前文谈了欲界的众生，都有色欲、声欲、香欲、味欲、触欲，此五欲如饮食、性交、和睡眠等。色界众生皆依禅定而住，无诸欲尘，唯有淨妙的色身，身衣随意，衣重忽略不计，无复男女，但以禅定法喜为食。欲界总为五趣杂居地（如图13.2-23），亦作秽土；由散业所招感，故又名散地。色界和无色界由不动的定业所招感，所以又名定地。色是变碍义（参见11.4.1节《色蕴》）。色界有四地十八天。
As mentioned earlier, all sentient beings in the desire boundary have the desires for color, sound, fragrance, taste, and touch, which are such as eating and drinking, sexual intercourse, and sleep. Sentient beings of color boundary rely on meditative stillness to live, free of all desire-dusts, with only immaculate wonderful color body, clothes as wish, clothing weight is negligible, without male or female, only feeding on the juristic delights of meditative stillness. The Desire Boundary in whole is “five interests mixed dwell land” (see fig. 13.2-23), also known as Filthy Land, aka. Land of Dispersion because it is induced by dispersed karma. The color boundary and the colorless boundary are caused by immovable karma, therefore are also called Still Land. Color is the meaning of change and obstruction (see Section 11.4.1 Color Node). There are four lands and eighteen skies in the color boundary.
13.2.1 神身天 Godly Body Sky (fig. 13.2-8)
离生喜乐地是色界第一地，是初禅地（如图13.2-24，参见12.2节），谓此诸天已离欲界诸恶欲之法，得觉观禅定，身心凝静，而生喜乐。此地有三天，神众天、神辅天、和神身天。
The “Leave Producing Delight and Laugh Land” is the first land of the Color Boundary, is land of first meditation (see fig. 13.2-24, cf. section 12.2), which means that these skies are free from all the ferocious-desire laws of the Desire Boundary, and have attained perceptions and views of meditative stillness, therefore delights and laughs are born. The land has three skies, namely Godly Crowds Sky, Godly Assistants Sky, and Godly Body Sky.
一）神众天，超六欲天，远离饮食、淫欲、睡眠三种过患，故名为神。天者清净离染之谓。通而言之，四禅（参见12.2节）诸天皆名天神，皆清净故。众者民也，谓此诸天是大神天主的民众。盖以欲界习定，创得初禅，禅力未深，故命终后，生为神民，内有觉观心，外感火灾所坏。火是个大种（参见11.2节）；火灾所坏义为无意识（古作神识）随时会调整自己，他们随时会变回到普通人。这用古人的说法就是：他们又堕落到了人间。神众诸天身长半由旬，寿二十小劫。由旬是一个佛教中的长度单位，是脖子底下挂着个金刚铃的牛的一天的行程。
First, Godly Crowds Skies, they have transcended the six Desire Skies, leaving afar drink and food, sexual desire, and sleep, the three kinds of annoyances, hence name of sky gods. Sky means immaculate, leaving contaminations afar; generally speaking, four meditation skies all are called gods, because they are all immaculate. Crowds means citizens, saying that they are citizens of the Lord of Great God Sky. They practiced meditation, created first meditation, meditative power is not deep yet, therefore, after the end of their lives, are born as godly citizens. They have perceptions and views inside, outside feel fire disasters would destruct them. Fire is a big seed (cf. section 11.2); the meaning of what fire destroys is that the unconscious (ancient as God-sense) adjusts itself at any time, and they change back to ordinary people at any time. This is said, in the words of the ancients, that they have fallen back to earth. Their average body length is half a yojana; life-expectancy is 20 small-catastrophes. Yojana is a Buddhist unit of length, the day's journey of a cow with a philosopher-stone bell under its neck.
二）神辅天，辅者佐也，谓此天是大神天主之辅佐臣僚。盖以在欲界中，既得初禅，数数修习，禅力渐深，故命终已，得为神臣，身长一由旬，寿四十小劫。
Second, God Assistant Sky, saying that they are assistant ministers for Lord God-Body Sky. After they attainted first meditation in desire boundary, and they still practice from time to time, meditative power become deep and deeper, therefore, after death, are born as godly ministers. Body length is one yojana; life span is 40 small catastrophes.
