四分律行事鈔資持記 3.692

3.692

六中，初科，《無垢經》中，初即女問三事果報。一問掃塔，二問塗治供養；四相，即方圓半月人形；三問修四法；禪，即色無色定；梵行，即四無量心。上二正用，下一因引。佛告下，如來次答，答初問中。五福：一是內感，二三即外應，四五即來報，四是別報，五即總報。若人下，答第二問；四相，四節。初中，若人信佛句絕，此句標心因；圓下，即業行，謂於塔地以泥塗為物像，故有方圓等別；彼下，明獲報，即生後二報。（餘三節文並爾。）弗婆提，即東勝身洲，彼人面圓。（《俱舍》東洲半月，與經不同。）瞿陀尼，即西州，彼人面如半月；兜率，此翻知足，欲界第四天。欝單曰，即北州，彼人面方；炎摩，此云妙善，欲界第三天。人面形，即南洲，人面上廣下狹，文脫二報，彼云：後生閻浮提；壽終，生三十三天。所下二句，總結四相。若人入禪下，答第三問，初明修因。四梵行，即慈悲喜捨。彼下，明感報。善根是現報。福報是來果，即人天世果，禪梵定生天，歸戒通人天，涅槃即出世果。

In the sixth [part], the first section: in the *Vimaladattā-sūtra*, the beginning shows the woman asking about the karmic retributions of three matters. First, she asks about sweeping the stūpa; second, she asks about plastering, maintaining, and making offerings—the four shapes refer to square, round, half-moon, and human-figure; third, she asks about cultivating four dharmas: dhyāna refers to the concentrations of the form and formless realms, and the brahma-practices refer to the four immeasurables. The first two are the principal practices, and the latter one is an auxiliary cause. "The Buddha told..." below: the Tathāgata next answers. In answering the first question, the five blessings: the first is internal resonance, the second and third are external responses, and the fourth and fifth are future retributions—the fourth is a specific retribution, and the fifth is a general retribution. "If a person..." below answers the second question; the four shapes comprise four clauses. In the first, the phrase "If a person has faith in the Buddha" ends the sentence, marking the mental cause; "round..." below is the karmic practice, meaning that upon the stūpa grounds one uses plaster to depict objects and images, hence there are distinctions such as square and round; "that..." below explains obtaining retribution, which refers to the two retributions in subsequent births. (The texts of the remaining three clauses are all like this.) Pūrvavideha is the eastern continent of Superior Body; the people there have round faces. (In the *Abhidharmakośa*, the eastern continent is half-moon shaped, which differs from this sūtra.) Godānīya is the western continent; the people there have faces like a half-moon. Tuṣita translates here as "Contentment," the fourth heaven of the desire realm. Uttarakuru is the northern continent; the people there have square faces. Yāma translates here as "Wondrous and Good," the third heaven of the desire realm. The human face shape refers to the southern continent; human faces are broad above and narrow below. The text lacks two retributions; that [sūtra] says: subsequently born in Jambudvīpa; when life ends, born in the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven. The two sentences "that which..." below conclude the four shapes. "If a person enters dhyāna..." below answers the third question; first, it explains cultivating the cause. The four brahma-practices are benevolence, compassion, joy, and equanimity. "That..." below explains eliciting retribution. Wholesome roots are the present retribution. Meritorious retribution is the future fruit, namely the worldly fruit of humans and devas; dhyāna and brahma-practices definitely lead to birth in heaven; taking refuge and the precepts pertain to both humans and devas; nirvāṇa is the supramundane fruit.