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KMG124 0002.The Discernment of All Vehicles, Radiant Sunlight..The Discernment of All Vehicles, Radiant Sunlight..g2.0f

English

It is said that they do not even feel aging. The gods do not have aging and decay. The gods of the Form Realm have complete bodies and, because they have shame and embarrassment, generate decorations and clothing. They have no parents and no male or female sexual organs, but they are like male figures. Third, regarding the measurement of body and lifespan, there are six aspects: body size, certainty of lifespan, distinction between uncertain lifespans, manner of death, distinction by place of birth, and distinction by type of existence. First, here it is said, what are the body sizes of beings in the happy realms and the unfortunate realms? In Jambudvipa, when people's lifespan is one hundred years, their height is four and a half cubits. The people of the first kalpa have very large bodies; when their lifespan is ten years, they will become about the height of a 'thog gang' or 'chag gang' now. The tall body is eight cubits, the ox-goers are sixteen cubits, and the inaudible ones are thirty-two cubits. Among the gods of the Desire Realm, the Four Great Kings are one-fourth of a 'gyang drag', the Thirty-three are one-half, 'Thabbral' is one-third, Tushita is one 'gyang drag', Nirmanarati is one 'gyang drag' plus one-fourth, and Paranirmitavasavartin is two 'gyang drag'. The Asuras are said to be as tall as the Thirty-three. Second, regarding the body size of the gods of the Form Realm, the body size of the Brahma company of the First Dhyana is half a 'pag tshad', the Brahma assistants are one, and the Great Brahma is one and a half. The gods of Limited Light of the Second Dhyana are two, the gods of Immeasurable Light are four, and the gods of Clear Light are eight. The gods of Limited Purity of the Third Dhyana are sixteen, the gods of Immeasurable Virtue are thirty-two, and the gods of Extensive Virtue are sixty-four. The body size of the Cloudless Light of the Fourth Dhyana is one hundred and twenty-eight, minus three, which is one hundred and twenty-five. The Merit-born are two hundred and fifty, and the Great Fruit are five hundred. Among the five Pure Abodes, the gods of Aviha are one thousand, the gods of Sudarshana are four thousand, the gods of Sudrisha are eight thousand, and the Akanishta's body size is sixteen thousand 'pag tshad'. The gods of the Formless Realm have no body, so there is no measurement of lifespan. The three unfortunate realms have no body size. A body that has committed one uninterrupted crime is one 'pag tshad', and a body that has committed five uninterrupted crimes is five 'pag tshad', as stated in the Mindfulness Sutra. Furthermore, the body that has committed an uninterrupted crime has four hundred 'pag tshad', but they do not obstruct each other, and the body size of those who slander the Dharma is...

Chinese

此外,据说诽谤大乘佛教的人,舌头有十万由旬长。小饿鬼的喉咙有一指高,大饿鬼的喉咙有一千由旬。小旁生的身体大约有五十分之一的头发尖端那么大,大旁生的身体有两千七百由旬。龙王难陀和近难陀的身体可以环绕须弥山三圈。那么,什么是“由旬”和“俱卢舍”呢?《俱舍论》中说:极微、微尘、金水、兔、羊、牛,日光、风、虱、麦粒,次第相乘七倍增。如是次第至麦粒,合为一指量。二十四指为一肘,四肘当于弓一量,五百弓量为一俱卢舍,俱卢舍名为聚落道,八俱卢舍为一逾缮那。第二是寿命的量。三恶趣和欲界天人的寿命已经在前面说过了。人类的寿命在赡部洲是不确定的。最初时期的人们寿命无数,最终时期寿命最短的只有十年。身胜洲的人寿命三百五十年,牛货洲的人寿命五百年,俱卢洲的人寿命一千年。色界天人没有昼夜的概念,所以不计算日和年的数量。而是以自身高度相应的由旬数量来衡量寿命。梵众天的寿命是半劫,梵辅天是一劫,大梵天是半劫又两劫,少光天是两劫,无量光天是四劫,极光净天是八劫,少净天是十六劫,无量净天是三十二劫,遍净天是六十四劫。如云:云层光身的天人,身高减少三由旬,寿命也减少三劫,为一百二十五劫。福生天是二百五十劫,广果天是五百劫,无想天是一千劫,无烦天是两千劫,无热天是四千劫,善见天是八千劫,色究竟天的寿命是一万六千劫。无色界的寿命依次是:空无边处天是两万大劫,识无边处天是四万大劫,无所有处天是六万大劫,非想非非想处天是八万大劫。第三,那么,是否所有众生的寿命都是如此确定呢?并非如此,俱卢洲的寿命是确定的,而其他的则是不确定的。

