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English version: What does ‘attaining the Dharma is virtue’ mean? What does it mean to have no thought or contemplation? There is a place in the heavens called ‘All-Pure’ (Sarvaklesa-prahana-sthana). Before having desire or not having desire, there is thought arising, but the Dharma that is intended immediately ceases and does not follow. This is called ‘non-thinking contemplation.’ What does ‘cessation of contemplation’ mean? In the twenty-sixth heaven, in the place called ‘Akanistha’ (Akanistha), those who attain the path, their intention wants to escape, but the Dharma that is intended immediately ceases and is reversed. This is called ‘cessation of contemplation.’ What does ‘non-thinking’ mean? People without thought are born in the heavens, and their intention also falls in the heavens. When intention is eliminated, if the Dharma of intention ceases and is reversed, this is called ‘non-thinking.’ What does ‘root of mindfulness’ mean? In the three realms, what does the gathering of life mean? What does the place where people live together mean? What does the common county and kind mean? It is the five skandhas (Panca-skandha). What does ‘entering and attaining’ mean? The entering that is attained internally and externally, this is called ‘entering and attaining.’ What does ‘birth’ mean? Obtaining the skandhas. What does ‘old age’ mean? The skandhas mature. What does ‘stopping the action’ mean? The coming and expecting of past lives. What does ‘impermanence’ mean? Already born and then perished. What does ‘name’ mean? Knowing and distinguishing. What does ‘extinction’ mean? The word is complete. What does ‘political use’ mean? The words come together. What does ‘emptiness’ mean? Empty space is without anything, without attachment, without color. This is called ‘emptiness.’ What does ‘exhaustion not yet separated’ mean? Already exhausted, no longer repeated, no longer attached. What does ‘exhaustion’ mean? Crossing the world, reaching non-action. This is called the complete explanation of the five dharmas and five practices. 《Abhidharma Five Dharma Practices Sutra》 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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