釋氏要覽 2.342

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阿毘曇云。欲界有十四。謂四惡趣。四洲。六欲天。色界有七。謂四禪天。又於初（禪中）取大。梵天。第四禪中取五淨居天。并無想天。無色界有四。即四定處也。法苑問云。未知何義。初禪中大梵天別立為有。答謂外道人計常者。以大梵天王。為能生萬物之主。違則受生死。順（則得）解脫。又大梵天王亦自計己身能為造化之主。是常是真解脫。如來為破彼情見故。立為一有也。又無想天者。為彼天眾生定壽五百劫無心之報。外道計為真實涅槃。如來為破彼見顯非涅槃故。別立為一有。又取五淨居天者。謂彼天主摩醯首羅。彼外道計彼為能造化主。歸之則得真解脫。為破彼見故。別立為一有。又人趣四洲各立為有者。謂四趣苦多眾生不樂著故。別立有。人趣次勝眾生樂著深重。四洲受報不同故各立一有。

The Abhidharma states: "The desire realm has fourteen, namely the four evil destinies, the four continents, and the six desire heavens. The form realm has seven, namely the four dhyāna heavens; in the first [dhyāna], Mahābrahmā is taken separately; and in the fourth dhyāna, the five Pure Abodes and the Asañjñi heaven are taken. The formless realm has four, which are the four meditative attainments." The Fayuan [zhulin] raises the question: "It is not yet known for what reason Mahābrahmā in the first dhyāna is separately established as a state of existence?" The answer states: "Heterodox adherents who uphold the view of permanence regard the Great Brahmā King as the master who can create all things, holding that disobeying him brings cyclic existence, while obeying him brings liberation. Moreover, the Great Brahmā King also conceives himself as capable of being the master of creation, as permanent, and as true liberation. To refute their emotional views, the Tathāgata established it separately as one state of existence. As for the Asañjñi heaven, because the beings of that heaven have a fixed lifespan of five hundred kalpas as a retribution devoid of mind, the heterodox hold it to be true nirvāṇa; to refute their view and show that it is not nirvāṇa, the Tathāgata separately established it as one state of existence. Furthermore, regarding the taking of the five Pure Abodes, their heavenly sovereign is Maheśvara; those heterodox adherents consider him to be the lord of creation and believe that taking refuge in him leads to true liberation. To refute their view, it is separately established as one state of existence. Moreover, the reason why the four continents of the human destiny are each established as a state of existence is that the four [evil] destinies entail much suffering and beings do not cling to them with pleasure, while the human destiny is next superior, where beings' pleasure and attachment are deep and grave, and the retributions received in the four continents are different; hence, each is established as one state of existence."