俱舍論頌疏論本 28.55

28.55

The explanation says: As for 'acquired when wholly unaccomplished: the pure is through dispassion and birth,' when the eight fundamental samāpattis are acquired when wholly unaccomplished, that is, the pure samāpatti is acquired through two conditions: first, acquisition through dispassion, meaning that while in a lower stage, by separating from the defilement of the lower stage, one acquires the pure absorption of the higher stage; second, acquisition through taking rebirth, meaning that when born from a higher stage into one's own stage, one acquires the pure [absorption] of one's own stage. The lower seven samāpattis are acquired through these two conditions; the samāpatti of the peak of existence is acquired solely through dispassion, not through taking rebirth, because there is no higher stage from which to be born into one's own stage. Question: "What does the phrase 'wholly unaccomplished' preclude?" Answer: "It is meant to preclude what is already accomplished and where one merely acquires an additional minor portion. For example, when through preparation one acquires the division concordant with penetration and the division concordant with special progression: having previously already acquired the division concordant with falling away and the division concordant with maintenance, now through preparation one acquires the division concordant with penetration and the division concordant with special progression; having already previously acquired that division concordant with falling away and so forth, penetration and so forth are not called 'acquisition' [in the sense of a wholly new attainment], because the four divisions are identical in being pure absorption. Furthermore, when falling away from one's own dispassion and acquiring the absorption concordant with falling away, this is also not called 'acquisition,' because that person had previously acquired the absorption concordant with maintenance, the absorption concordant with special progression, or the division concordant with penetration, and only now through falling away acquires the absorption concordant with falling away; hence this acquisition through falling away is not called 'acquisition' [in that sense], because these four divisions are identical in being pure absorption."