[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [俱舍論頌疏論本](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823) › 4.48 # 俱舍論頌疏論本 4.48 俱舍論頌疏論本 4.48 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823.4.48) 上兼除伺等者，上者，二禪已上，乃至非想也。此二禪已上除前所除，兼除伺等，等取諂、誑，餘皆具有。經說諂、誑極至梵天，故唯初禪得有諂、誑，以初禪地臣主相依，必行諂、誑。如經中說：「大梵天王處自梵眾，忽被馬勝苾芻問言：『此四大種當於何位盡滅無餘？』梵王不知無餘滅位，便矯亂答：『我於此梵眾，自在作者、化者、生者、養者，是一切眾生父。』作此語已，引出眾外，諂言愧謝，令還問佛。」解云：大梵天王不知依未至中間四禪，此六地中，起無漏道斷第四禪染，及依空處近分起有漏道斷第四禪染，是四大種無餘滅位故，矯亂答也。矯亂答辭是誑語攝也。諂言愧謝，顯有諂也。作者，我能造作世間也。化者，我能化世間也。生者，我能生一切眾生也。養者，我能養一切眾生也。 > Regarding "The higher further exclude scrutiny and the rest": "the higher" means from the second dhyāna upward, up to \[the sphere of\] neither-perception-nor-non-perception. These, from the second dhyāna upward, in addition to what was excluded previously, also exclude scrutiny and the rest. "And the rest" includes deceit and dissimulation; all the rest are possessed. The sūtra states that deceit and dissimulation extend at most to the realm of Brahmā; therefore only the first dhyāna can have deceit and dissimulation, because in the first dhyāna stage subjects and lords depend on one another, and deceit and dissimulation inevitably occur. As it is said in the sūtra: "The Great Brahmā King was residing among his own Brahmā host when suddenly the bhikṣu Aśvajit asked him, 'Where do these four great elements cease without remainder?' The Brahmā King, not knowing the stage where they cease without remainder, gave a deceptive and evasive answer: 'Among this Brahmā host, I am the Sovereign, the Maker, the Transformer, the Creator, the Nourisher, the Father of all beings.' Having spoken these words, he led him outside the assembly and, speaking deceptively in apology, bade him go back and ask the Buddha." The explanation says: The Great Brahmā King did not know that the cessation of the four great elements without remainder is when one relies on the six stages—the threshold \[of the first dhyāna\], the intermediate, and the four dhyānas—to produce the uncontaminated path and abandon the defilements of the fourth dhyāna, or relies on the preliminary stage of the sphere of boundless space to produce the contaminated path and abandon the defilements of the fourth dhyāna; hence he answered evasively. The evasive words are included under deceitful speech. His deceitful apology demonstrates the presence of dissimulation. "Maker" means 'I can make the world'. "Transformer" means 'I can transform the world'. "Creator" means 'I can generate all beings'. "Nourisher" means 'I can sustain all beings'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823.4.47) - [Next: 4.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823.4.49) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823~en-mt.4.48) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823.4.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823.4.48) · Pramāṇa