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English version: Ordinary people cannot truly know the five aggregates of clinging (five skandhas, namely form, feeling, perception, mental formations, and consciousness) as they really are. Ordinary people do not understand 'grasping' and do not understand the aggregates of clinging. 'Holder of the World (a Bodhisattva's name)! What is meant by 'grasping'? 'Grasping' refers to self-grasping, sentient being-grasping, view-grasping, precept-grasping, five aggregates-grasping, eighteen elements-grasping, and twelve links of dependent origination-grasping. These are called 'grasping'. Even all dharmas, whether internal or external, such as desire-grasping, existence-grasping, sense-perception-grasping, and grasping of 'I' and 'mine'.' 'Holder of the World! Ordinary people do not understand or see these false graspings. Due to distorted conditions, they grasp at all dharmas. Such people are bound by 'grasping'. Because of ignorance, they grasp at formations; formations, in turn, cause grasping at consciousness; consciousness causes grasping at name and form (mind and matter). The gross appearance of name and form causes sentient beings to become attached and turn towards it. This is called form-grasping, form-union, form-bondage, and grasping at the four formless aggregates (feeling, perception, mental formations, and consciousness). Feeling, perception, mental formations, and consciousness are merely names.' 'Holder of the World! If there were no Buddhas appearing, sentient beings would have no knowledge or vision and could not correctly observe the five aggregates of clinging. The Buddhas appear in the world to destroy sentient beings' reliance on form, to destroy reliance on feeling, perception, mental formations, and consciousness, and to destroy the appearance of unity and harmony. The Buddhas, the Thus Come Ones, explain it this way: 'What you rely on and turn to is called form, and this form is merely a combination of the four great elements (earth, water, fire, and wind); feeling, perception, mental formations, and consciousness are merely names. Because the appearance of name and form is established, it is said that there are five aggregates of clinging. You sentient beings should not greedily turn to these unstable five aggregates of clinging.' 'Holder of the World! Why does the Thus Come One speak of the five aggregates of clinging? Holder of the World! It is because ordinary people arise from delusion and enter the net of ignorance, running back and forth. Where do they ultimately turn? They greedily receive the appearance of the five aggregates of clinging and think, 'If I rely on these, I will obtain happiness.' Such people, because of this thought of happiness, greedily turn to the five aggregates, or with thoughts of suffering, or with thoughts of neither suffering nor happiness, they greedily turn to the five aggregates. The place where ordinary people turn to and rely on is called the five aggregates.' 'Holder of the World! These ordinary people, from birth, are blindly ignorant, not knowing what the five aggregates are, not knowing where the five aggregates come from. Because they do not understand the true nature of the five aggregates, they greedily receive the five aggregates, and therefore it is called the aggregates of clinging. Among these five aggregates, who is the receiver? In reality, the receiver is unattainable.' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chinese
