[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123) › 12.63 # 諸經要集 12.63 諸經要集 12.63 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [12.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.12.63) 問曰。未知六趣中何食增耶。答曰。如毘曇中說。於六趣中。謂鬼全趣及於卵生。并前三無色。皆思偏增。何以然者。以彼餓鬼趣中意行多故。卵生眾生在卵𣫘時。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。又彼地獄全趣。及與非想。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 which of the six realms? Answer: As taught in the Abhidharma, among the six realms, in the ghost realm entirely, among egg-born beings, and in the first three formless \[realms\], volitional nutriment predominates in all. Why is this? Because in that realm of hungry ghosts, mental activities are plentiful. When egg-born beings are in the eggshell, because they maintain thoughts of their mother, the egg does not spoil. The first three formless realms are also like this: because mental activity and thinking are plentiful, volitional nutriment predominates in all of them. Furthermore, in this human realm and in the six desire heavens, solid food predominates in all. Why is this? Because in these two places one must rely on food to sustain bodily life. Furthermore, in the hell realm entirely and in \[the realm of\] neither-perception-nor-non-perception, consciousness nutriment predominates in all. Why is this? Because in the hells, consciousness sustains name-and-form; in the stage of neither-perception\[-nor-non-perception\], consciousness sustains name. Furthermore, in the form realm and among the moisture-born, contact nutriment predominates in all. Why is this? Because in the form realm, one experiences the bliss of cultivating dhyāna, and contact sustains the body; among moisture-born beings, it is due to moist contact that the body is sustained and lives. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.12.62) - [Next: 12.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.12.64) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.12) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.12.63) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.12.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.12.63) · Pramāṇa