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[Diverse Subject Elucidation]
[Even though they are 215 (in the state of being a liberated soul), they do not see or know because they are knowledgeable of death. The five-sensed animals and humans who are clairvoyant know and see the food-karmic particles. The remaining beings know the projected food, but they do not know or see the hair-food. The inner and luminous gods do not know or see the food-karmic particles they have consumed. Among the aerial gods, those who have right vision know and see the food-karmic particles through their specific knowledge, but the aerial gods who have wrong vision do not know or see them.
In comparison to the door of final liberation, the places of dwelling for the hellish beings and others are countless, both spacious and cramped.
In comparison to the door of right and wrong vision, all beings from the one-sensed to the non-conscious five-sensed are wrong-visioned. Among the remaining beings, some are right-visioned, some are wrong-visioned, and some are both right and wrong-visioned.
The Sutra-maker has given information about all this from verse number one.
609- "Venerable sir! Are the hellish beings infinite-food eaters? (At the very first moment of their birth in the realm of suffering, do they consume the karmic particles suitable for their body?) After that, do they perform the act of becoming (the formation of the body)? After that, do they perform the act of assimilation (the consumption of karmic particles suitable for their limbs and organs)? After that, do they perform the act of transformation (the consumption of the consumed karmic particles as objects of sound, etc.)? After that, do they perform the act of service (maintenance)? And after that, do they perform the act of diversification (various types of reactions)? (Is this true?)"
"Yes, Gautama! It is so. (This statement is true.) Here (as stated in the Prajnapanasutra), the word 'food' should be used."
610- "Venerable sir! How many types of bondage of the lifespan karma are stated?"
"Gautama! The bondage of lifespan karma is stated to be of six types, such as- the lifespan karma of the type of birth, the lifespan karma of the type of motion, the lifespan karma of the type of position, the lifespan karma of the type of region, the lifespan karma of the type of portion, and the lifespan karma of the type of immersion."
[Discussion]
Every being, at the time of binding the lifespan of the future birth, also binds the lifespan karma of the type of birth suitable for that motion, also binds the lifespan karma of the type of motion, and in the same way, also binds the lifespan karma of the type of position, region, portion, and immersion (body karma) suitable for it. For example, a being who is about to be born in the hell realm, at the time of binding the lifespan of that birth, also binds the lifespan karma of the type of birth suitable for that hell realm, also binds the lifespan karma of the type of motion suitable for that hell realm, and in the same way, also binds the lifespan karma of the type of position, region, portion, and immersion (body karma) suitable for that hell realm.