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  富楼那白佛言:“世尊,我本作何罪障,于一劫中发阿耨多罗三藐三菩提心而还退失?”佛言:“富楼那,随逐依止恶知识故,又不能广流布法故,汝于阿耨多罗三藐三菩提心而还退失。”

  《大宝积经》卷77

  PurnasaidtotheBuddha:“TheWorld-HonoredOne,forwhatsinshadIcommitted,Iregressedfromtheaspirationfornuttara-samyak-sambodhiinaneon?”TheBuddhasaid:“Purna,becauseyouhadfollowedandreliedonevilteachersandfriendsandhadnotbeenabletowidelyropagatethedharma,youregressedfromtheaspirationforAnuttara-samyak-sambodhi.”

  TheMaharatnakutaSutra,Vol.77

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  有为界,都是在十八界法,以及由十八界法作助缘而辗转从入胎识中出生的一切法,这些是有为界;意思是说,这些法都是三界中的有为法;而这些有为法都是有其功能差别的,所以也都有功能上的限制,名为有为界。至于无为界,是说不住于生死轮转之法中,即是说无余涅槃之本际,也就是第八识如来藏。

  《阿含正义》第五辑

  Theactiverealmreferstothedharmasoftheeighteen-divisionsofsenseandalldharmasthatariseindirectlyfromtheembryo-enteringconsciousnesswiththeaidofthedharmasoftheeighteen-divisionsofsense.

  Thismeansthesedharmasareallactivedharmaswithinthethree-realms;theseactivedharmashavetheirfunctionaldistinctions,andthushavetheirfunctionallimitations.Therefore,theyarecalledtheactiverealm.

  Astothenon-activerealm,itdoesnotdwellinthedharmaofthecycleofbirthsanddeaths,andistheoriginalstateofremainderlessnirvana,namelytheeighthconsciousness—Tathagatagarbha.

  TheCorrectMeaningsof“TheAgamaSutras,”Vol.5