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## Fifteenth Indriya-pada: First Uddesaka
[169 1001. "Bante! Does the pillar, when it is raised, occupy the same amount of space as when it is lying down? Does the long, thin one also occupy the same amount of space?" "Yes, Gotama! The pillar, when it is raised, occupies the same amount of space as when it is lying down." [1001 Pr.]
**Explanation:** The nineteenth and twentieth Kambladvara-Sthanadvara-prastuta sutras discuss the touching of space and the occupation of space by a blanket and a pillar respectively. Both these dvaras present questions and answers related to the perception of non-sensory objects. Their meaning is as follows: (1) Does a blanket, when folded, occupy the same amount of space as when it is unfolded? The answer of the Bhagavan is yes. (2) Does a pillar, when standing upright, occupy the same amount of space as when it is lying down? The Bhagavan also gave an affirmative answer to this question.
## Twenty-first, Twenty-second, Twenty-third, and Twenty-fourth Thiggal-Dvipodadhi-Lok-Pralaokadvara
1002. "Bante! What is the cause of the past? Is it something else, or is it something else? Is it because of Dharma-sthikaaya? Is it because of the space of Dharma-sthikaaya? Is it because of the regions of Dharma-sthikaaya? Similarly, is it because of Adharma-sthikaaya, or because of the past? Is it because of the space of the past? Is it because of the regions of the past? And so on, until it is because of the earth element? Is it because of the space element? Is it because of the regions of the space element?" "Gotama! It is because of Dharma-sthikaaya, not because of the space of Dharma-sthikaaya, not because of the regions of Dharma-sthikaaya. Similarly, it is because of Adharma-sthikaaya, not because of the past, not because of the space of the past, not because of the regions of the past, and so on, until it is because of the space element. It is because of the space element, and it is not because of the space element. It is because of the space, and it is not because of the space."
1. (a) Prajnapanasutra Malaya. Vritti, Patraank 306 (b) The same meaning is also mentioned elsewhere with regard to the Netrapat: "Just as the large Netrapat, when it is contracted, does not occupy the space of a single grain of sand, so also, when it is expanded, it occupies the same amount of space." (i.e. - The contracted Netrapat occupies the same amount of space as when it is expanded.) Prajnapanasutra. M. Vritti, Patraank 306.