瑜伽論記 1.501

1.501

Now it is not so: the moon itself tilts, and because its other parts project their own shadow, it is seen as waning; there are also devas, bodhisattvas, and the hands of asuras that obstruct it, causing a solar eclipse. Regarding the claim that the shadows of fish, turtles, and so forth appear in the lunar disc: other sūtras state that the shadow of the jambu tree appears; the Tripiṭaka Master cites the Benxing jing: In the past, when three animals practiced benevolence and righteousness together, Śakra, king of the devas, wished to test their genuineness; the rabbit gathered firewood, lit a fire, and sacrificed its own body to offer to Śakra; Śakra, amazed by its utmost sincerity, placed its remains in the lunar disc, to serve as an exemplar for the world. The Tiandi jing says: In the Land of Peaceful Nurture, the Bodhisattva Precious Sound of Response forms the solar city, and the Bodhisattva Precious Auspiciousness forms the lunar city (and so forth). A krośa is the measure of five hundred bows; measuring according to the chi and zhang of the Liang dynasty, one bow is eight chi in length, and five hundred bows are four hundred zhang in length. The "pacifying king": there are two kinds: first, manifested by great bodhisattvas; second, actual sentient beings included in the ghost realm. Some say: Since this text states that due to experiencing defiled, predominant karma they are born into hell, it is known that they are included in the hell realm. Other traditions say: They reside in the ghost domain five hundred yojanas [down]; the meaning of pacification is as [explained in the] Viniścaya. That "the hell wardens are like the miraculously born": the Xianzong lun says: In the three [hells of] Avīci, Great Heat, and Scorching Heat, there are no wardens guarding them; in the three of Great Wailing, Wailing, and Crushing, there are few wardens, because the messengers of King Yama visit and inspect them from time to time; the remaining hells are all guarded by wardens, because sentience and non-sentience are different types of wardens that guard and punish sinful sentient beings, and fire cannot burn them. Regarding a koṭi (jùzhī): among the fifty-two numbers in the Abhidharmakośa, the eighth number is named koṭi, namely: one, ten, hundred, thousand, myriad, lakṣa, dvilakṣa, koṭi; multiplying by ten, a lakṣa corresponds to one hundred thousand (or a hundred million in the Chinese notation), dvilakṣa to one thousand million, and koṭi to ten thousand million. However, the Western regions have four kinds of 'yì': one hundred thousand is an yì; two million is an yì; ten million is an yì; and one hundred million is an yì.