English

Furthermore, it is said that those who slander the Mahayana have tongues that are a hundred thousand yojanas long. The throat of a small preta is one finger high, and that of a large preta is said to be a thousand yojanas. The body of a small animal is about one-fiftieth of the tip of a hair, and that of a large animal is two thousand seven hundred yojanas. It is said that the bodies of the dragon kings Nanda and Upananda can encircle Mount Meru three times. So, what are "yojana" and "krosha"? The Treasury of Knowledge says: Minute particles, dust particles, gold water, rabbits, sheep, cows, sunlight, wind, lice, and barley grains, multiply successively by seven. Thus, successively up to barley grains, combined into one finger length. Twenty-four fingers are one cubit, four cubits equal one bow-length, five hundred bow-lengths are one krosha, a krosha is called a village road, and eight kroshas are one yojana. Second is the measure of lifespan. The lifespans of the three lower realms and the gods of the desire realm have already been mentioned above. The lifespan of humans in Jambudvipa is uncertain. In the first age, people had immeasurable lifespans, and in the final age, the shortest lifespan is ten years. The people of Videha live for three hundred and fifty years, those of Godaniya live for five hundred years, and those of Uttarakuru live for a thousand years. For the gods of the form realm, there is no concept of day and night, so the number of days and years is not counted. Instead, lifespan is measured by the number of kalpas corresponding to the number of yojanas of their own height. The lifespan of the Brahmas is half a kalpa, the Brahmaparisadya is one kalpa, the Mahabrahma is half a kalpa plus two kalpas, the Parittabha is two kalpas, the Apramanabha is four kalpas, the Abhasvara is eight kalpas, the Parittasubha is sixteen kalpas, the Apramanasubha is thirty-two kalpas, and the Subhakrtsna is sixty-four kalpas. As it is said: The gods of the cloud-like light body have their height reduced by three yojanas, and their lifespan is also reduced by three kalpas, to one hundred and twenty-five kalpas. Punyaja lives for two hundred and fifty kalpas, Brhatphala lives for five hundred kalpas, Asanjnasattva lives for one thousand kalpas, Avrha lives for two thousand kalpas, Atapa lives for four thousand kalpas, Sudrsa lives for eight thousand kalpas, and Akanistha lives for sixteen thousand kalpas. According to the order of the formless realms, the lifespans are: the Akasanantyayatana is twenty thousand great kalpas, the Vijnananantyayatana is forty thousand kalpas, the Akimchanyayatana is sixty thousand kalpas, and the Naivasamjnanasamjnatayatana is eighty thousand kalpas. Third, so, is the lifespan of all beings so certain? It is not so. The lifespan of Uttarakuru is certain, while that of others is uncertain.

Chinese

因此存在死亡。此外,据说有八种人不会在中有期间死亡:一生所系缚者、居住在兜率天者(在未被授权为其他人的摄政之前)、最后有者阿罗汉和佛、受到佛陀预言者、受到佛陀赞扬的信使、信仰和追随佛法的两者(在未圆满见道之前)、菩萨最后有者、转轮王(在子宫中未出生之前)、灭尽定者、无想定者、以及进入慈爱等禅定者(在未从禅定中起身之前)不会死亡。第四,死亡的方式是:特征、分类、变暖之时、尸体存在,以及中有形成的各种方式,由于与经部和密宗的共同教义相比,这些并不重要,因此不再赘述。从语言能力的角度来看,死亡的欺骗是:寿命和意识完全停止是死亡的特征。据说,通过方法长时间地生存被称为欺骗死亡。其次,顺便提及,众生的器世界之安立有五种:安住、毁灭、空虚、形成的方式,以及劫的分类之阐述。第一种是:下方是风的坛城,广度为六百一十万由旬,颜色为蓝灰色,形状为圆形扁平。周围和宽度是无数的,是三千世界的支撑。在其上方是水和金。水的坛城广度为一百二十万由旬,安住时广度为八十万由旬,剩余的三十万二千由旬变成金。在《俱舍论》中说:水和金的坛城,直接是十二万三千五百由旬。周围是三倍。这样说。颜色是白色和黄色。形状是圆形扁平。这是就一个四大部洲而言。斯布拉说,水和金与风相等。依赖于它的是:海岛。第一个是:《俱舍论》中说:须弥山、持双山、由乾陀罗山、马耳山、善见山、象鼻山、持轴山和环绕山之外,就是各个洲。

