Visuddhimagga VIII-39

176. Khaṇaparittatoti paramatthato hi atiparitto sattānaṃ jīvitakkhaṇo ekacittappavattimattoyeva.

（八）「以剎那短促」──有情的剎那寿命，是依第一义极短的只起一心之间而已。

Ñ(VIII,39): 8. As to the shortness of the moment: in the ultimate sense the life-moment of living beings is extremely short, being only as much as the occurrence of a single conscious moment.

Yathā nāma rathacakkaṃ pavattamānampi ekeneva nemippadesena pavattati,

犹如车轮转动之时，只以一辋的部分转动，

Ñ: Just as a chariot wheel, when it is rolling, rolls [that is, touches the ground] only on one point of [the circumference of] its tyre,

tiṭṭhamānampi ekeneva tiṭṭhati,

停止时亦只一辋部分停止，

Ñ: and, when it is at rest, rests only on one point,

evameva ekacittakkhaṇikaṃ sattānaṃ jīvitaṃ.

如是有情的寿命只是一心剎那，

Ñ: so too, the life of living beings lasts only for a single conscious moment.

Tasmiṃ citte niruddhamatte satto niruddhoti vuccati.

那心消灭之时，即名有情灭。

Ñ: When that consciousness has ceased, the being is said to have ceased,

Yathāha –

即所谓：

Ñ: according as it is said:

‘‘atīte cittakkhaṇe jīvittha,

「过去心剎那（的有情）已生存，

Ñ: 'In a past conscious moment he did live,

na jīvati,

非现在生存，

Ñ: not he does live,

na jīvissati.

非未来生存。

Ñ: not he will live.

Anāgate cittakkhaṇe na jīvittha,

未来心剎那（的有情）非已生存，

Ñ: In a future conscious moment not he did live,

na jīvati,

非现在生存，

Ñ: not he does live,

jīvissati.

是未来生存。

Ñ: he will live.

Paccuppanne cittakkhaṇe na jīvittha,

现在心剎那（的有情）非已生存，

Ñ: In the present conscious moment not he did live,

jīvati,

是现在生存，

Ñ: he does live,

na jīvissati.

非未来生存」。

Ñ: not he will live.

‘‘Jīvitaṃ attabhāvo ca, sukhadukkhā ca kevalā;

Ekacittasamāyuttā, lahu so vattate khaṇo.

命与自体及苦乐（受）

都只一心的相应，

剎那迅速的存续。

Ñ: '"Life, person, pleasure, pain—just these alone

Join in one conscious moment that flicks by.

Notes in Chinese translation : 『命』为命根。『自体』是除了命根及苦乐受的其它诸法。

‘‘Ye niruddhā marantassa, tiṭṭhamānassa vā idha;

Sabbepi sadisā khandhā, gatā appaṭisandhikā.

死者或存者，

诸蕴灭相等，

一去不再生。

Ñ: Ceased aggregates of those dead or alive

Are all alike, gone never to return.

‘‘Anibbattena na jāto, paccuppannena jīvati;

Cittabhaṅgā mato loko, paññatti paramatthiyā’’ti. (mahāni. 39);

以（心）未生故不生，

依现存（心）而生存，

由心灭故世间灭，

此依第一义施设。

Ñ: No [world is] born if [consciousness is] not

Produced; when that is present, then it lives;

When consciousness dissolves, the world is dead:

The highest sense this concept will allow" ' (Nd.1,42).

Evaṃ khaṇaparittato maraṇaṃ anussaritabbaṃ.

如是「以剎那的短促」而念死。

Ñ: This is how death should be recollected as to the shortness of the moment.