大乘入道次第開決 1.84

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當知便為二十五有等者。二十五有而作頌曰。四洲四惡趣。六欲大梵天。無想及淨居。四禪四空處。是二十五有。隨開合應知。問。如三災起不及四禪。修漸成住豈能荷負。況能荷負無色界耶。答。以若無下欲色二界。誰修彼定生彼天中。故約展轉亦能荷負。

Regarding “one should know that one then acts as a support for the twenty-five realms of existence,” and so forth: a verse on the twenty-five realms of existence says: “The four continents, the four evil destinies, / the six desire [heavens], the Great Brahmā heaven, / non-conception and the pure abodes, / the four dhyānas, and the four formless realms— / these are the twenty-five realms of existence, / to be understood according to their division and combination.” Question: Since the three calamities, when they arise, do not reach the fourth dhyāna, how could one who gradually cultivates to establish it shoulder and bear [those realms], let alone shoulder and bear the formless realm? Answer: If the lower desire and form realms did not exist, who would cultivate those absorptions to be born in those heavens? Therefore, indirectly, one is also able to shoulder and bear them.