 
三）神身天（1），亦作尸弃（2），大神天 （3），造书天（4），四面佛（5），谓一尘刹土世界（6）之主。此有情在欲界中，数习初禅，次复诃厌觉观，舍弃初禅，入中间禅；已离觉染，未离观染，得名无觉唯观三昧（7）。于中求作天王，兼修四无量心（8），故感生此天。大神天在劫初生，劫尽灭，身高一由旬半，寿万岁。
Third, God-Body Sky (1), also known as Zombie Dumper (2), Great God Sky (3), Creating-Book Sky (4), Four Faces Buddha (5), is lord of one Dust Instant Soil World (6). This sentient being, in desire boundary, frequently practiced first meditation, then satiated, reprimanded, and abandoned first meditation, entered middle meditation. He or she is free of contamination of perception, still has pollution of view, gains the name of non-perception only-view stillness (7). Among which, he or she pursues to be sky king, also cultivate four infinite hearts (8), therefore is born as this sky. God-Body Sky is born at the beginning of the catastrophe, extinguishes at the end of the catastrophe. Body length is 1.5 yojanas; life span is ten thousand solar calendar years.
注13.2.1-1，神身天是初禅的身体感觉状态，和三岁以前的婴幼儿类似，思想意识以随念自我为主导。此法力量强大，尘世间无有能敌。在中华文化中，神身天被称作福、大力神，佛教中称作儒童，印度教作婆罗门，伊斯兰教、基督教、和古埃及文化中作亚伯，日耳曼文化作马格尼，墨西哥文化称为灵龙。
Annotation 13.2.1-2, God-Body Sky is the physical perceptive state of the first meditation, like that of an infant or toddler before the age of three, where the mind is dominated by the along thought ego.  The power of this law is great that there is no earthly match for it. In Chinese culture, God-Body Sky is called Fortune, aka. Great Strength God, Genius Children in Buddhism, Brahmin in Hinduism, Abel in Christianity Islam and Ancient Egyptian culture, Magni in Germanic culture, and Quetzalcoatl in Mexican culture.
注13.2.1-2，弃尸亦为此人已经抛弃了贪、嗔、痴。贪、嗔、痴没有理性，却能动行身体，故被称作三位行尸大王。
Annotation 13.2.1-2, Zombie Dumper means that the person has abandoned Greed, Irritability, and Ignorance. Greed, Irritability, and Ignorance are irrational, but they can move the body, so they are called the three zombie kings.  
注13.2.1-3，大神义义为上帝三人组（参见10.9《上帝三和合》），或其中的一位。
注13.2.1-4，造书天义为上帝三人组（参见10.9《上帝三和合》），或其中的一位。
注13.2.1-5，四面佛义为上帝三人组（参见10.9《上帝三和合》）加观众。此第四位佛名作阿迷驮佛。
Annotation 13.2.1-3, Big God means Godly trinity (see Section 10.9 Godly Trinity), or one of them.
Annotation 13.2.1-4, Creating-Book Sky means Godly trinity (see Section 10.9 Godly Trinity), or one of them.
Annotation 13.2.1-5, the four-face Buddha is the God Trinity (see Section 10.9 Godly Trinity),  plus audience. The fourth Buddha is known as A-Lost-Carrying Buddha.
注13.2.1-6，尘刹土世界参见14.1节《集起》。
注13.2.1-7，觉观又名寻伺，所以在一禅中，有觉有观定名有寻有伺地，无觉唯观定名无寻唯伺地。
Annotation 13.2.1-6, for the world of Dust Instant Soil, please refer to Section 14.1 Aggregate Arousal.
Annotation 13.2.1-7, “perception and view” are also known as “seeking and awaiting”, therefore, in first meditation, the “having-perception having-view stillness” is the “having-perception having-view land”; and the “non-perception only-view stillness” is called “non-seeking only awaiting land”.
