瑜伽論記 10.249

10.249

Second, explaining realms and destinies: those who receive the bodhisattva precepts encompass the four destinies of the desire realm and the form realm. This is because the Brahmajāla Sūtra says: 'All the ghosts and spirits, etc., of the eighteen Brahma heavens, as long as they understand the master's words, all can receive the precepts,' and does not mention the hells or the formless realm. The eighteen Brahma heavens are as spoken in the Mahāprajñāpāramitā: in the first dhyāna there are four: 1. Brahmakāyika heaven, 2. Mahābrahma heaven, 3. Brahmapurohita heaven, 4. Brahma heaven. In the second dhyāna there are four: 1. Parīttābha heaven, 2. Apramāṇābha heaven, 3. Ābhāsvara heaven, 4. Prabhāsvara heaven. In the third dhyāna there are four: 1. Parīttaśubha heaven, 2. Apramāṇaśubha heaven, 3. Śubhakṛtsna heaven, 4. Śuddha heaven. In the fourth dhyāna there are six: 1. Puṇyaprasava heaven, 2. Anabhraka heaven, 3. Bṛhatphala heaven, 4. Śuddhāvāsa heaven, 5. Vaśavartin heaven, 6. Mahāmaheśvara heaven.