經律異相 1.29

1.29

The palace of Māra heaven is located midway between the two realms of desire and form. 'Māra' is likened to a millstone, grinding down and destroying merit. It is six thousand yojanas in length and breadth, with sevenfold palace walls. All of its adornments are like those of the heavens below. It possesses ten dharmas: first, they fly away in limitless numbers; second, they fly here in limitless numbers; third, their going is unimpeded; fourth, their coming is unimpeded; fifth, the heavenly bodies have no skin, bone marrow, sinews, blood, or flesh; sixth, their bodies are free of impurities, urine, and excrement; seventh, their bodies suffer no exhaustion; eighth, the deva women do not give birth; ninth, the deva eyes do not blink; tenth, their bodies appear in whatever color they wish—if blue, then blue; if yellow, then yellow; if red or white, whatever multitude of colors they wish, appearing as they please. These are the ten dharmas of this heaven. It also possesses ten upheld attributes: first, flying without limit; second, coming and going without limit; third, the devas have no robbers or thieves; fourth, they do not speak of their own good deeds, nor do they speak of the evils of others; fifth, they do not violate one another; sixth, the devas' teeth are even and continuous; seventh, their hair is dark blue, sleek, and eighty feet long; eighth, if a deva has blue hair, the body is also blue; ninth, if one wishes to be white, the body immediately becomes white; tenth, if one wishes to be black, the body immediately becomes black (from the eighteenth and thirtieth fascicles of the Dīrgha Āgama; also from the Loutan jing and Da zhidu lun).