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THERE IS NO MEDIUM OF MOTION BEYOND IT
self outs itself off from the karmas of conditions of existence and birth, which lead the self into the human and other states of existence, and darts up. Further the self is of the nature of going upwards. For instance, in the absence of wind blowing sideways, the flame of a candle tends upwards of its own nature. Similarly, the liberated self in the absence of karmas, which lead it wandering in different states of existence in different directions, darts upwards only as it is of the nature of going up.
If upward motion is of the nature of the soul, why does it not go beyond the end of the universe ?
धर्मास्तिकायाभावात् Dharmāstikāyābhāvāt
(8) 8. As there is no medium of motion.
There is no movement in the non-universe above, as there is : no medium of motion which aids movement. Otherwise there would be no distinction between the universe and the nonuniverse.
It is held that these liberated souls are without distinction, as there are no differentiating characteristics such as conditions of existence, birth, etc. among them. Still there is distinction too in some respects. क्षेत्रकालगतिलिङ्गतीर्थचारित्रप्रत्येकवुद्धबोधितज्ञानावगाहनान्तर
संख्याल्पबहुत्वतः साध्याः Kşetrakālagalilingatirthacāritrapratyekabuddhabodhitajñānā
vagāhanāntarasamkhyālpabahutvataḥ sādhyāḥ (9) : 9. The emancipated souls can be differentiated with reference to the region, time, state, sign, type of Arhat, conduct, self-enlightenment, enlightened by others, knowledge, stature, interval, number and numerical comparison.
The liberated souls are (fit to be) differentiated by twelve types of questioning with reference to the region and so on. This differentiation is effected on the basis of two standpoints, which assist the rule of the present and the past. It is as follows. For instance with regard to region. In what region
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