法苑珠林 2.53

2.53

依起世經云。須彌山下別有三級諸神住處。其最下級縱廣正等六十由旬。其第二級縱廣正等四十由旬。其最上級縱廣正等二十由旬。皆有七重牆院。乃至諸鳥各出妙音莫不具足。此三級中皆有夜叉住。須彌山半高四萬二千由旬。有四大天王所居宮殿。須彌山上有三十三天宮殿帝釋所居。三十三天已上一倍有夜摩天。又更一倍有兜率天。又更一倍有化樂天。又更一倍有他化自在天。他化天上又更一倍有梵身天。梵身天下於其中間有羅摩波旬諸宮殿。倍梵身天上有光音天。倍光音天上有遍淨天。倍遍淨天上有廣果天。倍廣果天上有不麁天。不麁天下其間別有諸天宮殿所居之處。名無想眾生。倍不麁天上有不煩天。倍不煩天上有善見天。倍善見天上有善現天。倍善現天上有阿迦尼吒諸天宮殿。阿迦尼吒天已上更有天。名無邊空處。無邊識處。無所有處。非想非非想處。此等皆名諸天住處。如是界分眾生居住。若來若去。若生若滅。邊際所極。此世界中所有眾生。生老病死墮是道中。至此不過。是名娑婆世界。無量剎土諸餘十方亦復如是。又立世阿毘曇論云。從剡浮提向下二萬由旬。是無間地獄。從剡浮提向下一萬由旬。是焰摩世間地獄處。此二中間有餘地獄（計亦有遠近此論不述也）從此向上四萬由旬。是四天王住處。從此向上八萬由旬。是三十三天住處。從此向上十六萬由旬。是夜摩天住處。從此向上三億二萬由旬。是兜率陀天住處。從此向上六億四萬由旬。是化樂天住處。從此向上十二億八萬由旬。是他化自在天住處。有比丘問佛。世尊。從剡浮提至梵處近遠如何。佛言。比丘。從剡浮提至梵處。甚遠甚高。譬如九月十五日月圓滿時。若有一人在彼梵處。放一百丈方石墜向下界。中間無礙。到於後歲九月圓滿時。至剡浮提地。無量光天復遠一倍。從無量光天至遍勝光天復遠一倍。從遍勝天至少淨天復遠一倍。從少淨天至無量淨天復遠一倍。從無量淨天至遍淨天復遠一倍。從遍淨天至無雲天復遠一倍。從無雲天至福生天復遠一倍。從福生天至廣果天復遠一倍。從廣果天至無想天復遠一倍。從無想天至善現天復遠一倍。從善現天至善見天復遠一倍。從善見天至不煩天復遠一倍。從不煩天至不燒天復遠一倍。從不燒天至阿迦尼吒天復遠一倍。而說偈言。

