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[225 2080. Question about the Earth-bodied beings. Gautama! Do they experience the pain of the nidā (death) or the pain of the anidā (non-death)? / Why is it said, Venerable Sir, that the Earth-bodied beings do not experience the pain of the nidā (death) but experience the pain of the anidā (non-death)? Gautama! All Earth-bodied beings are asanjnī (unconscious) and asanjnībhūta (become unconscious), therefore they experience the pain of the anidā (non-death), not the nidā (death). For this reason, Gautama! It is said that the Earth-bodied beings do not experience the pain of the nidā (death) but experience the pain of the anidā (non-death). / [2080 pr.] Bhagavan! Do the Earth-bodied beings experience the pain of the nidā (death) or the pain of the anidā (non-death)? [2080 u.] Gautama! They do not experience the pain of the nidā (death), but they experience the pain of the anidā (non-death). / [pr.] Bhagavan! Why is it said that the Earth-bodied beings do not experience the pain of the nidā (death), but they experience the pain of the anidā (non-death)? [u] Gautama! All Earth-bodied beings are asanjnī (unconscious) and asanjnībhūta (become unconscious), therefore they experience the pain of the anidā (non-death), not the nidā (death); for this reason, Gautama! It is said that the Earth-bodied beings do not experience the pain of the nidā (death) but experience the pain of the anidā (non-death). / 2081. And so on until the four-sensory beings. [2081] In the same way, until the four-sensory beings (it should be said). 2012. The five-sensory beings, the humans, and the Vaṇamantrā gods are like the Nairyāyikas (Su. 2078) / [2082] The five-sensory beings, the humans, and the Vaṇamantrā gods should be understood as being like the Nairyāyikas (as stated in Su. 2078). 2083. Question about the Jyotishka gods. Gautama! Do they experience the pain of the nidā (death) or the pain of the anidā (non-death)? / Why is it said, Venerable Sir, that the Jyotishka gods experience the pain of the nidā (death) and the pain of the anidā (non-death)? Gautama! The Jyotishka gods are of two types, namely: those who have the view of the maimicchadditthi (desire for the body) and those who have the view of the amaimicchadditthi (non-desire for the body). Those who have the view of the maimicchadditthi (desire for the body) experience the pain of the anidā (non-death), and those who have the view of the amaimicchadditthi (non-desire for the body) experience the pain of the nidā (death). For this reason, Gautama! It is said that the Jyotishka gods experience both types of pain. / [2083 pr.] Bhagavan! Do the Jyotishka gods experience the pain of the nidā (death) or the pain of the anidā (non-death)? [2083 u.] Gautama! They experience the pain of the nidā (death) and the pain of the anidā (non-death)! [pr.] Bhagavan! Why is it said that the Jyotishka gods experience the pain of the nidā (death) and the pain of the anidā (non-death)?