[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) › 2.121 # 瑜伽師地論略纂 2.121 瑜伽師地論略纂 2.121 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1829.2.121) 下四天攝受，上二天無者，由獲勝果，不生守護，執為己物。又彼二天能化為男女其行欲事，故無別攝受。如《俱舍》說：北俱盧州既無攝受，云何知有父母等耶？由往彼樹將行事時，枝條垂覆，乃為彼事；枝條不垂，知是父母，俱愧而還。亦有難言：上之二天既無攝受，云何有彼不與取、欲邪行業道耶？答：於化無攝受業果者有之，故有二業道。或彼無此，亦復何爽？上三受用界中，第五門訖。 > That the lower four heavens take \[spouses\] while the upper two heavens do not is because, having attained superior fruit, they do not give rise to guarding or grasping things as their own. Furthermore, those two heavens are able to manifest as men and women to engage in sexual practice; hence they have no separate taking \[of spouses\]. As the \*Kośa\* says: Since the continent of Uttarakuru has no taking \[of spouses\], how do they recognize their parents and relatives? When they go toward the trees about to engage in the act, if the branches hang down and conceal them, they engage in the act; if the branches do not hang down, they know they are parents or relatives, and both return in shame. There is also an objection: Since the upper two heavens have no taking \[of spouses\], how can they have the courses of action of taking what is not given and sexual misconduct? Answer: There are those who have karmic fruits regarding manifested objects without taking \[them as personal property\]; hence the two courses of action exist. Or they simply do not have these, so what fault would there be? Among the three enjoyments of the realms, the fifth section is concluded. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1829.2.120) - [Next: 2.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1829.2.122) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1829.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1829~en-mt.2.121) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [瑜伽論記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1828.2.78) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1829.2.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1829.2.121) · Pramāṇa