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Bhagavai 3:6:231-241
goyamā! tassa nam evam bhavati-no khalu esa rayagihe nagare, no khalu esa vānārasi nagarī, no khalu esa amtarā ege maham janavayagge, esa khalu mamam vīriyaladdhi veuvviyaladdhi ohinānaladdhi iddhī jutī jase bale vīrie purisakkaraparakkame laddhe patte abhisamannāgae. sesa damsaņa-avivaccāse bhavai. se tenatthenam goyamā! evam vuccai--tahābhāvam jānai-päsai, no annahābhāvam jānai-pāsai. For what reason has it been said O Lord! that he knows and sees what is true, he does not know and see what is not true? O Gautama! it occurs to him: this is not the city of Rājagrha, this is not the city of Vārāṇasī, there is no big countryside in between those cities. This is indeed my energy potential, protean power-potential, clairvoyance powerpotential, supernormal power, effulgence, fame, strength, energy, manly valour, secured, obtained, attained. This is his non-perversity of perception. For this reason, O Gautama! has it been said that he knows and sees what is true, he does not know and see what is not true.
Bhāsya 1. Sūtras 231-239
The topic of exposition in the present dialogue is right perception. Therefore, the meanings of the terms anagāra and bhävitātmā are to be explained in context of right perception or right world-view. Semantics anagara--the ascetic who renounces the household life in accordance with the commandment of the Arhat. bhävitātmā-onw who sublimates or sanctifies his self with the contemplation on knowledge, detachment and penance.
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3.240 anagāre nam bhamte! bhāviappā bāhirae poggale apariyāittā pabhū egam
maham gāmarūvam vā nagararūvam vā jāva sannivesarūvam vā viuvvittae? no tinatthe samatthe. Can a self-cultivated ascetic, O Lord! project by protean power a big village or a city or ..... up to or a hamlet without appropriating external material clusters?
“No, that is not possible." 3.241 anagāre nam bhamte! bhäviappā bāhirae poggale pariyāittā pabhū egam
maham gāmarüvam vā nagararūvam vā jāva sannivesarūvam vā viuvvittae? hamtā pabhū. Can a self-cultivated ascetic, O Lord! project by protean power a big village or a city or ..... up to or a hamlet by appropriating external material clusters?
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