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Bhagavai 6:1:4
- 345 :sidhilikayāim, nitthiyāim kayāim, vippariņāmiyāim khippāmeva viddhatthäim bhavamti. jāvatiyam tāvatiyam pi ņam te vedanam vedemānā mahānijjarā, mahāpajjavasänā bhavamti. se tenatthenam je mahāvedane se mahānijjare, je mahānijjare se mahāvedane, mahāvedanassa ya appavedanassa ya se see je pasatthanijjarāe. In what sense has it been said, O Lord! that the one (i.e., the jīva) with intensive experience of pain is the one with massive falling away of karma and the one with massive falling away of karma is the one with intensive pain and that among the one with great experience of pain and the one with little experience of pain, one who has auspicious falling away of karma is superior? Gautama! suppose there are two pieces of cloth-one is stained by deeply sticky slime, another is stained by mild lubricant (grease). Out of these two pieces of cloth, O Gautama! which is more difficult to clean, more difficult to make stain-free and more difficult to polish? And which one of these two is easier to clean, easier to make stain-free, and easier to polish--the one sullied by mud, or the one made dirty by grease? O Lord! among the two pieces of cloth, the one sullied by mud is difficult to clean, difficult to make stainless, and difficult to polish. So indeed, Gautama! the sinful karmas of the infernal souls are densified, sticky, compact and impassable (i.e., impervious). Even through the experience of intense pain, they (the infernal souls) do not become the souls with massive falling of karma and massive termination of karma. Just as a person striking an anvil with big bang, great noise and repeated strokes, is unable to destroy the hard matter of the anvil, so indeed, O Gautama! the sinful karmas of the infernal souls are densified, sticky, compact and impassable (i.e., impervious). Even through the experience of intense pain, they (the infernal souls) do not become the souls with massive falling of karma and massive termination of karma. O Lord! among the two pieces of cloth that which is stained by grease is easy to clean, is easy to make stainless and easy to polish. So indeed, O Gautama! the gross karmas of the śramana nirgrantha, which are made loose (or mild), made powerless and made innocuous, get quickly destroyed. Through experiencing whatever (little) pain, they (the śramaņa nirgranthas) become the ones (souls) with massive falling away of karma and massive termination of karma. O Gautama! suppose there is a person who throws a dry bundle of straw into the fire. Would that dry bundle of straw thrown in the fire burn up quickly? Yes, it burns quickly. Similarly, O Gautama! the gross karmas of śramaņa nirgrantha which are made loose (or mild), made powerless and made innocuous, get quickly destroyed. Through experiencing whatever (little)
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