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Q. 56. Bhante! Do living beings practise renunciation ? Do they practise non-renurciation ? Do they practise renunciation-non-renunciation ?
A. 56. As has been said about mundane beings, so about renunciation.
[ life-span determined by renunciation ]
प्रश्न ५७-जीवा णं भंते ! किं पच्चक्खाण-णिव्वत्तियाउया अपच्चक्खाणणिव्वत्तिया उया पच्चक्खाणापच्चकखाण-णिव्वत्तियाउया ?
उत्तर ५७-गोयमा ! जीवा य वेमाणिया य पच्चक्खाण-णिव्वत्तियाउया तिणि वि। अवसेसा अपच्चक्खाण-णिव्वत्तियाउया।
Q. 57. Bhante! Is the life-span of living beings determined by renunciation ? Is it determined by rcr-Ierurciaticn ? Is it determined by renunciaticn-non-renunciation ?
A. 57. Gautama! The life-span cf livirg beirgs as well as the life-span of the Vairānikas is determired by all the three starting with renurciation. The life-span cf ite rest is determined by non-renurciation?'.
गाहा:
पच्चक्खाणं जाणइ कुम्वइ तिण्णेव आउणिवत्ती। सपएसुद्देसम्मि य एमेए दंडगा चउरो॥
Couplet :
Renunciation, its knowledge, its practice, Determination of life-span by all the threeThese four topics have been discussed In the Chapter on Sapradeśa.
