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注大乘入楞伽經 5.72

注大乘入楞伽經 5.72

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5.72

此出外道妄計有四大種生造色也。謂彼妄想計有津潤之性為水大種,生內外水界,內即血汗流液,外則河海泉源。有炎熾成熟之性為火大種,生內外火界,內則體含煖氣,外則焚燎萬物。有飄動之性為風大種,生內外風界,內則氣息運動,外則萬籟俱吟。有色質分齊之性為地大種,生內外地界,內即皮肉筋骨,外則原濕丘陵。妄想計有堅濕煖動離於虛空,由執邪諦,不了五陰虛假積聚、本無自性,言由大種造色生,故上佛告菩薩應善了知。

This explains that the non-Buddhists falsely conceptualize the four great elements as producing the created forms. That is to say, their parikalpa conceptualizes the nature of moisture as the water element, which produces the internal and external water realms: internally, blood, sweat, and bodily fluids; externally, rivers, seas, and springs. They conceptualize the nature of burning and maturing as the fire element, which produces the internal and external fire realms: internally, the body's contained warmth; externally, the burning of the ten thousand things. They conceptualize the nature of blowing and motion as the wind element, which produces the internal and external wind realms: internally, the breath and motion; externally, the whistling of all sounds. They conceptualize the nature of material delimitation as the earth element, which produces the internal and external earth realms: internally, skin, flesh, sinews, and bones; externally, plains, wetlands, and hills. Through parikalpa, they conceptualize solidity, moisture, warmth, and motion as existing apart from space. Because of their grasp of erroneous truths, they do not understand that the five skandhas are empty, unreal aggregations and fundamentally devoid of svabhāva, asserting instead that they are produced through the great elements creating form. Therefore, above, the Buddha addressed the bodhisattvas, telling them that they should thoroughly understand this.

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