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250 [The Prajñāpanā Sūtra reasoning is as before. Those who have them, their minor ones are one, two or three, and their superior ones are numerous, innumerable or infinite. As the destruction of passions in the past and future has been explained in the Asurakumāra category of Naraka, so it should be said here (in the Vaṇavyantara state). In the Jyotiṣka and Vaimānika categories of Naraka, the destruction of passions in the past is infinite, and the destruction of passions in the future is present for some, but not for others. Those who have them, their destruction of passions in the future is perhaps innumerable and perhaps infinite. Up to this point, the destruction of passions in the past and future has been explained in the form of twenty-four categories of Naraka beings. In the Asurakumāra category of Naraka, the destruction of passions in the past is infinite with respect to the entire past time, and the destruction of passions in the future is present for some, but not for others. For the Asurakumāra who has the destruction of passions in the future in the form of Naraka, it is perhaps numerous, perhaps innumerable, and perhaps infinite. In the Asurakumāra category of Asurakumāra, the destruction of passions in the past is infinite. The being who is currently in the Asurakumāra category has experienced the destruction of passions in the Asurakumāra category an infinite number of times in the past. The destruction of passions in the future is present for some, but not for others. Those who have them, their minor ones are one, two or three, and their superior ones are numerous, innumerable or infinite. Similarly, in the Nāgakumāra category, and continuously up to the Vaimānika category, the destruction of passions of Naraka should be said in the same way as for the Asurakumāra. The destruction of passions in the past and future of the Asurakumāra should be known in the same way as for the Nāgakumāra up to the Stanitakumāra, in the twenty-four categories from Naraka to Vaimānika. The special point is that in all these categories, the destruction of passions in the future should be said to be minor one, two, three, and superior numerous, innumerable or infinite. For example, the Asurakumāra category of Asurakumāras and the Nāgakumāra category of Nāgakumāras are their own categories. The remaining twenty-three categories are other categories. In the Asurakumāra category of the Pṛthvīkāyika, and continuously up to the Stanitakumāra category, the destruction of passions in the past is infinite with respect to the entire past time. The destruction of passions in the future is present for some, but not for others. Those who have them, their destruction of passions in the future is perhaps numerous, perhaps innumerable, and perhaps infinite. In the Pṛthvīkāyika category of the Pṛthvīkāyika, and continuously up to the Apkāyikatva, Tejas kāyikatva, Vāyukāyikatva, Vanaspatikāyikatva, and up to the Manusya category, the destruction of passions in the past is infinite. The destruction of passions in the future is present for some, but not for others. Those who have them, their minor ones are one, two or three, and their superior ones are numerous, innumerable or infinite. The destruction of passions in the past and future in the Vaṇavyantara state of the Pṛthvīkāyika should be understood in the same way as it has been said for the Naraka state. In the Jyotiṣka and Vaimānika categories, the destruction of passions in the past is infinite, and the destruction of passions in the future is present for some, but not for others. For the Pṛthvīkāyika who has them, their minor ones are innumerable and their superior ones are infinite. Like the Pṛthvīkāyika, it should be known in the same way for the Apkāyika in the Naraka state, Bhavanapati state, Ekendriya state, Vikalendriya state, Pañcendriya Tiryac state, and Manusya state. The statements regarding the destruction of passions of the Vaṇavyantaras, Jyotiṣkas, and Vaimānikas should be understood in the same way as for the Asurakumāras. The special point is that in their own categories, it should be said from one onwards.