注13.2.1-8， 四无量心，亦名四等，一）慈无量心，常求益事以利乐众生；二）悲无量心，愍念众生身受惑业苦的流转之苦（参见11.4.4.2-15 节《流转》）；三）喜无量心，随喜众生之所乐；四）舍无量心，谓法施、财施、无畏施。此四法具有无穷的法力，故名四无量心。
Annotation 13.2.1-8, the “four infinite hearts” are also known as “four equalities”, are: 1) infinite merciful heart is to please all sentient beings, often do benevolent affairs to prosperously benefit them; 2) infinite sorrowful heart is to sympathize all sentient beings’ bitter and unfortune for drifting in the vicious cycles of Muddle Karma and Bitterness (cf. 11.4.4.2-15 Cycle); 3) infinite delightful heart is to be happy along with all sentient beings’ laughable affairs; 4) infinite renunciative heart is to often donate laws (i.e., to teach the laws), to donate assets, and to donate fearlessness (i.e., using lovable speeches to encourage people bravely facing difficulties). The four hearts have inexhaustible powers, therefore are named as four infinite hearts.
13.2.2 光音天 Light Sound Sky (Fig. 13.2-7)
定生喜乐地是色界的第二地，即二禅，谓此天已离初禅觉观动散，摄心在定，澹然凝静，而生胜定喜乐。住于此定，行者如从暗室中出，见日月光明，朗然洞彻也。内有喜故，外感水灾所坏。光音天统领大千世界中的一小千世界，有三天：少光天、无量光天、和光音天。
“Stillness Producing Delight and Laugh Land” is the second land in the color boundary, is Second Meditation, saying that the sky is free from the dispersive moves of first meditation's perceptions and views, assimilates heart in stillness, tranquil and calm, and where delight and laugh are born from the victorious stillness. Dwelling in the stillness, migrator is like emerging from a dark room and seeing the light of the sun or the moon, swiftly understand all. Because of delight within, migrator feels water disaster damages from outside. The Light Sound Sky rules over a small thousand worlds (i.e., 1,000 Dust-Instant-Soil worlds) in the Three-Grand Great-Grand Worlds (i.e., a billion Dust-Instant-Soil worlds), and has three skies: Lesser Light Sky, Infinite Light Sky, and Light Sound Sky.
一）少光天，谓此天光明少故。不论人中天上，欲界初禅，但于无觉唯观三昧。不住不着，专精求进，创得无觉无观三昧，入第二禅，禅力未深，命终得生少光天中。从二禅去，乃至非想非非想定，一切皆名无觉无观三昧，火灾不到。身纵广二由旬，寿二大劫。
1) Less Light Sky, which means that this sky has less light. Regardless of whether it is a human being, a sky being, or in first meditation of desire boundary, as long as one does not dwell in or attach to “Non-Perception Only-View Stillness”, diligently put effort to pursue advancement, creates “non-perception non-view stillness”, enters second meditation, meditative power is not deep, after end of life, is born in the Less Light Sky. From the second meditation to the “Neither Think nor Non-Think Stillness”, all are called “Non-Perception Non-View Stillness; fire disaster can not reach here. The body is two yojanas long and wide, lifespan is two catastrophes.
二）无量光天 谓此天光明增胜，无限量故。人中天上，数习第二禅力，命终得生此天。寿四大劫，身四由旬.
2) Infinite Light Sky, which means infinite amount of increasing light. In skies or among humans, practicing the second meditation again and again, after death, is born in the sky. Lifespan is four catastrophes, and body is yojanas long and wide.
三）光音天（注1），谓此天以光明为语音故。人中天上，深入第二禅力，兼修四无量心，命终得生此天。寿八大劫，身八由旬。
3) Light Sound Sky (1), which means that the skies use lights as lingual sounds. Among humans or in skies, practicing the second meditation and cultivating the four infinite hearts, after life is born in the sky. Lifespan is 8 catastrophes, and body is 8 yojanas long and wide. 
