SĀ 395
Saṃyuktāgama杂阿含经
SA 395（三九五） 日月
Parallel to: SN 56.38
Thus have I heard: | 如是我闻： |
At one time, the Buddha was staying in the Deer Park at the Sage's Abode in the country of Varanasi. | 一时，佛住波罗［木＊奈］国仙人住处鹿野苑中。 |
At that time, the World-Honored One told the bhikṣus, "If the sun and moon did not appear in the world, all the stars would also not appear in the world. Day and night, half a month, a month, seasons, years, moments, and instants would all not be apparent. The world would always be dark, without any illumination. There would only be a long night of pure great darkness and suffering appearing in the world. If the Tathāgata, Arhat, Perfectly Enlightened One did not appear in the world, the noble truths of suffering, the origin of suffering, the cessation of suffering, and the path to the cessation of suffering would not be taught and would not appear in the world. The world would be blind and without any illumination. In this way, a long night of pure great darkness would appear in the world. | 尔时，世尊告诸比丘：「若日月不出世间者，一切众星亦不出于世间，昼夜、半月、一月、时节、岁数、尅数、须臾，皆悉不现，世间常冥，无有明照，唯有长夜，纯大暗苦现于世间。若如来、应供、等正觉不出世间时，不说苦圣谛、苦集圣谛、苦灭圣谛、苦灭道迹圣谛现于世间，世间盲冥，无有明照。如是长夜，纯大暗冥现于世间。 |
If the sun and moon appear in the world, all the stars will also appear, and day and night, half a month, a month, seasons, years, moments, and instants will all appear in the world. There will be long-lasting illumination in the world. | 「若日月出于世间，众星亦现，昼夜、半月、一月、时节、岁数、尅数、须臾，悉现世间，长夜明照，出于世间。如是，如来、应、等正觉出于世间，说苦圣谛现于世间，苦集圣谛、苦灭圣谛、苦灭道迹圣谛现于世间，不复暗冥，长夜照明，纯一智慧现于世间。」 |
Having spoken this sūtra, the Buddha said to the bhikṣus, "The bhikṣus should know that the appearance of the Tathāgata, Arhat, Perfectly Enlightened One is of great benefit to the world. | 佛说此经已，诸比丘闻佛所说，欢喜奉行。 |
Translated from Chinese using Gemma-2-Mitra (Buddhist-NLP).
This is the classical Chinese root text of Saṃyuktāgama, a parallel to the Pali sutta(s) listed above. Source: CBETA (Taishō edition).