俱舍論疏 24.44

24.44

On the treatise passage, "These, together with the former five... together with the former six, make seven": This concludes the count of seven. That is: 1. attaining parinirvāṇa in the intermediate state, 2. attaining parinirvāṇa upon rebirth, 3. attaining parinirvāṇa with effort, 4. attaining parinirvāṇa without effort, 5. the upstream practitioner who fares in the form realm, 6. the upstream practitioner who fares in the formless realm, and 7. attaining parinirvāṇa in the present life. If one adds taking further birth, there are eight kinds. If one divides attaining parinirvāṇa in the present life into two, there are nine kinds. If one is not reborn in the form realm, even if there is further birth, it is also called attaining parinirvāṇa in the present life; alternatively, it may be divided into two. The Nyāyānusāra also states: "Or one should establish nine kinds of non-returners in total. That is, dividing those who attain nirvāṇa in the present life into two kinds: first, those who clearly master the noble aim at an earlier stage; second, those who are only able to clearly master it at the time of death, making eight kinds in total. Furthermore, adding taking further birth, they become nine kinds. 'Taking further birth' means having already obtained the fruit of stream-enterer or once-returner in a previous life, only obtaining non-returner within the present life. The earlier phrase 'attaining parinirvāṇa in the present life' designates only one who newly enters the noble state in the present life and proceeds to nirvāṇa."