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~1016 8 931] Chapter Ten
1371. There is no difference between infinite power, etc., because they are inseparable from knowledge and perception. A being without infinite power cannot have infinite knowledge, and happiness is knowledge-like.
Objection: Since liberated beings are formless, they do not exist.
Solution: They have a form in their past and future bodies.
8928. Objection: If the soul is shaped by the body, then when the body is absent, the soul will naturally expand to the size of the space of the world, and thus it will become infinite.
Solution: This is not a fault. Why? Because there is no cause. The connection with name-karma is the cause of contraction and expansion. Since there is no connection with name-karma, there is no contraction or expansion.
8929. Objection: If there is no contraction or expansion due to the absence of a cause, then just as there is no movement downwards or sideways due to the absence of a cause of movement, there will also be no upward movement. Therefore, the liberated soul will remain in the same place where it is liberated.
Solution: This is addressed in the following sutra:
The liberated soul goes upwards to the end of the world. ||5||
8930. After that. Whose? Of the one who has been liberated from all karma. The word "aṅ" in the sutra is used in the sense of "command". The liberated soul goes upwards to the end of the world.
8931. Objection: How can we be certain of this upward movement, since no cause has been given?
Solution: This is addressed in the following sutra:
The liberated soul goes upwards due to past experience, the absence of attachment, the breaking of bondage, and the nature of such movement. ||6|| 1. Because it is synonymous with knowledge, Mu., Ta. 2. Past and future bodies, Mu. 3. The connection with karma, Ta.