法苑珠林 69.23

69.23

第九中陰有者。若瞿耶尼人命終生天有二種業。何等為二。一者餘業。二者生業。生於天上。其人臨命終時則有相現。以善業故。垂捨命時。氣不咽濁。脈不斷壞。諸根清淨。見大池水。其水調適。洋洋而流。浮至彼岸。既至彼岸。見諸天女。第一端正。種種莊嚴。戲笑歌舞。其人見已。欲心親近。前抱女人。即時生天。受天快樂如夢。中陰即滅。是名第九中陰有也（瞿耶尼人生有三品。上中下業同一光明等。一中陰。一切相似不同欝單越人三種受生差別相也）。

'As for the ninth intermediate existence: if a person of Aparagodānīya ends their life to be born in heaven, there are two kinds of karma. What are the two? The first is residual karma, and the second is productive karma for being born in the heavens. When that person is approaching the end of life, signs appear: due to wholesome karma, when on the verge of relinquishing life, their breath is neither choked nor turbid, the pulse does not fail, and all the faculties are clear and pure. They see a great body of water whose temperature is well regulated, flowing smoothly and widely, and they float to the other shore. Having reached the other shore, they see heavenly maidens, foremost in beauty, variously adorned, playing, laughing, singing, and dancing. Having seen them, a lustful mind seeks intimacy, and stepping forward to embrace a woman, they are immediately born in heaven, experiencing heavenly bliss as in a dream; the intermediate existence is then extinguished. This is called the ninth intermediate existence.' (For people of Aparagodānīya, rebirth has three grades, yet superior, middling, and inferior karma share the same single radiance and the like, forming a uniform intermediate existence, all resembling one another, unlike the distinct signs of the three kinds of rebirth for people of Uttarakuru.)