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[28th Dietary Item] [1883-1 Q.] Lord! Is a Selesya being a feeder or a non-feeder? - [1883-1 A.] Gautama! It is possibly a feeder and possibly a non-feeder. [2] And so it should be known up to the Vaimanika. [1883-2] In the same way, one should know up to the Vaimanika. 1884. Selesya, O Venerable! Are the beings feeders or non-feeders? Gautama! Except for the aggregate beings and the one-sensory beings, there are three bhangas. [1884 Q.] Lord! (Many) Selesya beings are feeders or non-feeders? [1884 A.] Gautama! Except for the aggregate beings and the one-sensory beings, there are three bhangas. / 1885. [1] In the same way, in the case of Krishna-leshya, Nila-leshya, and Kapota-leshya, except for the aggregate beings and the one-sensory beings, (in each of the Naraka, etc., as mentioned before) three bhangas should be said. / [2] In the case of Tejo-leshya, there are six bhangas in the Earth-bodied, Non-bodied, and Plant-bodied. [1885.2] In the case of Tejo-leshya, there are six bhangas in the Earth-bodied, Non-bodied, and Plant-bodied. [3] In the remaining beings, etc. (i.e., from beings to Vaimanika), in which Tejo-leshya is found, there are three bhangas. / [4] In the Padma-leshya and Sukla-leshya beings, etc., there are three bhangas. _ [1885.4] In the Padma-leshya and Sukla-leshya beings, etc., there are three bhangas. 1886. A-leshya beings, humans, Siddhas, etc., are not feeders, but non-feeders, whether in unity or plurality. [Fourth Gate] Discussion - The nature of feeding and non-feeding in Selesya beings - In the case of unity, Selesya beings and the twenty-four-danda-karmi beings should be understood as non-feeders in the state of disintegration, Kevali-samudghata, and Shaileshi, and as feeders in other states. In the case of plurality, except for the aggregate beings and the one-sensory beings, there are three bhangas in each of the Naraka, etc., as mentioned before. / In beings and one-sensory beings, there is only one bhang - (very feeder and very non-feeder), because both are always found in large numbers. / Krishna-Nila