俱舍論記 24.8

24.8

「三由受生至三二生故」者，第三緣，謂由受生更受欲有三、二生故。若斷三品更受三生，若斷四品更受二生，無斷一品、二品、五品中間死生，故無五生、四生、一生、半生家家。問：聖人造牽引業不？解云：若依《正理》六十四云「此三、二生，由異生位造作及增長，感三、二生業。非諸聖者於聖位中更能新作牽後有業，以背生死向涅槃故。由此契經說：諸聖者唯受故業，更不受新。」又《婆沙》五十三解家家、一間中云「問：聖者為造欲界引眾同分業不？有說：不造。所以者何？欲界多諸過患、多諸災橫，是故聖者不造欲界引眾同分業，但造欲界滿眾同分業。有說：聖者亦造欲界引眾同分業。」雖有兩說，然無評文。又《正理》同前說。問：若言聖人不造引業，寧得生彼五淨居天？解云：言不造者，據欲界說。唯受故業，應知亦爾。問：順決擇分善根尚不造引業，今何至聖位造引業耶？解云：順決擇分善根，憎背有故、趣見道故、順見道故，所以但造滿業不造引業。聖位不爾，容造引業。又《婆沙》六十四云「問：何聖者有分離染而命終，異生不爾。答：以諸聖者有無漏定，任持相續令極堅固。異生但有世俗諸定，任持相續非極堅固。」廣如彼釋。

[On the passage] from "Third, by undergoing rebirth" down to "three or two births": the third condition is by undergoing rebirth, namely by further undergoing three or two rebirths in desire existence. If one severs three grades, one further undergoes three rebirths; if one severs four grades, one further undergoes two rebirths. Since there is no dying and being reborn in the interval of severing one, two, or five grades, there is no kulaṃkula of five rebirths, four rebirths, one rebirth, or half a rebirth. Question: Do noble persons create projecting karma? Explanation: If we follow the Nyāyānusāra, fascicle 64, it says: "These three or two rebirths are karma that was created and augmented in the state of an ordinary worldling, inducing three or two births. Noble persons in the noble state cannot further newly create karma that projects a future existence, because they have turned their backs on saṃsāra and are heading toward nirvāṇa. Because of this, the sūtra states: 'Noble persons only experience old karma; they do not further experience new [karma].'" Furthermore, the Mahāvibhāṣā, fascicle 53, explaining kulaṃkula and ekavīcika, says: "Question: Do noble persons create projecting karma for the nikāya-sabhāga of the desire realm? Some say: They do not. Why? The desire realm has many faults and many calamities; therefore noble persons do not create projecting karma for the nikāya-sabhāga of the desire realm, but only create fulfilling karma for the nikāya-sabhāga of the desire realm. Some say: Noble persons also create projecting karma for the nikāya-sabhāga of the desire realm." Although there are two explanations, there is no evaluative judgment. Moreover, the Nyāyānusāra agrees with the former explanation. Question: If noble persons do not create projecting karma, how can they be reborn in those five Śuddhāvāsa heavens? Explanation: Saying that they do not create it is spoken based on the desire realm. 'Only experiencing old karma' should be known to be likewise. Question: If even the roots of goodness conducive to penetration (nirvedhabhāgīya) do not create projecting karma, how now upon reaching the noble state could they create projecting karma? Explanation: The roots of goodness conducive to penetration hate and turn their backs on existence, proceed toward the path of seeing, and accord with the path of seeing; therefore they only create fulfilling karma and do not create projecting karma. The noble state is not like this, so it is admissible that they create projecting karma. Furthermore, the Mahāvibhāṣā, fascicle 64, states: "Question: Why do some noble persons die having been separated from attachment, while ordinary worldlings do not? Answer: Because noble persons possess anāsrava concentration, which upholds the continuum and makes it extremely solid. Ordinary worldlings only possess worldly concentrations, which uphold the continuum without making it extremely solid." It is extensively explained as in that text.