成唯識論演祕 5.624

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按《婆沙論》百二十九引經說云：「如佛昔在室羅筏城住誓多林，時有苾芻名曰馬勝，是阿羅漢，作是思惟，諸四大種當於何位盡滅無餘，煩惱繫縛為欲知故入勝等持，即以定心於誓多林沒，於四大王眾天出，從定而起，問彼天眾，諸四大種當於何位盡滅無餘等？答曰：不知。」如是欲界六欲天等展轉相推，乃至他化自在天所被復作推梵眾諸天，欲往梵世復入勝定，復以定心自在宮沒，梵眾天出，從定而起，還作上問。梵眾咸曰：我等不知復推大梵，馬勝尋問如前所問，彼大梵王處自梵眾忽被馬勝苾芻所問，梵王不知便矯亂答：我於此眾是大梵、自在、作者、化者、生者、養者、是一切父，故知有誑。作是語已，引出眾外，諂言愧謝，還令問佛，故知有誑。

According to roll 129 of the Mahāvibhāṣā, citing a sūtra: "When the Buddha formerly dwelt in the Jeta Grove in Śrāvastī, there was a bhikṣu named Aśvajit, who was an arhat. He had this thought: 'In what state will the four great primary elements cease without residue, bound by the defilements?' Desiring to know this, he entered an exalted samādhi. With a concentrated mind, he vanished from the Jeta Grove and appeared among the gods of the Four Great Kings. Rising from samādhi, he asked those gods: 'In what state will the four great primary elements cease without residue, etc.?' They replied: 'We do not know.'" In this way the six desire heavens of the desire realm referred him one after another, up to the Heaven of Controlling Others' Emanations, where he was referred further to the gods of the Brahmā congregation. Desiring to go to the Brahmā world, he again entered an exalted samādhi. With a concentrated mind, he vanished from the palace of the Paranirmitavaśavartin gods and appeared among the gods of the Brahmā congregation. Rising from samādhi, he again posed the above question. The Brahmā congregation all said: 'We do not know,' and referred him further to Mahābrahmā. Aśvajit thereupon asked him as previously asked. That Great Brahmā King, residing amidst his own Brahmā congregation, was suddenly questioned by the bhikṣu Aśvajit; the Brahmā king, not knowing, gave a deceitful and confusing answer: 'In this assembly, I am the Great Brahmā, the Sovereign, the Creator, the Transformer, the Generator, the Sustainer, and the Father of All.' Therefore we know there was deception. Having spoken thus, he led him outside the assembly, expressed shame and apologized with flattering words, and sent him back to question the Buddha. Therefore we know there was flattery.