English

Therefore, there is death. Furthermore, it is said that there are eight types of individuals who do not die in the intermediate state: those bound by one lifetime, those residing in Tushita Heaven (before being authorized as regents for others), the last existence Arhats and Buddhas, those prophesied by the Buddha, messengers praised by the Buddha, the two who have faith and follow the Dharma (before completing the path of seeing), Bodhisattvas in their last existence, Wheel-turning Kings (before being born from the womb), those in cessation, those in non-perception, and those who have entered into meditative states such as loving-kindness (before rising from those meditative states) will not die. Fourth, the manner of death is: characteristics, classifications, the time of warming, the existence of a corpse, and the various ways in which the intermediate state is formed. Since these are less important compared to the common teachings of Sutra and Tantra, they will not be elaborated upon. From the perspective of linguistic ability, the deception of death is: the complete cessation of lifespan and consciousness is the characteristic of death. It is said that surviving for a long time through methods is called deceiving death. Secondly, incidentally, the establishment of the vessel world of sentient beings is fivefold: abiding, destruction, emptiness, the manner of formation, and the explanation of the divisions of kalpas. The first is: below is the mandala of wind, with a breadth of six million one hundred thousand yojanas, the color is bluish-gray, and the shape is round and flat. The circumference and width are countless, and it supports the three thousand worlds. Above it are water and gold. The mandala of water has a breadth of one million two hundred thousand yojanas, and when abiding, the breadth is eight hundred thousand yojanas, and the remaining three hundred and twenty thousand yojanas become gold. In the Abhidharmakosha it says: The mandala of water and gold is directly twelve million three thousand five hundred yojanas. The circumference is three times that. So it is said. The colors are white and yellow. The shape is round and flat. This is in terms of one of the four continents. Spangla said that water and gold are equal to wind. What relies on it is: the ocean islands. The first is: In the Abhidharmakosha it says: Mount Meru, Yugamdhara, Karavika, Sudarshana, Ashvakarna, Vinataka, Nimindhara, and outside the surrounding mountains, are the continents.

Chinese

那些是:外面是轮围山。七重是金,那是铁。须弥山是四种珍宝的自性。如是说:东方是银白色,南方是琉璃蓝色,西方是红莲花红色,北方是伊轧尼拉黄色。四大部洲的天空颜色也是那样。形状是须弥山四方形,被七重山四方形围绕,外面是铁围山圆形围绕。上下高度的量是:山在水中沉没八万由旬,其他的山和洲也是那样。须弥山在水上高出八万由旬,所以是十六万由旬。黄金和铁是第八重。横向各自减半,持双山和铁围山之间如上。四万由旬和,二万由旬和,一万由旬和,五千由旬和,二千五百由旬和,二千由旬和二百五十由旬和,三百五十由旬高。又是十万由旬的险峻。从水际以上各自和自己的横向相等,从八万四千到三百五十之间。七重山之间是嬉戏海,从环绕到铁围山是外海。经中说:那些之间是七重嬉戏海。第一个是十万由旬。它的里面是大海。它的表面是三倍。其他的嬉戏海各自减半。剩余的是外大海。是三十三万二千由旬。如是说。七重具有八功德,如俱舍论中说:水是冷和具香味,柔软和清澈无垢染,饮用不损害喉咙,对胃有益并且充分充满。如是说。一个是具有热气的,不是人们可以受用的,是畜生受用的。洲的体性是土地,颜色是麦色,金刚座说是黄色。形状是:南方是半月形,西方是圆形,北方是方形,东方是新月形。那些洲的人的相貌也和形状一样。量是:赡部洲的表面,大的三个,是二千由旬二千由旬,小的有二分之一和四分之一。胜身洲的大的三个和前面两个一样,小的有三百五十,西方牛货洲的周围,是八千五百由旬,水宽是千由旬