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俱舍論疏 19.78

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19.78

On the passage where the Śāstra says, 'Thus among the six [...] ninety-eight are spoken of': This concludes the total number, as can be understood from the text. Question: The nine stages and the five categories are each distinct; for what reason are the anusayas established here according to differences in realms, and not according to differences in stages? Answer: Because full understanding (parijñā) and the fruits of asceticism (śrāmaṇyaphala) are established through detachment from realms. That is, establishing these two is due to the abandonment of anusayas. This abandonment of anusayas concerns realms, not stages, and so anusayas are not established according to stages. Another explanation: although the stages within a single realm are distinct, the nature of anusayas in the same realm is somewhat similar; therefore they are divided according to realm and not stated according to stage. In the upper realms there is no anger, as has already been explained previously.

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