這個閻摩未必指地獄的神, 指三十三天之上,兜率天之下的夜摩天。
其王是善夜摩王suyama 或是 夜摩王。 yama 就是文中的閻摩。須夜摩就是suyama. 文中天神名字全部是巴利翻譯,這些全部是天神天界衆生。何來地獄神呢?
The Realm of the Thirty-three Gods: This heaven, Tavatimsa, is so named because according to legend, a group of thirty-three noble-minded men who dedicated their lives to the welfare of others were reborn here as the presiding deity and his thirty two assistants. The chief of this realm is Sakka, also known as Indra, who resides in the Vejayanta Palace in the realm’s capital city, Sudassana. The Realm of the Yama Gods, etc.: Each of these heavens is depicted in the celestial hierarchy as situated above its predecessor. The heaven of the Yama gods is a realm of great happiness presided over by their ruler, the divine king Suyama or Yama. Tusita, the Delightful Realm, is the abode of a Bodhisatta in his last existence before attaining Buddhahood. The gods in the Nimmanarati heaven have the power to create objects of sensual enjoyment by thought, in accordance with their desires. The gods of the paranimmitavasavatti realm do not create such objects themselves, but they control the objects of enjoyment created for their use by their attendants.
一个如此快乐的天主,会去到地狱如此恐怖的地方做神。这不符合天界众生多喜享乐的看法。 本帖最后由 moon_boy 于 5-8-2014 07:08 PM 编辑
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