仁王經疏 3.28

3.28

Exposition: Fourth, explaining the calamities that are protected against. The text has three parts: first, explaining calamities such as ghosts; second, explaining the calamities of the three catastrophes; third, from 'all calamities' onward, distinguishing protection corresponding to the calamities. This is the first. In brief, there are eight calamities: 1. disturbances by ghosts; 2. disturbances among the myriad people; 3. bandits coming to plunder the state; 4. common people dying; 5. dispute and strife between ruler and ministers; 6. anomalies of heaven and earth; 7. lunar lodges deviating from their paths; 8. the sun and moon deviating from their paths, with bandits arising in great numbers. Calamities such as these cannot be fully recounted. Regarding the 'twenty-eight lunar lodges,' as the 'Chapter on the Adoption of the Lunar Lodges' in fascicle 10 of the Candragarbha Division of the Mahāsaṃnipāta-sūtra says: 'In each direction there are seven lodges; the four directions together have twenty-eight lodges. The seven lodges of the east are Kṛttikā, Rohiṇī, Mṛgaśiras, Ārdrā, Punarvasu, Puṣya, and Āśleṣā [or: Citrā, Niṣṭyā, Viśākhā, Anurādhā, Jyeṣṭhā, Mūla, Pūrvāṣāḍhā in standard Chinese lists: Jiao, Kang, Di, Fang, Xin, Wei, Ji]. The seven lodges of the south are Jing, Gui, Liu, Xing, Zhang, Yi, Zhen. The seven lodges of the west are Kui, Lou, Wei, Mao, Bi, Zui, Shen. The seven lodges of the north are Dou, Niu, Nü, Xu, Wei, Shi, Bi.' Furthermore, fascicle 10 of the Candragarbha Division is slightly different from the above; fearing verbosity, I do not recount it.