Agam 05 Ang 05 Bhagvati Vyakhya Prajnapti Sutra

SR No.: 001628
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jozef Deleu
Publisher: DE Tempel Brugge
Publication Year: 1970
Total Pages: 372
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Agam, Canon, & agam_bhagwati
File Size: 19 MB

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32. GANGEYA.
al (439a) In the sanctuary Dhūipalāsa near Vāņiyagāma the monk (anagāra) Gangeya, a Păsâvaccijja, questions Mv.
HA2-5MG are reborn (uvavajjanti and uvavattanti ~uvvattanti or, with Joisiyas and Vemāņiyas, cayanti) either after an intermediate space of time (santaram) or not (anantaram); A1 are always reborn anantaram.
Cf. Pannav. 207b and see Viy. XIII 61; see also Lehre par. 96. 22 (439a) Beings, when reborn, enter (pavesana) one of the four stages of existence HAMG.-The different possibilities of entering the seven hells enumerated for one up to four beings bound to enter the H stage (neraiya-pavesanaenam pavisamāņa). (439b) The same with five, (444b) six, (445b) seven, (446) eight, (446b) nine, (447a) ten, (447b) x and (449b) such beings. (450a) Enumeration of the possible ways in which the beings in question may be distributed in the different hells. (450b) The relative frequency of these possibilities.
Lehre par. 96 refers to Pannav. 207a (= Viy. 439a) and to Viy. 632b.With one being there are 7 possibilities, with two beings 28, with three 84, with four 210, with five 462, with six 924, with seven 1716, with eight 3003, with nine 5005, with ten 8008, but with x only 3337 and with 3658. a3 (451a) The same as a2 above with A. a4 (452a) The same as al-2 above with M. a5 (452b) The same as a1-2 above with G.
a6 (453a) The relative frequency of the cases of entering the four stages of existence HAMG.
b (453b) Repetition of al above.--HAMG are reborn (uvavajjanti etc.) as really existing beings (santo, no asanto). (454a) Moreover, they are reborn (uvavajjanti etc.) independently (sao, no asao). The motivation of this statement is found in Pāsa's doctrine of the eternity of the world (ref. to V 94). Mv. declares that he himself discovered that truth (sayam et evam [thus Abhay. where the text has ete evam] jāņāmi, asoccā e. e. j.) thanks to his kevala-knowledge. (454b) Beings are reborn (only uvavajjanti) on their own strength (sayam), that means on the
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