At that time, the Yama Devarāja spoke in verse: