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瑜伽師地論略纂 11.9

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11.9

Regarding the treatise's explanation of suppressing the supernatural powers of others, where it states: 'The supernatural powers possessed by the ultimate Bodhisattva bound to one more life, or one in their final existence': this refers to residing in Tuṣita Heaven, having only this [life left], taking birth here and there, and exhausting this one life; this is called 'one bound to one more life'. 'Or one in their final body' refers to having already been born into the desire realm, and attaining the Way with this very body. Because this body is the final existence of bodies in saṃsāra, it is called the 'final body'. Furthermore, it immediately explains the Bodhisattva seated at the site of awakening, referring to sitting under the Bodhi tree; the time before having attained the Way is called 'seated at the site of awakening'. Thus the previous three.

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