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5.61 evam jāva vemāṇiyā ņam damdao.
In the same way, the description is to be known up to the group of vaimänika (Empyrean) gods.
Bhāṣya
1. Sūtras 59-61
In the present dialogue, there is the description of the chain of life-span. No mundane soul lives for a moment without life-span. The period between the death and next birth is the interval of transit. There is the absence of the gross and the protean body during that interval. In this sense, the soul is without any body during the interval. In the absence of body, the sense-organs made up of matter are also absent, and in this sense, the soul is devoid of any sense- organ. But the soul is not without the life-span; even in the transit period, he is endowed with life-span.
The life-span of the next birth is determined in the present birth. The following are the rules that regulate the binding of ensueing life-span:3
Present Birth
S.N. Period of Binding of Next Life-span 01 A human possessed of invulnerable life-span. When '/, of the present life-span
is remnant.
02 A human possessed of vulnerable life-span.
03 A human possessed of the life-span of innumerable years.
04 A sub-human of the life-span of numerable
years.
05 A sub-human of the invulnerable life-span of When '/, of the present life-span
is remnant.
When /, or, or 1/2, of the present life-span is remnant.
When, of the present life-span is remnant.
numerable years.
06 A sub-human of the vulnerable life-span of numerable years.
07 The five types of immobile beings and three types of mobile beings with two to four senses of invulnerable life-span.
08 The five types of immobile beings and three types of mobile beings with two to four senses of vulnerable life-span.
Bhagavai 5:3:59-61
09 Infernals, Mansion gods, Forest gods, Luminous gods and Empyrean gods.
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When ', or ', or '/, of the present life-span is remnant.
When six months of the present life-span is remnant.
When six months of the present life-span is remnant.
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When ', or ', or '/2, of the present life-span is remnant.
When six months of the present life-span is remnant.
On the binding of life-span, we get two more views in the Commentary on Gommatsāra, which are quite different from the above:
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| SR No. | 006599 |
| Book Title | Agam 05 Ang 05 Bhagvati Vyakhya Prajnapti Sutra Part 02 Bhagvai Terapanth |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Tulsi Acharya, Mahapragna Acharya, Mahendramuni, Nathmal Tatia |
| Publisher | Jain Vishva Bharati |
| Publication Year | 2009 |
| Total Pages | 740 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English, Agam, Canon, & agam_bhagwati |
| File Size | 20 MB |