[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) › [大乘百法明門論開宗義決](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2812) › 1.162 # 大乘百法明門論開宗義決 1.162 大乘百法明門論開宗義決 1.162 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2812.1.162) 有執前際四遍常論者。長阿含經梵動品中。及瑜伽論八十七卷。雖皆具說有少不同。今依瑜伽顯此義云。謂依靜慮得宿住念有上中下。見有遠近計前際常而有四論。一憶過去二十劫成壞。二憶過去四十劫成壞。三憶過去八十劫成壞。其中眾生不增不減。以此故知我及世間皆悉是常。四以天眼見諸眾生。從前世間至後世間無斷絕故。計我世間皆悉是常。即前諸法皆常宗也。 > As for "there are those who grasp four doctrines of eternalism regarding the prior extreme": in the "Brahmajāla Chapter" of the Dīrgha-āgama and in fascicle eighty-seven of the Yogācārabhūmi, although both explain them fully, there is a slight difference. Now, following the Yogācārabhūmi to elucidate this meaning, it is said that relying on dhyāna, one attains recollection of past abodes to a superior, middling, or inferior degree; because their perception extends to far or near distances, they grasp at eternalism regarding the prior extreme and there are four doctrines: (1) recollecting the formation and disintegration of past twenty kalpas; (2) recollecting the formation and disintegration of past forty kalpas; (3) recollecting the formation and disintegration of past eighty kalpas; \[seeing that\] the sentient beings therein neither increase nor decrease, because of this they know that the self and the world are both eternal. (4) With the divine eye they see sentient beings passing from a prior world to a subsequent world without interruption, and therefore they grasp that the self and the world are both eternal. This corresponds to the aforementioned doctrine that all phenomena are eternal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2812.1.161) - [Next: 1.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2812.1.163) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2812.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2812~en-mt.1.162) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2812.1.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2812.1.162) · Pramāṇa