起信論疏筆削記 20.39

20.39

思益中，論　假使者，實無此人，假設而立故。三千大千世界者，《俱舍》云：四大洲日月、蘇迷盧欲天、梵世各一千，名一小千界。此小千千倍，說名一中千，此千倍大千，皆同一成壞。配亦可知。十善者，化人令行十善，果招天上，雖即數多，不離三界，不成無漏。若思此法是佛之因，究竟令得無上佛道，時雖不多，功不可喻，豈將世善而可並耶？

In the benefit of reflection, the treatise states: 'Suppose' sets up a hypothetical case because such a person does not actually exist. Regarding 'the trichiliocosm', the Abhidharmakośa states: 'One thousand sets of the four great continents, sun and moon, Sumeru, desire heavens, and Brahma world are called a small-thousand-world. A thousand times this small thousand is called a medium-thousand; a thousand times this is a great-thousand; they all share the same cycle of formation and destruction.' The correlation can also be known. Regarding 'the ten good deeds', transforming people and causing them to practice the ten good deeds incurs heavenly rebirth as a retribution; although they are numerous, they do not transcend the three realms and do not constitute anāsrava. If one reflects on this Dharma, it is the cause of Buddhahood and ultimately causes one to attain the unexcelled Buddha path; although the time is not long, the merit cannot be compared—how could mundane good deeds possibly be set alongside it?