釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 8.54

8.54

肺為大夫，在上下，捨不義。肝為尉。仁心在中央，稟種類。脾在其間，平五味。腎在下，衝四氣，增長七體成身。骨以柱之，髓以膏之，筋以縫之，脈以通之，血以潤之，肉以裹之，皮以覆之，以是因緣，則有頭、身、手、足大分之軀，餘骨為齒，餘肉為舌，餘筋為爪，餘血為髮，餘皮為耳。識神在內，戒力因緣，則五胞開張，四大造色清淨，變為五情，是以對塵則依情以識知，五色因緣則生意識，塵謝則識歸五臟。一期果報，四大、五陰、十二入、十八界具足成就。此則略說一期果報根本，世間義所因由。

The lungs are the grandee: positioned above and below, they discard injustice. The liver is the commandant. The benevolent heart is in the center, receiving the categories [of beings]. The spleen is between them, harmonizing the five flavors. The kidneys are below, surging into the four energies, nurturing the seven physical components to form the body. Bones are used to prop it up, marrow to lubricate it, sinews to bind it together, vessels to connect it, blood to moisten it, flesh to wrap it, and skin to cover it. Through these conditions, there are the major divisions of the body—head, torso, arms, and legs. Surplus bone becomes teeth, surplus flesh becomes the tongue, surplus sinew becomes nails, surplus blood becomes hair, and surplus skin becomes ears. With the conscious spirit within and through the causal conditions of the power of the precepts, the five vesicles open up, and the derived form of the four great elements becomes pure, transforming into the five sense organs. Therefore, facing sense objects, one perceives and cognizes by relying on the sense organs; through the conditions of the five forms, mental consciousness arises; and when the sense objects pass away, consciousness returns to the five viscera. In a single lifespan's retributive fruition, the four great elements, five aggregates, twelve sense bases, and eighteen elements are fully accomplished. This is a brief explanation of the root of a single lifespan's retributive fruition and that from which the mundane meaning derives.