SĀ 572
Saṃyuktāgama杂阿含经
SA 572（五七二） 系
Parallel to: SN 41.1
Thus have I heard: | 如是我闻： |
At one time, the Buddha was staying in the mango grove, together with a large assembly of senior monks. | 一时，佛住庵罗林中，与众多上座比丘俱。 |
At that time, many senior monks gathered in the dining hall and discussed this: "Venerable ones, what do you think? Is the eye bound to form, or is form bound to the eye? Is the ear bound to sound, the nose bound to smell, the tongue bound to taste, the body bound to touch, and the mind bound to dharmas, or are dharmas bound to the mind?" | 尔时，众多上座比丘集于食堂，作如是论议：「诸尊！于意云何？谓眼系色耶？色系眼耶？如是耳声、鼻香、舌味、身触、意法，为意系法耶？法系意耶？」 |
At that time, the elder Citta was on his way to attend to some business. He passed by the monastery and saw the senior monks gathered in the dining hall. He then went forward, bowed at the feet of the senior monks, and asked, "Venerable ones, why are you gathered in the dining hall? What Dharma are you discussing?" | 时，质多罗长者行有所营，便过精舍，见诸上座比丘集于食堂，即便前礼诸上座足，礼足已，问言：「尊者集于食堂，论说何法？」 |
The senior monks replied, "Elder, today we gathered in the dining hall to discuss this: 'Is the eye bound to form, or is form bound to the eye? Is the ear bound to sound, the nose bound to smell, the tongue bound to taste, the body bound to touch, and the mind bound to dharmas, or are dharmas bound to the mind?'" | 诸上座答言：「长者！我等今日集此食堂，作如此论：『为眼系色耶？色系眼耶？如是耳声、鼻香、舌味、身触、意法，为意系法耶？为法系意耶？』」 |
The elder asked, "Venerable ones, how do you explain this meaning?" | 长者问言：「诸尊者于此义云何记说？」 |
The senior monks said, "What do you think, elder?" | 诸上座言：「于长者意云何？」 |
The elder replied to the senior monks, "In my opinion, it is not that the eye is bound to form, nor is form bound to the eye, up to it is not that the mind is bound to dharmas, nor are dharmas bound to the mind. However, in the middle, there is one who is attached to desire and greed, and is bound by that. It is like two oxen, one black and one white, yoked together. If someone asks, 'Is the black ox bound to the white ox, or is the white ox bound to the black ox?' is it an equal question?" | 长者答诸上座言：「如我意，谓非眼系色，非色系眼，乃至非意系法，非法系意，然中间有欲贪者，随彼系也。譬如二牛，一黑一白，驾以轭鞅。有人问言：『为黑牛系白牛？为白牛系黑牛？』为等问不？」 |
He replied, "Elder, it is not an equal question. Why? It is not that the black ox is bound to the white ox, nor is the white ox bound to the black ox. However, the yoke and harness are what bind them." | 答言：「长者！非等问也。所以者何？非黑牛系白牛，亦非白牛系黑牛，然彼轭鞅是其系也。」 |
"It is like this, Venerable One! It is not that the eye is bound to form, nor is form bound to the eye, up to it is not that the mind is bound to dharmas, nor are dharmas bound to the mind. However, in the middle, desire and greed are what bind them." | 「如是，尊者！非眼系色，非色系眼，乃至非意系法，非法系意，然其中间，欲贪是其系也。」 |
At that time, the elder Jāṇussoṇi heard the teachings of the elders and joyfully followed and rejoiced, paid homage, and departed. | 时，质多罗长者闻诸上座所说，欢喜随喜，作礼而去。 |
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).