佛垂般涅槃略說教誡經 1.19

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爾時阿㝹樓馱觀察眾心而白佛言：「世尊！月可令熱，日可令冷，佛說四諦不可令異。佛說苦諦真實是苦，不可令樂；集真是因，更無異因；苦若滅者即是因滅，因滅故果滅。滅苦之道實是真道，更無餘道。世尊！是諸比丘於四諦中決定無疑。於此眾中所作未辦者，見佛滅度當有悲感，若有初入法者，聞佛所說即皆得度，譬如夜見電光即得見道；若所作已辦、已度苦海者，但作是念：『世尊滅度，一何疾哉！』」

At that time, Aniruddha observed the minds of the assembly and addressed the Buddha, saying: “World-Honoured One, the moon could be made hot and the sun could be made cold, but the four truths spoken by the Buddha could never be made different. The truth of suffering spoken by the Buddha is truly suffering, and cannot be made into pleasure; origination is truly the cause, and there is no other cause; if suffering is extinguished, it is because the cause is extinguished, and because the cause is extinguished, the fruit is extinguished. The path to the extinction of suffering is truly the true path, and there is no other path. World-Honoured One, these monks are completely free from doubt regarding the four truths. Among this assembly, those who have not yet accomplished their task will feel grief upon seeing the Buddha's passing into extinction; if there are those who have newly entered the Dharma, hearing what the Buddha has spoken, they will all attain liberation, just as seeing a flash of lightning at night allows one to see the path; those who have already accomplished their task and crossed the ocean of suffering will only think: ‘How swift was the World-Honoured One’s passing into extinction!’”