法苑珠林 72.23

72.23

問曰。未知一一趣中何食增耶。答曰。如毘曇中說。於六趣中謂鬼全趣及於卵生并前三無色皆思食偏增。何以然者。以彼餓鬼趣中意行多故。卵生眾生在卵㲉時。以思念母故卵得不壞。前三無色亦如意行思惟多故。是故皆悉思食增也。又此人趣及與六欲天中。皆段食偏增。何以然者。以此二處要假食持身命故。又彼地獄趣及與非想全皆識食偏增。何以然者。以地獄中識持名色故。非想地中以識持名故。又彼色界及與濕生。皆悉觸食偏增。何以然者。以色界中受修諸禪樂觸持身故。濕生之中以因濕觸持身活故。

Question: It is not yet known which nutriment predominates in each respective destiny? Answer: As explained in the Abhidharma: Among the six destinies, in the entire ghost destiny, among the egg-born, and in the first three formless [heavens], volitional nutriment is particularly predominant. Why is this? Because in that hungry ghost destiny mental activities are abundant; when egg-born beings are inside the eggshell, because they think of their mother, the egg is kept from spoiling; and the first three formless [heavens] are likewise so because mental activity and thinking are abundant. Therefore, in all of these, volitional nutriment is predominant. Furthermore, in this human destiny and in the six heavens of the desire realm, material nutriment is particularly predominant. Why is this? Because in these two places one must rely on food to maintain physical life. Furthermore, in that hell destiny and in [the heaven of] Neither Perception nor Non-perception, consciousness nutriment is entirely predominant. Why is this? Because in the hells, consciousness maintains name-and-form; in the stage of Neither Perception, consciousness maintains name. Furthermore, in that form realm and among the moisture-born, contact nutriment is entirely predominant. Why is this? Because in the form realm, the tactile bliss of cultivating the various dhyānas is experienced to maintain the body; and among the moisture-born, they maintain bodily life through moist contact.