注解13.2.2-1，光阴天亦作臆光天，是说意如同一支火炬（或探照灯），随所观照，观照的对象就被染质了，变成了众生。本文是从视觉幻觉来描述光阴天的，插图13.2-7是从听觉幻觉来描述光阴天的，那就是仙乐飘飘。
Annotation 13.2.2-1, The light sound sky is also called the Intentional Light Sky, which means that intent is like a torch (or searchlight), wherever observed, those objects are rendered with qualities, become sentients. This article describes light sound sky from the perspective of visual hallucinations. Illustrations 13.2-7 describes the light sound sky from the perspective of auditory hallucinations, that is, the godly music is fluttering.
13.2.3 三禅天 Third Meditation Sky (Fig. 13.2-6)
离喜妙乐地是色界第三地，即三禅地。古人以烦恼为地，清净为天，故禅定状态即是地，又是天。此天已离二禅天喜之踊动，因摄心谛观，泯然入定，而得胜妙之乐。行者住于此定，乐法增长，遍满身中。内有乐故，外感风灾所坏。三禅天统领大千世界中的一中千世界，即一百万尘刹土国，有三天。
Leaving-Delight Wonderful-Laugh Land is the third land of Color Boundary, is Third Meditation Land. The ancients regarded annoyances as earth and quietness as sky, so the states of meditation are both lands and skies. This sky has left the delightful surges of second meditation, because of delicately assimilating heart in stillness, swiftly enters stillness, attains laughs of victorious wonders. As the migrator dwells in the stillness, law of laugh grows, and fills up the body. Due to the inner laughs, one feels being damaged by wind disasters externally. Third Meditation Sky governs one medium-thousand (i.e., a million) worlds among the Tree-Thousand Great-Thousand Worlds, has three skies.
一）少净天，谓此天意识乐受清净故。不论人中天上，但于二禅，不住不着，一心精进，创证第三禅者，命终即生此天。水灾不到，身长十六由旬，寿十六大劫。
1) Maculate Sky, saying that because intent-sense of this sky enjoys immaculateness. Regardless of a human or a sky, only on second meditation, not to dwell and not to attach, a mind of refinement, whoever creates the third meditation, after life is in the sky. Water disaster can not reach here, body is 16 yojanas long and wide, lifespan is 16 catastrophes.
二）无量净天，谓此天净胜于前，不可量故。数修第三禅力，命终得生此天。身三十二由旬，寿三十二大劫。
2) Infinite Immaculate Sky, which means that this sky is more immaculate than the previous one, and the immaculateness is immeasurable. Again, and again practicing the third meditative power, after life one is reborn in this sky. Body is 32 yojanas and lifespan is 32 catastrophes. 
三）遍净天，谓此天乐受最胜，净周遍故。深入第三禅力，兼修四无量心，命终得生此天。身六十四由旬，寿六十四大劫。
3) Omnipresent Immaculate Sky, which means that this sky is the most victorious in terms of laugh acceptance, because the immaculateness is all-pervasive. Deeply entering to third meditative power, also cultivating the four infinite hearts, after life will be born in this sky. Body is 64 yojanas, lifespan is 64 catastrophes.
13.2.4 四禅天 Fourth Meditation Sky (Fig. 13.2-5)
舍念清淨地是色界第四地，即四禅天，谓此天舍二禅之喜及三禅之乐，心无憎爱，一念平等，住于此定，空明寂静，万像皆现也，三灾俱不能到。四禅有九天，主领三千大千世界。
Renunciation Spell-Immaculateness Land is the fourth land in the color boundary, that is the fourth meditation sky, saying that this sky has abandoned the delight of second meditation and laugh of third meditation, heart is free of hate and love, one spell of equality, dwelling in the stillness, empty bright and silent, all phenomena manifests; disasters of fire water and wind can not reach here. Four meditation sky includes nine skies, lordly leads three-thousand big-thousand worlds (i.e., a billion worlds).
