The Correct Meanings of the Āgama Sūtra: Exploring the Origin of the Doctrine of Consciousness-Only, Preface, Part 2/3

Master Xiao Pingshi 

 

As Ekottara Āgama Vol. 14 states:

"Bhihshus should make the following observation: As the sound-hearers detest and suffer from [their] eyes, detest and suffer from forms, detest and suffer from eye-consciousness; if pain or pleasure arises from [visual objects encountered by their] eyes, they should also detest from that. They should also detest and suffer from the ears, detest from sounds, and detest from ear-consciousness; if pain or pleasure arises from ear-consciousness, they should also detest from that. They should also detest from the nose, tongue, body, mind, and phenomena. If suffering or pleasure arises from the mind, they should also detest from that. Having detested and known suffering, they will attain liberation. When they are liberated, they will attain the wisdom of liberation: the cycle of birth and death ceases, the pure practice has been accomplished, and what must be done has been done, so one has exhausted all future existence. We should understand this as it really is."

 

【比丘當作是觀:若聲聞之人厭患於眼,厭患於色,厭患眼識;若緣眼生苦樂,亦復厭患。亦厭患於耳,厭於聲,厭於耳識;若依耳識生苦樂者,亦復厭患。鼻、舌、身、意、法亦復厭患,若依意生苦樂者亦復厭患;已厭患,便解脫;已解脫,便得解脫之智:生死已盡,梵行已立,所作已辦;更不復受有,如實知之。】

《增壹阿含經》卷十四)