諸經要集 19.65

19.65

論中釋曰。若人必往惡道受生。及人道。如此人等次第。於阿羅漢。此人於心意識斷絕。有餘部說於頭上。何以故。身根於此等處。與意識俱滅故。若人正死此身根如熱石水。漸漸縮減。於脚等處次第而滅。釋云俱舍論。述小乘義故云。身死於此等處。與意識俱滅。若依大乘。身根於此等處與本識俱滅也。

The commentary within the treatise explains: If a person is definitely going to take birth in the evil destinies, or in the human destiny, in the case of such persons dying gradually, as well as an arhat, the mental consciousness of this person is severed at the heart. Other schools say it is at the head. Why is this? Because the bodily faculty perishes together with the mental consciousness in these places. When a person is dying, this bodily faculty is like water on a hot stone, gradually shrinking and receding, perishing in succession at the feet and other places. The commentary explains: The Abhidharmakośa-śāstra expresses the Hīnayāna meaning, and so it says: When the body dies, it perishes in these places together with the mental consciousness. If according to the Mahāyāna, the bodily faculty perishes in these places together with the fundamental consciousness (ālayavijñāna).