釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 4.110

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復次，略明破魔義不同，如《摩訶衍》中說：「得菩薩道故，破煩惱魔；得法性身故，破陰界入魔；得菩薩道，得法性身故，破死魔；得不動三昧，一切法中自在無住故，破欲界他化自在天子魔。」若《大集經》，明得四念處即破四魔。此二說，名異意同。若《纓絡經》，明等覺如來三魔已過，唯有一品死魔在。若《法華》說，二乘之人但破三魔，餘有欲界天子魔所未能破。此則經論互說不同，悉有深意。若通明四魔，並至菩提方盡。所以者何？如煩惱魔，無明細惑，佛菩提智之所能斷。陰界入魔，如告憍陳如：「色是無常，因滅是色，獲得常色。受、想、行、識亦復如是。」死魔，如前取《纓絡經》所說。欲界天子魔，坐道場時，方來與菩薩興大鬪戰。故知四魔皆至菩提究竟永盡。

Furthermore, to explain briefly the different meanings of conquering Māra: as explained in the Mahāyāna [Treatise], "Because one attains the bodhisattva path, one conquers the affliction-Māra; because one attains the dharma-nature body, one conquers the Māra of the aggregates, realms, and entrances; because one attains the bodhisattva path and the dharma-nature body, one conquers the death-Māra; because one attains the unmoving samādhi and is autonomous and non-abiding among all dharmas, one conquers the Māra of the son of heaven of Paranirmitavaśavartin in the desire realm." In the Great Collection Sūtra, it is explained that attaining the four applications of mindfulness is conquering the four Māras. These two explanations differ in terminology but agree in meaning. The Yingluo jing explains that an equally-awakened Tathāgata has already surpassed three Māras, with only one grade of the death-Māra remaining. The Lotus [Sūtra] explains that people of the two vehicles only conquer three Māras, leaving the desire-realm son-of-heaven Māra unconquered. Thus sūtras and treatises explain this differently, yet all have profound meaning. If one understands the four Māras comprehensively, they are all eliminated completely only upon reaching bodhi. Why is this? As for the affliction-Māra, the subtle delusions of fundamental ignorance can only be severed by the wisdom of the Buddha's bodhi. As for the Māra of the aggregates, realms, and entrances, it is as when he addressed Kauṇḍinya: "Form is impermanent; through the cessation of this form, one attains eternal form. Feeling, perception, volitional formations, and consciousness are also like this." As for the death-Māra, it is as cited earlier from what is explained in the Yingluo jing. As for the desire-realm son-of-heaven Māra, only when one sits at the site of awakening does he come to wage great battle against the bodhisattva. Therefore, we know that all four Māras are completely and eternally eliminated only upon reaching bodhi.