Visuddhimagga VIII-1

8. Anussatikammaṭṭhānaniddeso

[PTS 229] 第八 说随念业处品

CHAPTER VIII - OTHER RECOLLECTIONS AS MEDITATION SUBJECTS

Maraṇassatikathā

（七）念死

[(7) MINDFULNESS OF DEATH]

167. Idāni ito anantarāya maraṇassatiyā bhāvanāniddeso anuppatto.

在六随念之后，再说念死的修习。

Ñ(VIII,1): [229] Now comes the description of the development of mindfulness of death, which was listed next (Ch. III, §105).

Tattha maraṇanti ekabhavapariyāpannassa jīvitindriyassa upacchedo.

（念死的意义）「死」──是一个有情的命根的断绝。

[Definitions]

Ñ: Herein, death (maraṇa) is the interruption of the life faculty included within [the limits of] a single becoming (existence).

Yaṃ panetaṃ arahantānaṃ vaṭṭadukkhasamucchedasaṅkhātaṃ samucchedamaraṇaṃ,

诸阿罗汉断除轮回之苦，称为「正断死」。

Ñ: But death as termination (cutting off), in other words, the Arahant's termination of the suffering of the round, is not intended here,

saṅkhārānaṃ khaṇabhaṅgasaṅkhātaṃ khaṇikamaraṇaṃ,

诸行的剎那灭，称为「剎那死」。

Ñ: nor is momentary death, in other words, the momentary dissolution of formations,

rukkho mato lohaṃ matantiādīsu sammutimaraṇañca,

树的死，金属的死等，称为「通俗死」（大家通称死） 。

Ñ: nor the 'death' of conventional (metaphorical) usage in such expressions as 'dead tree', 'dead metal', and so on.

Notes in Chinese translation : 「正断死」(samuccheda-maraṇa)、「剎那死」(khaṇika-maraṇa)、「通俗死」(sammuti-maraṇa)，《解脱道论》：「断死、念念死、等死」。

na taṃ idha adhippetaṃ.

这些死不是这里的意思。

[Notes : English translation is above.]