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# 瑜伽論記 2.88

瑜伽論記 2.88

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [2.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1828.2.88)

答：一切眾生不定業多自由福盡，故有中夭，不同欲天食數起增上現行，但損天報得名自害。

> Answer: For all sentient beings, indeterminate karma is predominant, and \[untimely death\] arises naturally when merit is exhausted; thus there is untimely death. It is unlike the desire-realm devas, who repeatedly give rise to magnified active manifestations regarding food, which merely damages their heavenly retribution and so is called 'self-harm'.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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