諸經要集 12.73

12.73

此諸天中有。足下頭上。如人以箭仰射虛空。上升而行往於六趣。餘趣中有皆悉傍行。如鳥飛空行所至處。又如壁上畫作飛仙。舉身傍行求當生處。問中有行相。皆如是耶。答不必皆爾。且依人中命終者說。若地獄死還生地獄。不必頭下足上而行。若天中死還生天趣。不必足下頭上而行。若地獄死生於人趣。應首上升。若天中死生於人趣。應頭歸下。鬼及傍生二趣中有。隨所住處如應當知。

"The intermediate existences of these devas move with feet down and head up, like a person shooting an arrow upward into the empty sky, rising upward as they go to the six destinies. The intermediate existences of the remaining destinies all travel horizontally, like birds flying through the sky to the place they reach; or like a flying sage painted on a wall, traveling horizontally with the entire body seeking the place of future birth. Question: Are the postures of movement of the intermediate existence all like this? Answer: Not necessarily all so. This is spoken provisionally based on those who die among humans. If one dies in hell and is reborn again in hell, one does not necessarily travel with head down and feet up. If one dies in heaven and is reborn again in the heavenly destiny, one does not necessarily travel with feet down and head up. If one dies in hell and is born in the human destiny, the head should rise upward. If one dies in heaven and is born in the human destiny, the head should turn downward. The intermediate existences of the two destinies of ghosts and animals should be understood as corresponding to the places where they abide."