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Bhagavati Sutra Bk. I Ch. 6
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उत्तर २२७-गोयमा! से जहाणामए हरदे सिया पुण्णे पुण्णप्पमाणे वोलट्टमाणे वोसट्टमाणे समभरघडताए चिट्ठइ। अहे णं केई पुरिसे तंसि हरदंसि एगं महं नावं सयासवं सयछिदं ओगाहेज्जा। से गूणं गोयमा ! सा णावा तेहिं आसवदारेहिं आपूरमाणी आपूरमाणी पुण्णा पुण्णप्पमाणा वोलट्टमाणा वोसट्टमाणा समभरधडताए चिट्ठइ? हंता चिट्ठद्द। से तेणद्वेणं गोयमा! अत्थि णं जीवा य जाव...चिट्ठति ।
Q. 226. Bhante ! Are soul and matter tied to one another, touched by one another, in deep tie with one another, affixed to one another as if by glue, are they compounded with one another ?
A. 226. Yes, Gautama, they are. . Q. 227. Bhante ! Why so...till compounded
with one
another ?
A. 227. Gautama ! Suppose there is a tank. The tank is full of water and full to capacity. It is overflowing with water. It is growing with water. It is full like a pitcher full of water. In that tank, suppose somebody floats a boat big enough to have one hundred holes which are small and one hundred more which are big. Then, that boat, with water pouring in through the holes, and pouring in profusely, overflowing, growing-does it not become like a pitcher full ?
-Bhante, so it does.
-For this, oh Gautama, did I say that soul and matter, etc.,...till compounded with one anotherl42.
[on minute water-bodies] प्रश्न २२८-अत्थि णं भंते! सया समियं सुहुमे सिणेहकाये पवडइ ? उत्तर २२८-हंता अत्थि। प्रश्न २२९-से भंते ! कि उड्ढे पवडइ अहे पवडइ तिरिए वि पवडइ?
