法苑珠林 52.52

52.52

又正法念經云。如三十三天受五欲樂。喻如金輪王所受之樂。比於天樂十六分中不及其一。所受天身無有骨肉。亦無污垢。不生嫉妬。其目不眴。衣無塵垢。無有煙霧。亦無大小便利之患。其身光明能有遠照。轉輪聖王都無此事。於己妻子不偏攝受。離於嫉妬飲食自在。無有睡眠疲極等苦。轉輪聖王等都無此事。此諸天等初生之時。歌舞音樂無有教者。不從他學。以善業故自然皆知。退時善業盡故一切皆忘。忉利下天尚有大樂。況上天樂難可為比。如是展轉校量從下向上。乃至非想非非想天不可為比。

Furthermore, the Saddharmasmṛtyupasthāna-sūtra states: As to the Trāyastriṃśa devas experiencing the pleasures of the five desires: by analogy, the pleasures experienced by a golden-wheel-turning king do not equal even a sixteenth part of heavenly pleasures. The heavenly bodies they receive have neither bones nor flesh, nor any defilement. They do not generate jealousy. Their eyes do not blink. Their garments have no dust or grime. There are no mists or hazes, nor the affliction of urination and defecation. Their bodily radiance can illuminate far distances; a wheel-turning sage king has none of these things. Toward their wives and sons they show no partiality in taking them in. Free from jealousy, their food and drink appear at will; they have no suffering from sleep, exhaustion, or the like; a wheel-turning sage king has none of these things. When these devas are first born, they sing, dance, and play music without anyone teaching them; they do not learn from others, but through their wholesome karma naturally know it all. When retrogressing, because their wholesome karma is exhausted, they forget everything. If the lower heaven of Trāyastriṃśa still has such great pleasure, how much more so are the pleasures of the higher heavens difficult to compare! Progressively evaluating and comparing in this manner from below to above, up to the heaven of Neither Perception Nor Non-Perception, they are beyond comparison.