（二）
Chapter 2
如是我聞：
This is what I heard:
一時，佛住舍衛國祇樹給孤獨園。
At one time, the Buddha was dwelling in the Jeta Grove, Anathapindika's Park, in the country of Shravasti.
爾時，世尊告諸比丘：「於色當正思惟，觀色無常如實知。所以者何？比丘！於色正思惟，觀色無常如實知者，於色欲貪斷；欲貪斷者，說心解脫。
At that time, the World-Honored One addressed the monks: "You should contemplate form with proper attention, seeing form as impermanent and knowing it as it truly is. Why is that? Monks, for one who contemplates form with proper attention, sees form as impermanent and knows it as it truly is—for such a person, desire and craving for form are cut off. When desire and craving are cut off, this is called the liberation of the mind."
「如是受、想、行、識當正思惟，觀識無常如實知。所以者何？於識正思惟，觀識無常者，則於識欲貪斷；欲貪斷者，說心解脫。
So it is with feeling, perception, mental formations, and consciousness. One should rightly contemplate them, seeing consciousness as impermanent, knowing this as it truly is. Why is that? For one who rightly contemplates consciousness, seeing it as impermanent, cuts off desire and craving for consciousness. When desire and craving are cut off, it is called the liberation of the mind.
「如是心解脫者，若欲自證，則能自證：『我生已盡，梵行已立，所作已作，自知不受後有。』如是正思惟無常，苦、空、非我亦復如是。」
When a mind is thus liberated, if one wishes to confirm it for oneself, one can directly realize: “For me, birth is ended, the spiritual life has been fulfilled, what had to be done has been done; I know for myself that there will be no further existence.”
In the same way, one should reflect wisely on impermanence, on suffering, on emptiness, and on not-self.
時，諸比丘聞佛所說，歡喜奉行。
Then the monks, having heard the Buddha’s teaching, joyfully accepted it and put it into practice.