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瑜伽師地論略纂 15.4

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15.4

The treatise says regarding non-ideational maturation: "After being born, these sentient beings then pass away from there." Here, following the method of reasoning, in the Mahāyāna, at the initial birth and at the end of life of that fruition, there is no mind. How is this known? The text below states: "A lifetime without mind possessing only form refers to birth in the Heaven without Ideation"; hence it is known that there is only form and no mind. There are texts stating that there is mind at initial birth; this text states there is no mind at a later time. In the Western regions, whenever concentrated karma induces [a fruit], it induces a mindless fruit and does not induce one with mind; therefore, they are without mind. This is explained extensively as in the Commentary on the Abhidharma[-samuccaya]. Later, this text should be read continuously as: if born in form, after passing away from there, abiding in the intermediate existence is called ideation having arisen, and that intermediate existence then passes away from there. This is the Mahāyāna tenet, not the Hīnayāna meaning. The two explanations are as before. The intention that can induce the concentration without ideation refers to the volition at the time of the concentration's essence, which is able to induce a separate retribution.

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