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Twenty-eighth Food Chapter [127 1869. [1] Gautama asked. Gotama! Are all beings food-eaters? Or are some food-eaters and some non-food-eaters? Or are some food-eaters and some non-food-eaters? [1869-1 Pr.] Bhagavan! (Many) hell beings are food-eaters or non-food-eaters? [1866-1 Ut.] Gautama! (1) They are all food-eaters, (2) or many are food-eaters and one is non-food-eater, (3) or many are food-eaters and many are non-food-eaters / [2] And so on up to the Vaimānika / One-sensed beings should be understood as being like many beings / [1870] In the same way, know up to the Vaimānika / The special point is that the statement about one-sensed beings should be understood as being like the statement about many beings / 1870. Siddha asked. Gotama! Are Siddhas food-eaters or non-food-eaters? [1870 Pr.] (Many) Siddhas are not food-eaters, they are non-food-eaters / [First Gate] How can a being be a food-eater or a non-food-eater? In terms of the state of disintegration, the state of the Kevali, the state of the Śaileśī, and the state of the Siddha, the aggregate being should be understood as a non-food-eater, and in terms of other states besides these, it should be understood as a food-eater. It is also said, 'Biggahagaimavanna Kevalino Samohya Ajogee Ya / Siddha Ya Pranahara Sesha Pahara Ga Jiwa //' Like the aggregate being, the hell being is also sometimes a food-eater and sometimes a non-food-eater / From the Asura-kumāra up to the Vaimānika deva, all beings are sometimes food-eaters and sometimes non-food-eaters. In terms of the many, some beings are food-eaters and some are non-food-eaters / All hell beings are food-eaters, or many hell beings are food-eaters and one is a non-food-eater, or many are food-eaters and many are non-food-eaters / This statement should be made up to the Vaimānika / The statement about one-sensed beings should be understood as being like the statement about aggregate beings. That is, they are many non-food-eaters and many food-eaters. Siddhas are always non-food-eaters, in terms of both the singular and the plural. In terms of the state of disintegration, beings are non-food-eaters - the state of disintegration is different from the time when all beings are food-eaters, and the state of disintegration occurs somewhere, sometime, for some being. Although the state of disintegration is found in all times 1. (a) Prajñāpanā. Malayavṛtti, Abh. Ra' Ko. Bha. 2, p. 510 (b) Prajñāpanā. Prameyabodhinī Ṭīkā Bha. 5, pp. 628-630 2. Bahi, Bha. 5, p. 628