According to the Lokotthāna-sūtra, it says: 'Below Mount Sumeru there are separately three tiers where various spirits dwell. The lowest tier is exactly sixty yojanas in length and breadth. The second tier is exactly forty yojanas in length and breadth. The highest tier is exactly twenty yojanas in length and breadth. All have sevenfold tiers of enclosing walls, and even various birds singing wondrous sounds, all fully complete. In these three tiers yakṣas dwell. Halfway up Mount Sumeru, at a height of forty-two thousand yojanas, there are the palaces inhabited by the Four Great Heavenly Kings. Atop Mount Sumeru are the palaces of the Thirty-Three Heavens where Śakra dwells. Doubling the distance above the Thirty-Three Heavens, there is the Yāma Heaven. Doubling it again, there is the Tuṣita Heaven. Doubling it again, there is the Nirmāṇarati Heaven. Doubling it again, there is the Paranirmitavaśavartin Heaven. Doubling it above the Paranirmitavaśavartin Heaven, there is the Brahmakāyika Heaven. Below the Brahmakāyika Heaven, in between, are the various palaces of Māra Pāpīyas. Doubling the distance above the Brahmakāyika Heaven, there is the Ābhāsvara Heaven. Doubling the distance above the Ābhāsvara Heaven, there is the Śubhakṛtsna Heaven. Doubling the distance above the Śubhakṛtsna Heaven, there is the Bṛhatphala Heaven. Doubling the distance above the Bṛhatphala Heaven, there is the Atṛha Heaven. Below the Atṛha Heaven, in between, there are separately the celestial palaces inhabited by what is called the Asañjñisattva (beings without ideation). Doubling the distance above the Atṛha Heaven, there is the Atapa Heaven. Doubling the distance above the Atapa Heaven, there is the Sudṛśa Heaven. Doubling the distance above the Sudṛśa Heaven, there is the Sudarśana Heaven. Doubling the distance above the Sudarśana Heaven, there are the palaces of the Akaniṣṭha devas. Above the Akaniṣṭha Heaven, there are yet other heavens, named the Sphere of Boundless Space (Ākāśānantyāyatana), the Sphere of Boundless Consciousness (Vijñānānantyāyatana), the Sphere of Nothingness (Ākiñcanyāyatana), and the Sphere of Neither Ideation nor Non-Ideation (Naivasañjñānāsañjñāyatana). These are all named dwelling places of the devas. Within these realm divisions, sentient beings dwell, coming and going, being born and dying, up to the ultimate boundary. All sentient beings in this world, undergoing birth, aging, illness, and death, fall into these destinies, not extending beyond this. This is named the Sahā World. The countless realms in the other ten directions are also like this.' Furthermore, the Lokasthitābhidharma-śāstra states: 'Going downward twenty thousand yojanas from Jambudvīpa, there is the Avīci Hell. Going downward ten thousand yojanas from Jambudvīpa, there is the realm of the Yama world of hells. In between these two, there are other hells (they are also reckoned to have distances, which this treatise does not describe). Going upward forty thousand yojanas from here, there is the dwelling place of the Four Heavenly Kings. Going upward eighty thousand yojanas from here, there is the dwelling place of the Thirty-Three Heavens. Going upward one hundred and sixty thousand yojanas from here, there is the dwelling place of the Yāma Heaven. Going upward three hundred and twenty thousand yojanas from here, there is the dwelling place of the Tuṣita Heaven. Going upward six hundred and forty thousand yojanas from here, there is the dwelling place of the Nirmāṇarati Heaven. Going upward one million two hundred and eighty thousand yojanas from here, there is the dwelling place of the Paranirmitavaśavartin Heaven. A bhikṣu asked the Buddha: "World-Honoured One, how near or far is it from Jambudvīpa to the Brahma realm?" The Buddha said: "Bhikṣu, from Jambudvīpa to the Brahma realm is extremely far and extremely high. For example, on the fifteenth day of the ninth month when the moon is full, if a person at that Brahma realm drops a square stone of one hundred zhang downward to the lower realm without any obstruction in between, by the time of the full moon of the ninth month in the following year, it reaches the ground of Jambudvīpa. The Apramāṇābha Heaven is again twice as far. From the Apramāṇābha Heaven to the Ābhāsvara Heaven is again twice as far. From the Ābhāsvara Heaven to the Parīttaśubha Heaven is again twice as far. From the Parīttaśubha Heaven to the Apramāṇaśubha Heaven is again twice as far. From the Apramāṇaśubha Heaven to the Śubhakṛtsna Heaven is again twice as far. From the Śubhakṛtsna Heaven to the Anabhraka Heaven is again twice as far. From the Anabhraka Heaven to the Puṇyaprasava Heaven is again twice as far. From the Puṇyaprasava Heaven to the Bṛhatphala Heaven is again twice as far. From the Bṛhatphala Heaven to the Asañjñisattva Heaven is again twice as far. From the Asañjñisattva Heaven to the Sudarśana Heaven is again twice as far. From the Sudarśana Heaven to the Sudṛśa Heaven is again twice as far. From the Sudṛśa Heaven to the Atapa Heaven is again twice as far. From the Atapa Heaven to the Atṛha Heaven is again twice as far. From the Atṛha Heaven to the Akaniṣṭha Heaven is again twice as far." And he spoke a gāthā:'