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俱舍論頌疏論本 3.79

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3.79

'Gradually, four; with a virtuous [mind], five are added': 'gradually' refers to gradual death. When one dies gradually in the desire realm, as one approaches the end of life, only four faculties cease: body, life, mind, and equanimity. 'With a virtuous [mind], five are added': 'virtuous' refers to a virtuous state of mind; dying with a virtuous mind, five more faculties are added, namely the five beginning with faith. The aforementioned sudden and gradual deaths where three faculties cease, and so on, are explained in terms of dying with a defiled or indeterminate mind; if dying with a virtuous mind, the five beginning with faith are added to each of the aforementioned states. Therefore, the former three faculties increase to eight; the former eight faculties increase to thirteen; the former nine faculties increase to fourteen; the former ten faculties increase to fifteen; and the four faculties in gradual death increase to nine. That is to say, dying with a virtuous mind in any of the three realms always includes the five beginning with faith.

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