[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [瑜伽師地論略纂](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1829) › 1.100 # 瑜伽師地論略纂 1.100 瑜伽師地論略纂 1.100 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1829.1.100) 世間成中有二：一、總明業力故成；二、別明世間成。別明世間成中有二：初明世界成；後「如是安立世界成已，五趣可得」下，明其中可得諸法。初文復三：初色界成；次欲界成；後「如是百俱胝四大洲」下，結成三千大千一佛化境。初中又二：初器界成、後有情界成。　問：色界外器初成，化生不由物造，何因彼壞即假外緣？答：化生無而頓有，成不假緣；宮殿既不隨身，壞時必由他物。又業增減，化成位不假他緣；壞事難為，必由傍物。又器業多令經劫，身滅其器猶存，若不假以傍緣，無由壞故。壽盡故者，彼天分限命盡。業盡故者，不滿天壽，業力盡故。福盡故者，耽定味等，便捨命故。四禪、三禪、二禪如次皆言漸下生者，三災頂故。二禪、三禪雖有初生，以無尋伺更無希望，以無諂誑亦無君臣。初定皆有，故有大梵起希望念：上天業盡，應念下生。大梵不知，謂由己願，便執為子，子亦謂父，故名身異而想是一。 > Regarding the formation of the world, there are two parts: first, a general explanation of its formation due to the power of karma; second, a specific explanation of the world's formation. In the specific explanation of the world's formation, there are two parts: first, an explanation of the formation of the receptacle world; afterwards, from "Once the established receptacle world is thus formed, the five destinies are found..." downward, an explanation of the various phenomena found therein. The first section again has three parts: first, the formation of the form realm; next, the formation of the desire realm; afterwards, from "Such a billion sets of four great continents..." downward, the conclusion forming the field of conversion of a single Buddha in a great trichiliocosm. In the first part, there are again two: first, the formation of the receptacle realm; afterwards, the formation of the realm of sentient beings. Question: When the external receptacle of the form realm is first formed, apparitional birth does not depend on being made of physical matter; why, then, when it is destroyed, does it depend on external conditions? Answer: Apparitional birth arises all at once from non-existence, so its formation does not depend on \[material\] conditions; but since the palaces do not accompany the bodies, their destruction must depend on other things. Furthermore, with the waxing and waning of karma, the stage of apparitional formation does not depend on other conditions; while the event of destruction is difficult to effect, and must depend on ancillary things. Furthermore, the karma for the receptacle mostly causes it to endure for kalpas; when the bodies perish, their receptacle still remains, and if it did not rely on ancillary conditions, there would be no means for it to be destroyed. "Due to exhaustion of life span" refers to the termination of the definite allotted life of those devas. "Due to exhaustion of karma" refers to not completing the deva life span because the power of karma has run out. "Due to exhaustion of merit" refers to indulging in the taste of absorption, and so forth, whereupon they abandon their lives. That the fourth dhyāna, third dhyāna, and second dhyāna are all sequentially said to be born gradually downward is because they are the peaks of the three disasters. Although the second dhyāna and third dhyāna have initial births, because they lack investigation and reflection, they have no further longings; and because they lack flattery and deceit, they also have no lords and ministers. The first dhyāna has both; therefore, there is the Great Brahmā who gives rise to the thought of longing: when the karma of the devas above is exhausted, they take birth below in response to his thought. The Great Brahmā does not know this, considers it to be due to his own wish, and thereupon grasps them as his sons; the sons also call him father. Hence it is named "different bodies, but one ideation." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1829.1.99) - [Next: 1.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1829.1.101) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1829.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1829~en-mt.1.100) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [瑜伽論記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1828.1.476) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1829.1.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1829.1.100) · Pramāṇa