法苑珠林 3.54

3.54

如四天王天乃至阿迦尼吒天。若眷屬死不送不燒不棄不埋。如光焰沒無有屍骸。以化生故。四天王天自殺令他殺死不食肉。忉利諸天亦然。夜摩天上至阿迦尼吒天不自殺生。亦不令他殺。死不食肉。以化生故。死無遺質也頌曰。

From the Four Heavenly Kings up to the Akaniṣṭha Heaven, when retinues die, they are neither sent off, nor burned, nor discarded, nor buried; like the extinguishing of a flame, there are no corpses or skeletons, because their birth is apparitional (upapāduka). The devas of the Four Heavenly Kings do not kill by themselves nor cause others to kill, and at death they do not eat meat; the Trāyastriṃśa devas are likewise. From the Yāma Heaven up to the Akaniṣṭha Heaven, they neither take life themselves nor cause others to kill, and at death they do not eat meat. Because their birth is apparitional, at death there are no physical remains left behind. The verse says: