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भगवती सूत्र शः १ उः १
प्रश्न ५०-से केणठेणं भंते ! एवं वुच्चइ ?
उत्तर ५०-अविरइं पडुच्च से तेणठेणं जाव...णो अणारंभा एवं असुरकुमारा वि। जाव...पंचिंदिय तिरिक्ख जोणिया।
५१--अगुस्सा जहा जीवा। णवरं सिद्ध विरहिया भाणियव्वा।
५२-वाणमंतरा जाव...वेमाणिया जहा णेरइया।
५३-सलेस्सा जहा ओहिया। कण्हलेसस्स णीललेसस्स काउलेसस्स जहा ओहिया जीवा णवरं पमत्त-अप्पमत्ता ण भाणियव्वा। तेउलेसस्स पम्हलेसस्स सुक्कले सस्स जहा ओहिया जीवा णवरं सिद्धा ण भाणियव्वा।
___Q. 47. Bhante ! Are the living beings harmful to self, harmful to others, harmful to both or harmful to none ?
A. 47. Gautama! Some of the living beings are harmful to self, to others, to both self and others, and are not free from doing harm. Some other living beings are not harmful to self, not so to others, nor to both, but are free from doing harm.
Q. 48. Bhante ! Why do ye say so ?
A. 48. Gautama ! The living beings are stated to be of two types—those belonging to the worlds, and those not belonging to the worlds. Now, those who do not belong to the worlds are the perfected ones ; and they are not harmful to self, nor so to others, nor to both self and others, but are wholly free from doing any harm. The mundane beings (in contrast) are stated to be of two types, viz., the restrained and the non-restrained. Of these, the restrained beings are stated to be of two types, viz., those who are careless and those who are careful. Now, those who are restrained-careful, they are neither harmful to self nor to others nor to both, but are free from doing harm. The restrained-careless are, from the standpoint of pious activities, neither harmful to self, nor so to others, nor to both, but are free from doing harm ; but from the standpoint of impious activities, they are harmful to self, so to others and to both self
