俱舍論疏 8.38

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8.38

On the Śāstra's statement: "Furthermore, the realm of desire ... should be known likewise": this is another explanation of the desire realm. Desire is that which is sustained; the realm is that which sustains. "Realm" (*dhātu*) has the meaning of sustaining; that is, because the five skandhas of the desire realm can sustain desire, it is necessarily called the "realm of desire". The other two are also like this: that is, the four skandhas and the five skandhas are the meanings of the realms of desire and so on. Someone seems to have missed the point.

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