（三）
Chapter 3
如是我聞：
This is what I have heard:
一時，佛住舍衛國祇樹給孤獨園。
Once, the Buddha was dwelling in the Jeta Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika's Park, in the city of Śrāvastī.
爾時，世尊告諸比丘：「於色不知、不明、不斷、不離欲，則不能斷苦。如是受、想、行、識，不知、不明、不斷、不離欲，則不能斷苦。
At that time, the World-Honored One addressed the monks: "If one does not understand, does not see clearly, does not abandon, and does not let go of desire for form, then one cannot end suffering. It is the same with feeling, perception, mental formations, and consciousness: if one does not understand, does not see clearly, does not abandon, and does not let go of desire for them, then one cannot end suffering."
「諸比丘！於色若知、若明、若斷、若離欲，則能斷苦；如是受、想、行、識，若知、若明、若斷、若離欲，則能堪任斷苦。」
Monks, if you truly know form, see it clearly, let it go, and free yourself from desire for it, you can cut off suffering. The same is true for feeling, perception, mental formations, and consciousness: if you truly know them, see them clearly, let them go, and free yourself from desire for them, you are capable of cutting off suffering.
時，諸比丘聞佛所說，歡喜奉行。
Then, the monks, hearing the Buddha's teaching, joyfully undertook to practice it.