法苑珠林 72.27

72.27

The intermediate existences of these devas have their feet below and heads above, like a person shooting an arrow upward into the empty sky, ascending as they travel toward the heavenly destiny. The intermediate existences of the other destinies all travel horizontally, like birds flying through the air to reach their destination; or like flying immortals painted on a wall, their whole bodies moving horizontally in search of their future place of birth. Question: Are the modes of movement of intermediate existences all like this?