俱舍論疏 23.104

23.104

論「譬如下種至傳說如是」，舉喻顯也。《正理論》云「極速三生方得解脫。謂初生殖順解脫分，次生成就，第三生起順決擇分即入聖道。若謂第二生起順決擇分，第三生入聖乃至得解脫，彼言便與前說相違，謂依根本地起煖等者，彼必於此生得入見諦。或彼應許極速二生，謂第二生依根本地起煖等者，彼於現生必入聖道得解脫故。」俱舍師救云：依根本地起煖等者，必於前生已起煖等，或可第四生者方能依根本起。

On the Śāstra's statement: "Just like planting a seed ... such is the tradition": an analogy is raised to illustrate it. The *Nyāyānusāra* says: "At the fastest, it takes three lives before one attains liberation. That is, in the first life one plants [the roots of goodness] conducive to liberation; in the second life one brings them to completion; in the third life one produces those conducive to penetration and immediately enters the noble path. If it were held that in the second life one produces those conducive to penetration, and in the third life one enters the noble path and finally attains liberation, that statement would contradict what was previously explained—namely, that for one who produces warmth and the like based on a fundamental stage, they will definitely enter the vision of the truths in this very life. Or else they would have to accept that it takes at the fastest two lifetimes: namely, that one who produces warmth and the like based on a fundamental stage in the second life would definitely enter the noble path and attain liberation in their present life." The master of the *Kośa* rescues [the thesis], saying: One who produces warmth and the like based on a fundamental stage must already have produced warmth and the like in a previous life; or alternatively, only one in a fourth life is able to produce them based on a fundamental [stage].