即貪、瞋、慢、無明等四種修惑,就其粗細而分為上、中、下等九品。又作九品煩惱。總三界有欲界、四禪、四無色,共為九地。其中,欲界具有四種修惑,四禪、四無色除瞋之外尚有其餘三惑。於各地復分上上乃至下下九品,九地合為八十一品,稱為八十一品修惑。此通有漏、無漏二斷,凡夫亦得斷其中下八地七十二品;若就聖者而言,於修道位斷欲界之前六品者為第二果,斷欲界九品者為第三果,斷盡上二界七十二品者為第四果。又每斷此一品,各有無間、解脫二道;所斷之障,於一一地中各有九品,故能對治之道亦有九,稱為九無間道、九解脫道。無學之聖者修練根時,亦有九無間、九解脫。〔大乘阿毘達磨雜集論卷九、俱舍論卷二十三〕
Also九品煩惱 The four 修惑, i.e. illusions or trials in the practice of religion, i.e. desire, anger, pride, ignorance; these are divided each into 九品 q.v.; hence desire has all the nine grades, and so on with the other three.
九品惑 Nine kinds of defilement; also called 九品煩惱. A categorization of the removable defilements of desire 貪, anger 瞋, pride 慢, and ignorance 無明 into coarse and subtle according to nine levels. These in turn are divided among nine regions in the three realms 三界 to make a total of eighty-one types.
(名數)又作九品煩惱。即貪,瞋,慢,無明四種之修惑,就麤細而分為上中下等九品也。蓋三界總有九地。欲界四禪及四無色是也。其中欲界具四種之修惑,四禪及四無色,除瞋而有三惑。然於其一地中,將此等修惑,總分為上上乃至下下九品,故九地合有八十一品。名之為八十一品之修惑。通於有漏無漏之兩斷,凡夫亦得斷其中之下八地七十二品。若就聖者言之,則於修道位,斷欲界之前六品者為第二果,全斷欲界之九品者為第三果,斷上二界之七十二品者為第四果。又斷此一品,每各有無間解脫二道,稱為九無間九解脫是也。【參見: 九無間道】