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English version: 'Between,' one attains the liberation from suffering. The three meritorious activities are: first, the meritorious activity of giving; second, the meritorious activity of moral discipline; third, the meritorious activity of cultivation. What is the meritorious activity of giving? How is it giving, how is it merit, how is it action, how is it an event, that it is called the meritorious activity of giving? Answer: Giving refers to the almsgiving by donors to Śrāmaṇas (Buddhist renunciates), Brāhmaṇas (priestly class in ancient India), the poor, ascetics, practitioners, and beggars, including food, medicine, clothing, garlands, perfumed ointments, scattered fragrances, etc., as well as dwellings, bedding, lamps, and candles. This is called giving. Furthermore, it may be giving through the body, that is, giving the body or the actions of the body; or giving the things relinquished; or giving through speech, that is, giving speech or the actions of speech; or giving the things relinquished; or giving through intention, that is, giving intention or the actions of intention, or giving the mind of renunciation. This is called giving. Merit refers to the bodily discipline, verbal discipline, and purity of livelihood that accompany giving. This is called merit. Action refers to the various thoughts that accompany giving, such as equal thought, present equal thought, past equal thought, and types of thought, which create mental actions. This is called action. Event refers to the donor, the recipient, and the things given. This is called an event. Among these, giving is called giving, and is also called merit, also called action, also called an event. Among these, merit is called merit, and is also called action, also called an event, also called giving. Among these, action is called action, and is also called an event, also called giving, also called merit. Among these, an event is only called an event. What is the meritorious activity of moral discipline? How is it moral discipline, how is it merit, how is it action, how is it an event, that it is called the meritorious activity of moral discipline? Answer: Moral discipline refers to abstaining from taking life, abstaining from taking what is not given, abstaining from sexual misconduct, abstaining from false speech, abstaining from drinking Surā (a type of alcohol), Maireya (a type of alcohol), Madya (a type of alcohol), and other intoxicating drinks that lead to negligence. This is called moral discipline. Merit refers to the bodily discipline, verbal discipline, and purity of livelihood that accompany moral discipline. This is called merit. Action refers to the various thoughts that accompany moral discipline, such as equal thought, present equal thought, past equal thought, and types of thought, which create mental actions. This is called action. Event refers to the act of guarding, stopping, preventing, or abstaining from taking life, which is the event of abstaining from taking life. The act of guarding, stopping, preventing, or abstaining from taking what is not --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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与取事，是离不与取事。