諸經要集 12.91

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第十一中陰有者。諸餓鬼等惡業既盡。受餘善業。本於餘道所作善業。猶如父母。欲生天中則有相現若餓鬼中死。欲生天上。於餓鬼中飢渴燒身。常貪欲食。常念漿水。欲命終時不復起念。本念皆滅。一切惡業皆悉不近。雖見飲食。唯以目視。如人夢中見食不飲。見天可愛即走往趣。至於彼處。即生天上。是名第十一中陰有也。

Eleventh, regarding the intermediate existence: when the evil karma of pretas and the like has been exhausted, they receive the remainder of good karma. The good karma originally performed in other destinies is like parents to them. When they are about to be reborn among the devas, signs appear. If one dies among the pretas and is to be reborn in heaven, whereas among the pretas hunger and thirst burned the body, one constantly craved food, and one constantly longed for drink, when life is about to end one no longer gives rise to such thoughts; one's former thoughts are entirely extinguished. No evil karma at all comes near. Though one sees food and drink, one only gazes at it with one's eyes, like a person in a dream seeing food and drink but not consuming it. Seeing heaven to be delightful, one immediately runs toward it. Arriving there, one is immediately born in heaven. This is called the eleventh intermediate existence.