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[Seventeen-Place Aggregates] The seventeen karmic aggregates that bind the liberated being are: 1. Knowledge-obscuring karma of initial ignorance, 2. Knowledge-obscuring karma of scriptural knowledge, 3. Knowledge-obscuring karma of clairvoyance, 4. Knowledge-obscuring karma of mental perception, 5. Knowledge-obscuring karma of omniscience, 6. Sight-obscuring karma of sight, 7. Sight-obscuring karma of non-sight, 8. Sight-obscuring karma of clairvoyance, 9. Sight-obscuring karma of omniscience, 10. Karma of the five senses, 11. Karma of fame and renown, 12. Karma of high birth, 13. Karma of hindrance to giving, 14. Karma of hindrance to receiving, 15. Karma of hindrance to enjoyment, 16. Karma of hindrance to consumption, and 17. Karma of hindrance to effort.
In the fifth earth, Dharma-Prabha, the excellent state of many hell beings is said to be seventeen oceans. In the sixth earth, Tama-Prabha, the inferior state of some hell beings is said to be seventeen oceans. The state of many Asura-Kumaras and gods is said to be seventeen palya. In the Saudharma and Ishana kalpas, the state of many gods is said to be seventeen palya. In the Maha-Shukra kalpa, the excellent state of gods is said to be seventeen oceans.
In the Sahasrar kalpa, the inferior state of gods is said to be seventeen oceans. Those gods who are born in the divine forms of the following types of vimanas: Saman, Su-Saman, Maha-Saman, Padma, Maha-Padma, Kumuda, Maha-Kumuda, Nalina, Maha-Nalina, Paundarika, Maha-Paundarika, Shukra, Maha-Shukra, Simha, Simha-Kanta, Simha-bija, and Bhavit, their excellent state is said to be seventeen oceans. These gods breathe or exhale after seventeen half-months (eight and a half months). Their desire for food arises after seventeen thousand years.
There are many bhavya-siddhi souls who will become siddhas, buddhas, liberated from karma, attain nirvana, and end all suffering after experiencing seventeen births.
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