一）无云天，此天及以上，云居轻薄，故名无云。不论人中天上，初、二、三禅，但于三禅，不昧不着，一心精进，创证第四禅者，命终得生此天。果报微妙，宫殿随身，并如云之地，亦所不需。身广纵一百二十五由旬，寿一百二十五大劫。
1) Cloudless Sky, this sky and above, the clouds are light and thin, hence the name of cloudless. Regardless of human, sky, the first, second and third meditation, as long as one does not conceive, and not attach to the third meditation, one-heart refinement, creation of the fourth meditation, the end of life to be born in this sky. The fruits are so marvelous, palaces are following the body, with lands like clouds are not needed. Body is 125 yojanas, lifespan is 125 catastrophes.
二）福生天，谓此天修胜福力，而生其中，从因得名。数修第四禅力，命终得生此天。身广纵二百五十由旬，寿二百五十大劫。
2) Fortune Birth Sky, saying that the sky cultivates victorious fortune power, therefore is born in the sky, hence the name. Again, and again cultivating the fourth meditative power, after life is born in this sky. Body is 250 yojanas, and lifespan is 250 catastrophes.
三）广果天，谓此天果报广大，无能胜故。深入第四禅力，兼修四无量心，命终得生此天。身广纵五百由旬，寿五百大劫。
3) Gigantic Fruit Sky, which means that the fruit recompenses of this sky are so vast that those can not be surpassed. Deeply entering fourth meditative power and also cultivating the four infinite hearts, after life is born in the sky. Body is 500 yojanas, and lifespan is 500 catastrophes.
四）无想天，亦名长寿天，于人中天上，秉承邪说，厌患粗想，数数修习，依第四禅，灭除前六识、心、及心所有法，令不现行。心灭为首，故名无想定。初生半劫，犹有微想，作意入定，六识不行。共经四百九十九大劫，如其本时习定之相，不动不摇，无所分别。至后半劫，由种子力，想心复生，便从此没，堕落欲界。
4) Thinking-less Sky, also known as Longevity Sky, among humans or skies, adhering to heretical doctrines, averse to rough thinkings, practises and cultivations, depending on fourth meditative power to terminate the first six senses, the heart, and laws belong to heart, having them not to present. It is the first to terminate thinkings, therefore the name of Thinking-less Stillness. In the first half of catastrophe, there is still the slightest thinkings, making intention to stillness, then the six senses do not migrate. Later during 499 catastrophes, the being is as immovable and non-discriminating as it was at the time of its birth. In the last half catastrophe, due to the power of seed, the thinking heart resurrects. The being disappears from here, falls down desire boundary.
五）无烦天，谓此天离欲界苦及色界乐，苦乐两灭无烦恼故。身广纵九千由旬，寿五千大劫。
5) Non-Annoyance Sky, which means that this sky is free from the bitter of desire boundary and laugh of color boundary, therefore neither bitter nor laugh, no annoyances at all. Body is 9,000 yojanas, and lifespan is 5,000 catastrophes.
此天以及随后四天名五净居天，亦作五不还天。不还天是什么意思？因为净识害有，居于此天，益受增长，能得五沙门果中的不还果（参见15.2节）。
This sky and the four following ones are called the Five Immaculate-Dwell Skies, also known as the Five No Return Skies. What is the meaning of the No Return? Because immaculate senses harm haves, and can let beneficial acceptance grow, so residing in these five skies can achieve the No Return fruit of the four shamanic fruits (cf. section 15.2).
六）无热天，谓此天研究心境，无依无处，清凉自在，无热恼故。身长一万二千由旬，寿九千大劫。
6) Non-Fervidity Sky, saying that this sky studies the environment of heart, no reliant no place, is cool and self sufficient, no annoyance fervidity at all. Body is 12,000 yojanas, and lifespan is 9,000 catastrophes.