但以颠倒贪着分别虚妄自缚无明痴闇故，取我取我所，取此彼，是故说受阴是五阴，无有取者亦无决定相。是故，智者知非阴是五受阴，颠倒阴是五受阴，无明阴是五受阴，凡夫于此为所系缚，贪归五取阴。以贪归故不知何等是取？何等是取阴？但为贪着所归五阴，往来生死，贪着是五阴故驰走诸趣。 “贪归何等？贪归见、贪归闻、贪归觉、贪归识、贪归爱、贪归无明。是诸凡夫为爱缚所缚，贪爱五受阴，为诸盖所覆入无明闇冥，不知不觉我等今为贪归何处？系缚何处？以不知故，往来地狱、畜生、饿鬼、人天道中，生死所缚，贪归生死不放不舍，不断五阴亦不能知五阴如实相。不如实知故，为种种苦恼所害，堕虚空狱不知出处。是人不见出道故，于无始生死道中受诸生死，是故不能得脱生老病死忧悲苦恼，亦不得度无量生死险道，亦不得脱诸大苦聚，还复归趣于苦，贪著于苦，为苦所使。何等为苦？五受阴是，生时但苦生，灭时但苦灭。 “持世！我以是因缘故，为弟子说法。汝等比丘！当正观色阴，亦当如实知色无常相。汝等！若于色中有欲染者，当疾除断；汝等当正观受想行识，亦当如实知受想行识无常相，若于受想行识中有欲染者，当疾除断，除断欲染故心得正解脱。 “持世！若有人 现代汉语译本：但是由于颠倒的贪着、分别的虚妄、自我束缚的无明和愚痴黑暗，人们执取‘我’和‘我的’，执取‘此’和‘彼’。因此说，受阴是五阴，没有执取者，也没有决定的相状。所以，智者知道非阴不是五受阴，颠倒阴不是五受阴，无明阴不是五受阴。凡夫因此被束缚，贪恋归向五取阴。因为贪恋归向五取阴，所以不知道什么是‘取’？什么是‘取阴’？只是被贪着所归的五阴所迷惑，在生死中往来，因为贪着这五阴，所以在各种趣道中奔走。 贪恋归向什么呢？贪恋归向见、贪恋归向闻、贪恋归向觉、贪恋归向识、贪恋归向爱、贪恋归向无明。这些凡夫被爱缚所束缚，贪爱五受阴，被各种盖障所覆盖，进入无明的黑暗之中，不知道自己现在贪恋归向何处？被束缚在何处？因为不知道，所以在地狱、畜生、饿鬼、人、天道中往来，被生死所束缚，贪恋生死而不放舍，不断除五阴，也不能如实地了解五阴的真实相状。因为不如实地了解，所以被种种苦恼所伤害，堕入虚空的牢狱，不知道出路。这样的人看不到出离的道路，所以在无始的生死道中承受各种生死，因此不能脱离生老病死忧悲苦恼，也不能度过无量的生死险道，也不能脱离各种大的苦聚，还又归向于苦，贪着于苦，被苦所驱使。什么是苦呢？五受阴就是。出生时只有苦的产生，灭亡时只有苦的灭亡。 ‘持世（name of a person）！’我因为这个因缘，为弟子们说法。你们这些比丘（Buddhist monks）！应当正确地观察色阴，也应当如实地知道色的无常相。你们！如果对于色中有欲望和染着，应当迅速地去除断绝；你们应当正确地观察受、想、行、识，也应当如实地知道受、想、行、识的无常相，如果对于受、想、行、识中有欲望和染着，应当迅速地去除断绝，去除断绝欲望和染着，心才能得到真正的解脱。 ‘持世（name of a person）！’如果有人...
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English version: But due to inverted clinging, discriminating falsehood, self-bound ignorance, and foolish darkness, people grasp 'I' and 'mine,' grasp 'this' and 'that.' Therefore, it is said that the feeling aggregate (受阴, shou yin) is the five aggregates (五阴, wu yin), there is no grasper, and there is no definite characteristic. Therefore, the wise know that the non-aggregate is not the five feeling aggregates, the inverted aggregate is not the five feeling aggregates, and the ignorance aggregate is not the five feeling aggregates. Ordinary people are bound by this, and greed returns to the five grasping aggregates (五取阴, wu qu yin). Because of greed returning, they do not know what is 'grasping'? What is the 'grasping aggregate'? They are only deluded by the five aggregates to which greed returns, wandering in birth and death. Because of clinging to these five aggregates, they rush about in various realms of existence. What does greed return to? Greed returns to seeing, greed returns to hearing, greed returns to sensing, greed returns to consciousness, greed returns to love, greed returns to ignorance. These ordinary people are bound by the bonds of love, clinging to the five feeling aggregates, covered by various hindrances, entering the darkness of ignorance, not knowing where we are now returning to with greed? Where are we bound? Because of not knowing, they wander in hell, as animals, as hungry