[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) › 2.24 # 坐禪三昧經 2.24 坐禪三昧經 2.24 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614.2.24) 復次觀心為屬誰？觀想、思惟、念欲等諸心相應法不相應法，諦觀其主，主不可得。何以故？從因緣生故無常，無常故苦，苦故不自在，不自在故無主，無主故空。前別觀身、痛、心、法不可得，今更總觀四念止中主不可得，離此處求亦不可得。若常不可得，無常亦不可得；若常應當常苦常樂，亦不應忘；若常有神者，無殺惱罪，亦無涅槃；若身是神，無常身滅，神亦應滅，亦無後世，亦無罪福。如是遍觀無主，諸法皆空不自在，因緣合故生，因緣壞故滅，如是緣合法，是名法念止。 > Furthermore, one contemplates: to whom does the mind belong? Contemplating perception, thinking, mindfulness, desire, and other dharmas associated with the mind and unassociated with the mind, carefully looking for their master, a master is unobtainable. Why is this? Born of causes and conditions, they are therefore anitya; being anitya, they are duḥkha; being duḥkha, they lack mastery; lacking mastery, they are without a master; being without a master, they are empty. Previously, by contemplating body, sensation, mind, and dharmas separately, \[a master\] was unobtainable; now, comprehensively contemplating the four applications of mindfulness, a master is unobtainable, and seeking apart from these, \[a master\] is also unobtainable. If the permanent is unobtainable, the impermanent is also unobtainable. If it were permanent, it should always suffer or always enjoy pleasure, and should never forget. If there were a permanent soul, there would be no sin of killing or harming, and there would also be no nirvāṇa. If the body were the soul, when the anitya body is destroyed, the soul should also be destroyed, and there would be no future lives, nor would there be sin or merit. Thus comprehensively contemplating that there is no master, all dharmas are empty and lack mastery; arising because causes and conditions combine, and perishing because causes and conditions dissolve—dharmas combined of conditions such as these: this is called mindfulness of dharmas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614.2.23) - [Next: 2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614.2.25) - [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.2.24) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614.2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614.2.24) · Pramāṇa