若防若止若遮若离欲邪行事，是离欲邪行事。若防若止若遮若离虚妄语事，是离虚妄语事。若防若止若遮若离饮窣罗迷丽耶末陀放逸处酒事，是离饮诸酒事。是名事。此中戒类名为戒类，亦名福亦名业亦名事。此中福名为福，亦名业亦名事亦名戒类。此中业名为业，亦名事亦名戒类亦名福。此中事名为事，亦名戒类亦名福亦名业。修类福业事者，云何修类、云何福、云何业、云何事而说修类福业事耶？答修类者，谓慈悲喜舍四无量，是名修类。福者，谓无量俱行身律仪、语律仪、命清净，是名福。业者，谓无量俱行诸思，等思现等思已思思类，作心意业，是名业。事者，谓所缘事缘彼而起四无量，是名事。此中修类名为修类，亦名福亦名业亦名事。此中福名为福，亦名业亦名事亦名修类。此中业名为业，亦名事亦名修类亦名福。此中事唯名事。如世尊说： “智者能依法， 勤学施戒修， 生无苦世间， 受三种乐果。” 三欲生者，有诸有情乐受现前诸妙欲境，彼于现前诸妙欲境富贵自在转，谓人全、天一分，是第一欲生。有诸有情乐受自化诸妙欲境，彼于自化诸妙欲境富贵自在转，谓乐变化天，是第二欲生。有诸有情乐受他化诸妙欲境，彼于他化诸妙欲境富贵自在转，谓他 现代汉语译本： 与不与取事（Adinnadana，不给予而取走的东西），是远离不与取事。若防护、若阻止、若遮蔽、若远离欲邪行事，是远离欲邪行事。若防护、若阻止、若遮蔽、若远离虚妄语事，是远离虚妄语事。若防护、若阻止、若遮蔽、若远离饮窣罗（Sura，谷类酒）迷丽耶（Maireya，花果酒）末陀（Madya，麻醉性饮料）放逸处酒事，是远离饮诸酒事。是名为事。此中戒类名为戒类，亦名福亦名业亦名事。此中福名为福，亦名业亦名事亦名戒类。此中业名为业，亦名事亦名戒类亦名福。此中事名为事，亦名戒类亦名福亦名业。修类福业事者，云何修类、云何福、云何业、云何事而说修类福业事耶？答：修类者，谓慈悲喜舍四无量，是名修类。福者，谓无量俱行身律仪、语律仪、命清净，是名福。业者，谓无量俱行诸思，等思现等思已思思类，作心意业，是名业。事者，谓所缘事缘彼而起四无量，是名事。此中修类名为修类，亦名福亦名业亦名事。此中福名为福，亦名业亦名事亦名修类。此中业名为业，亦名事亦名修类亦名福。此中事唯名事。如世尊说： ‘智者能依法， 勤学施戒修， 生无苦世间， 受三种乐果。’ 三欲生者，有诸有情乐受现前诸妙欲境，彼于现前诸妙欲境富贵自在转，谓人全、天一分，是第一欲生。有诸有情乐受自化诸妙欲境，彼于自化诸妙欲境富贵自在转，谓乐变化天，是第二欲生。有诸有情乐受他化诸妙欲境，彼于他化诸妙欲境富贵自在转，谓他
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English version: Abstaining from taking what is not given (Adinnadana), is abstaining from the act of taking what is not given. If one guards against, stops, prevents, or abstains from the act of sexual misconduct, it is abstaining from the act of sexual misconduct. If one guards against, stops, prevents, or abstains from the act of false speech, it is abstaining from the act of false speech. If one guards against, stops, prevents, or abstains from the act of drinking Sura (grain liquor), Maireya (flower/fruit liquor), Madya (intoxicating drinks) which are the cause of negligence, it is abstaining from the act of drinking all kinds of liquor. This is called 'act'. Here, the category of precepts is called the category of precepts, and is also called merit, also called action, also called act. Here, merit is called merit, and is also called action, also called act, also called the category of precepts. Here, action is called action, and is also called act, also called the category of precepts, also called merit. Here, act is called act, and is also called the category of precepts, also called merit, also called action. Regarding the cultivation category, merit, action, and act, what is cultivation category, what is merit, what is action, what is act, that are spoken of as cultivation category, merit, action, and act? Answer: Cultivation category refers to the four immeasurables of loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity; this is called cultivation category. Merit refers to the bodily discipline, verbal discipline, and purity of livelihood that accompany the immeasurables; this is called merit. Action refers to the various thoughts that accompany the