The Long Āgama Sūtra 28.51
長阿含經 28.51
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28.51
爾時,象首舍利弗白言:「世尊!當有欲界人身四大諸根時,復有欲界天身、色界天身,空處、識處、不用處、有想無想處天身,一時有不?世尊!當有欲界天身時,復有欲界人身四大諸根,及色界天身,空處、識處、無所有處、有想無想處天身,一時有不?世尊!當有色界天身時,復有欲界人身四大諸根,及色界天身,空處、識處、無所有處、有想無想處天身,一時有不?如是至有想無想處天身時,有欲界人身四大諸根,及欲界天身,色界天身,空處、識處、無所有處天身,一時有不?」
Hastikaśīrṣa Śāriputra then said, “Bhagavān, shouldn’t it be that when there’s the desire realm person’s body of four elements and faculties, there’s also at the same time the body of the desire realm gods … form realm gods … abode of space … abode of consciousness … abode of nothingness … the abode with and without conception gods?
“Bhagavān, shouldn’t it be that when there’s the body of the desire realm gods, there’s also at the same time the desire realm person’s body of four elements and faculties, body of the form realm gods, body of the abode of space … abode of consciousness … abode of nothingness … abode with and without conception gods?
“Bhagavān, shouldn’t it be that when there’s the body of the form realm gods, there’s also at the same time the desire realm person’s body of four elements and faculties, the body of the desire realm gods, body of the abode of space … abode of consciousness … abode of nothingness … abode with and without conception gods?
“… when there’s the body of the gods of the abode with and without conception, there’s also at the same time the desire realm person’s body of four elements and faculties, body of the desire realm gods, body of the form realm gods … abode of space … abode of consciousness … abode of nothingness … abode with and without conception?”
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- The Long Discourses (selected sūtras) — Charles Patton, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
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- Poṭṭhapādasutta — Pāli