ghosts, in the realms of humans and gods, bound by birth and death, clinging to birth and death without releasing or abandoning, neither cutting off the five aggregates nor being able to know the true nature of the five aggregates as they really are. Because of not knowing them as they really are, they are harmed by various sufferings, falling into the empty prison, not knowing the way out. These people do not see the path of liberation, so in the beginningless path of birth and death, they endure all kinds of birth and death, therefore they cannot escape birth, old age, sickness, death, sorrow, grief, suffering, and distress, nor can they cross the immeasurable dangerous path of birth and death, nor can they escape all the great heaps of suffering, and they return to suffering, clinging to suffering, being driven by suffering. What is suffering? It is the five feeling aggregates. At birth, there is only the arising of suffering; at cessation, there is only the cessation of suffering. 'Holder of the World (持世, Chi Shi)!' Because of this cause, I preach the Dharma to my disciples. You monks (比丘, Biqiu)! You should correctly contemplate the form aggregate (色阴, se yin), and you should also truly know the impermanent nature of form. You! If there is desire and attachment in form, you should quickly remove and cut it off; you should correctly contemplate feeling, perception, volition, and consciousness (受想行识, shou xiang xing shi), and you should also truly know the impermanent nature of feeling, perception, volition, and consciousness. If there is desire and attachment in feeling, perception, volition, and consciousness, you should quickly remove and cut it off. By removing and cutting off desire and attachment, the mind can attain true liberation. 'Holder of the World (持世, Chi Shi)!' If someone... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chinese
知我所说法义如是，能如说修行，当得脱生老病死忧悲苦恼。若人不能如说修行，为色缚所缚，为爱系所系，入无明闇冥贪取五阴，是人贪取五阴故，不能得脱生死险道。 “持世！以是义故，我说世间与我诤，我不与世间诤。何等为世间？所谓贪着五受阴者，为世间所摄，是人贪归五阴，为五阴所缚。不知五阴性，不知五阴空相，而与我诤。是人违逆佛语，与佛共诤，故堕大衰恼。若有人于佛在世若佛灭后，能如是观虚妄五受阴空无所有，从颠倒无明闇冥起，虚诳妄想但诳凡夫，非五阴似五阴，如是之人不与佛诤，不逆佛语故，得脱地狱、畜生、饿鬼、苦恼。 “持世！诸佛不与人诤，断一切诤讼名之为佛，但为众生演说实法，作是言：‘汝等！先所取者皆是颠倒，一切众生颠倒力故，贪归五阴往来世间。’是人贪归五阴已，起种种邪见，贪归种种名字，贪归种种忧悲苦恼，是人为种种邪见烦恼、种种忧悲苦恼之所残害，无有能为作救作舍作归作趣，唯佛能救。凡夫小心小智慧故贪嗜五欲，依止多过五阴，是凡夫人与救者归者依者脱一切苦恼者，而共诤讼。 “持世！我今举手其有见五阴者，见阴相者，贪五阴者，我则不与是人为师，是人亦非我弟子，不随我出家，不随我行，不归依我，是人入 现代汉语译本： 如果你们知道我所说的法义是这样的，能够按照我所说的去修行，就能够脱离生、老、病、死、忧愁、悲伤、痛苦、烦恼。如果有人不能按照我所说的去修行，就会被色所束缚，被爱所牵系，陷入无明的黑暗之中，贪恋执取五阴（色、受、想、行、识五种构成要素）。这样的人因为贪恋执取五阴，所以不能脱离生死的险恶道路。 ‘持世（菩萨名）！因为这个缘故，我说世间与我争论，我不与世间争论。什么是世间呢？就是那些贪着五受阴（感受）的人，被世间所包含。这些人贪恋执取五阴，被五阴所束缚，不了解五阴的本性，不了解五阴的空性，却与我争论。这样的人违背佛的教诲，与佛争论，所以会堕入巨大的衰败和烦恼之中。如果有人在佛在世时或者佛灭度后，能够这样观察虚妄的五受阴是空无所有的，是从颠倒无明的黑暗中产生的，虚假欺骗的妄想只是欺骗凡夫，五阴并非真正的五阴，像这样的人不与佛争论，不违背佛的教诲，所以能够脱离地狱、畜生、饿鬼的苦恼。 ‘持世！诸佛不与人争论，断绝一切争讼才称为佛，只是为了众生演说真实的佛法，这样说：‘你们！先前所执取的都是颠倒的，一切众生因为颠倒的力量，贪恋执取五阴，所以在世间往来轮回。’这些人贪恋执取五阴之后，产生种种邪见，贪恋执取种种名相，贪恋执取种种忧愁、悲伤、痛苦、烦恼。这样的人被种种邪见烦恼、种种忧愁悲伤痛苦烦恼所残害，没有人能够为他们做救助、做依靠、做归宿、做去处，只有佛能够救度他们。凡夫因为小心眼和小智慧，所以贪图享乐五欲，依赖充满过患的五阴，这些凡夫与救助者、归宿者、依靠者、脱离一切苦恼者，却共同争论。 ‘持世！我现在举起手，如果有人执着五阴，执着阴的表象，贪恋五阴，我就不会把这个人当作老师，这个人也不是我的弟子，不跟随我出家，不跟随我修行，不归依我，这样的人会堕入……’