[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [坐禪三昧經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614) › 2.20 # 坐禪三昧經 2.20 坐禪三昧經 2.20 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614.2.20) 身實相如是！何故於此，而起顛倒愛著此身？諦思惟念，身邊樂痛，以愛樂痛故著此身，當觀樂痛實不可得。云何不得因衣食故致樂？樂過則苦生，非實樂故。如患瘡苦，以藥塗治，痛止為樂。以大苦故，謂小苦為樂，非實樂也。復次以故苦為苦，新苦為樂。如擔重易肩，而以新重為樂，非實常樂也。如火性熱，無暫冷時。若是實樂，不應有不樂。 > The true mark of the body is like this! Why, in regard to this, does one give rise to viparyāsa and crave and cling to this body? Carefully reflecting and contemplating: pleasant sensation is bound up with the body; because one craves pleasant sensation, one is attached to this body. One should contemplate that pleasant sensation is truly unobtainable. How is it not obtained? One derives pleasure due to clothing and food, but when pleasure exceeds \[its measure\], suffering arises, so it is not true pleasure. Just as in the suffering of being afflicted by a sore, one applies medicine to treat it, and the cessation of pain is considered pleasure; because of a great suffering, one calls a small suffering pleasure, but it is not true pleasure. Furthermore, one takes old suffering as suffering and new suffering as pleasure. Just as when carrying a heavy load and shifting it to the other shoulder, one takes the new weight as pleasure, but it is not true or lasting pleasure. Just as the nature of fire is hot, without a moment of coldness: if it were true pleasure, there should be no displeasure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614.2.19) - [Next: 2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614.2.21) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614~en-mt.2.20) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614.2.20) · Pramāṇa