此天广阔，多池多树。有一大池名无热，池的东西南北各有一条大河。一名大醒识河，二名大幻识河，三名大梦识河，四名大散识河。此四条大河贯通四大洲，与四海相连。树林里多有凤凰，唯栖于树的第三枝，以龙为食。各池中的龙多有凤凰之灾；唯无热大池里的龙无此祸患。若凤凰想去无热池猎龙，一想，它就死了。
The sky is vast, with many ponds and trees. There is a large pool named No Fervidity, of which east, north, west, and south, each direction, there is a great river. One is the great river of Wakeful Senses, second is the great river of Hallucination Senses, third is the great river of Dream Senses, and the fourth is great river of Loose Senses. These four rivers run through the four continents and are connected to the four seas. There are many phoenixes in the woods, but they only perch on the third branch of the trees and feed on dragons. Most of the dragons in each pool are subject to the disaster of the phoenix; only the dragon in the great No Fervidity Pool is free from such disaster. If a phoenix wants to hunt a dragon in the No Fervidity Pool, it will die as soon as it thinks about it.
七）善见天，谓此天妙见十方世界圆澄，无尘垢故。身广纵一万八千由旬，寿一万二千大劫。
7) Excellent Sight Sky, saying that the sky can wonderfully see worlds in ten directions in perfect condensates, no dusts at all. Body is 18,000 yojanas, and lifespan is 12,000 catastrophes.
八）善现天，谓此天空无障碍，精见现前故。身长两万四千由旬，寿一万四千大劫。
8) Benevolent Manifestation Sky, saying that this sky has no obstacle because essential views present at front. Body is 24,000 yojanas, and lifespan is 14,000 catastrophes.
九）色究竟天，谓此天于诸尘几微之处研穷究竟故。身广纵三万六千由旬，寿一万六千大劫。又，色究竟中有摩醯首螺天，此作大自在天。
9) Color Finalization Sky, saying that this sky studies dusts to their extremes, has finalized them. Body is 36,000 yojanas, and lifespan is 16,000 catastrophes. Also, in the Color Finalization Sky, there is a “Mexi First-Conch Sky”, here, it is called Great Self-Sufficient Sky.
摩醯首螺是什么意思？摩醯首螺义为双身佛，或双身神，即阿弥陀佛。摩醯，欧洲文化中作摩西（Moses），本文中是插图15右端的那根线，代表墨西哥的生命线，代表书。首螺是插图15左端的那个螺壳，代表翠玉女（玉女，夏娃），代表她是墨西哥名族的始祖母。插图1至22是墨西哥（又名金童，亚当，特拉洛克，狮子，活跃于公元1325年）画的。图38显示他年青时就在研究如何画生命之树的树干。图37显示中年的墨西哥正在画生命之树的树干。上面一只腐尸虫正在叮月牙儿脸，表示他要把四禅天用摩醯首螺来表示，为此他与翠玉女发生了分歧。因为翠玉女要用 “她自己惊奇地看着玉米穗” （如图4所示）来表达 “空无边处天” 的概念。最终墨西哥妥协了，他把自己化成了图15上面的那只看守天门的狗。
What does “Mexi First-Conch” mean? It means two-body God or Buddha, means Ometeotl. Mexi is Moses in European culture. In this article, it is the line on the right side of Illustration 15, which represents the lifeline of Mexico and the book. The conch is the shell on the left side of Illustration 15, which represents Chalchiuhtlicue (Jade Girl, Eve), representing that she is the primogenitor mother of Mexican. Illustrations 1 to 22 were drawn by Mexico (also known as Gold Boy, Adam, Tlaloc, and Jaguar, active in 1325 CE.). Illustration 38 shows that he was studying how to draw the trunk of Life Tree when he was young. Illustration 37 shows that the middle-age Mexico is drawing the trunk of Life Tree. A carrion beetle is biting the crescent face above, indicating that he wanted to use the “Mexi First-Conch” to represent the fourth meditation sky, and he had a disagreement with Chalchiuhtlicue, because she wanted to use "her own surprise looking at the corn ears" (as shown in Figure 4) to express the concept of “Edgeless Empty Sky”. Finally, Mexico compromised and transformed himself into the dog guarding the Sky Door as shown in Figure 15.
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