俱舍論頌疏論本 18.59

18.59

'Each adorned with a hundred merits': The karma of each of the thirty-two marks is adorned with a hundred merits; one hundred wholesome volitions are called 'a hundred merits.' For example, when cultivating the mark of flat soles: first, fifty volitions arise to refine and purify the physical vessel; next, one volition arises to directly draw it forth; finally, fifty volitions arise to bring it to completion. It is just as a farmer first prepares the ridges and furrows, then casts the seeds, and finally covers and irrigates them with manure and water. Cultivating the feet being thus, the other marks are also like this. The 'fifty volitions' mean that the ten wholesome courses of karma each have five volitions. Taking the first, the karma of non-killing, it has five volitions: first, the volition of abstaining from killing; second, the volition of encouraging others to the path; third, the volition of praise; fourth, the volition of rejoicing; fifth, the volition of dedication. This should also be known up to right view; these are called the fifty volitions. Question: 'What is the measure of one merit?' Answer: 'Some say that, excluding only the bodhisattvas close to Buddhahood, the karma resulting in the wealth and happiness of all remaining sentient beings is called the measure of one merit. Some say that karma causing a great trichiliocosm is the measure of one merit. Some say that its measure is boundless and known only to a Buddha.'