immeasurables, such as initial thought, present thought, subsequent thought, and types of thought, creating mental action; this is called action. Act refers to the object of focus, the four immeasurables arising in relation to that object; this is called act. Here, cultivation category is called cultivation category, and is also called merit, also called action, also called act. Here, merit is called merit, and is also called action, also called act, also called cultivation category. Here, action is called action, and is also called act, also called cultivation category, also called merit. Here, act is only called act. As the World Honored One said: 'The wise, abiding by the Dharma, Diligent in learning giving, precepts, and cultivation, Are born in a world without suffering, And receive the fruits of three kinds of happiness.' Those born of the three desires, there are sentient beings who delight in experiencing present wonderful objects of desire, and they are rich and sovereign in these present wonderful objects of desire, namely, humans entirely and a portion of the heavens; this is the first birth of desire. There are sentient beings who delight in experiencing self-created wonderful objects of desire, and they are rich and sovereign in these self-created wonderful objects of desire, namely, the gods of the pleasure of transformation; this is the second birth of desire. There are sentient beings who delight in experiencing wonderful objects of desire created by others, and they are rich and sovereign in these wonderful objects of desire created by others, namely, the --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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化自在天，是第三欲生。此中有诸有情者，谓诸有情谛义胜义不可得不可近得、非有非现有，但于诸蕴界处由想等想假言说转谓为有情、那罗、意生、儒童、命者、生者、养者、士夫、补特伽罗，由斯故说有诸有情乐受现前。诸妙欲境者，谓彼有情恒乐受用藏护积集委寄安置，随本所生现前欲境。彼于现前诸妙欲境富贵自在转者，谓彼有情于所受用藏护积集委寄安置，随本所生现前欲境有势力得自在随意受用。谓人全者，显一切人。天一分者，显欲界下四天。是第一者，谓随算数渐次顺次相续次第，此居第一。欲生者，谓此于欲界生。复次有诸有情者，谓诸有情谛义胜义不可得，广说如前。乐受自化诸妙欲境者，谓乐变化天造化增长如是类业，彼由此业随所爱乐，化作种种男女等事而自娱乐，谓若天女化作天男而自娱乐、若诸天男化作天女而自娱乐。彼于自化诸妙欲境富贵自在转者，谓乐变化天造作增上如是类业，彼由此业随所爱乐化作种种男女等事，彼于此事有势力得自在随意受用。谓乐变化天者，显一切乐变化天。是第二者，谓随算数渐次顺次相续次第，此居第二。欲生者，谓此于欲界生。复次有诸有情者，谓诸有情谛义胜义不可得，广说如前。乐受他化诸妙欲境者，谓他化自在天造作增长如是类业，彼由此业与 现代汉语译本： 化自在天（Nirmāṇarati），是第三欲生。此中有诸有情者，是指那些有情，就其真实和胜义而言，是不可得、不可接近的，既非存在也非不存在，只是在诸蕴（skandha）、界（dhātu）、处（āyatana）的基础上，通过想（saṃjñā）等想的假言说而转，被认为是‘有情’（sattva）、‘那罗’（nara，人）、‘意生’（manomaya，意所生）、‘儒童’（kumāra，童子）、‘命者’（jīva，生命）、‘生者’（jāta，已生）、‘养者’（poṣaka，养育者）、‘士夫’（puruṣa，丈夫）、‘补特伽罗’（pudgala，个体）。因此说有诸有情乐于享受现前的境界。诸妙欲境者，是指那些有情恒常乐于受用、藏护、积集、委寄、安置，随其本所生而现前的欲境。他们对于现前诸妙欲境富贵自在转，是指那些有情对于所受用、藏护、积集、委寄、安置，随其本所生而现前的欲境，有势力、得自在、随意受用。‘谓人全者’，显示一切人。‘天一分者’，显示欲界下四天。‘是第一者’，是指随算数、渐次、顺次、相续、次第，此居第一。‘欲生者’，是指此天于欲界而生。 复次有诸有情者，是指那些有情，就其真实和胜义而言，是不可得，广说如前。乐受自化诸妙欲境者，是指乐变化天（Nirmāṇarati）造化增长如是类业，他们由此业，随所爱乐，化作种种男女等事而自娱乐，即若天女化作天男而自娱乐，若诸天男化作天女而自娱乐。他们对于自化诸妙欲境富贵自在转，是指乐变化天造作增上如是类业，他们由此业，随所爱乐化作种种男女等事，他们对于此事有势力、得自在、随意受用。‘谓乐变化天者’，显示一切乐变化天。‘是第二者’，是指随算数、渐次、顺次、相续、次第，此居第二。‘欲生者’，是指此天于欲界而生。 复次有诸有情者，是指那些有情，就其真实和胜义而言，是不可得，广说如前。乐受他化诸妙欲境者，是指他化自在天（Paranirmitavasavarti）造作增长如是类业，他们由此业与