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Kasaya Pahuda Sutta
[3 Sthitibheda]
336. The minimum duration of the reduction of the countable part is one samaya. 337. The maximum duration is less than the innumerable part of three-fold time. 338. The minimum and maximum duration of the reduction of the countable and innumerable parts is one samaya. 339. For how long does the division of the established duration last? 340. The minimum duration is one samaya. 341. The maximum duration is within a muhurta.
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The jiva was born in the bhoga-bhumi (realm of enjoyment) and after residing there for a duration of long-lived vedaka (capable of experiencing) ayus, attained the first right faith (prathamam samyaktva) and then, after an antarmuhurta (less than a muhurta), attained the wrong belief (mithyatva). It then spent a period of less than an asankhyata (innumerable) part of a palya (ocean-like time period) and at the end of its life, attained the vedaka (capable of experiencing) right faith and was born among the devas. Then, it wandered among the devas and humans for a period of one hundred and sixty-three sagaropamas (ocean-like time periods) and was finally born among the humans, where it formed the bhujākāra-bandha (arm-like bondage). In this way, the maximum duration of the reduction of the innumerable part of a palya of the mithyatva (wrong belief) is established.
Churni Sutra - The minimum duration of the reduction of the countable part of the mithyatva karma is one samaya, and the maximum duration is less than the innumerable part of three-fold time. [336-337]
Vishesha-artha - During the destruction of the darsana-moha (deluding karma related to right faith) or at other times, when the sthanaka-khandas (duration-segments) of a palya are destroyed to the extent of the countable part, the minimum duration of the reduction of the countable part is only one samaya. The maximum duration of the reduction of the countable part is less than the innumerable part of the jnata-parita (known-limit) time. The reason for this is that during the destruction of the darsana-moha, the ultimate sthanaka-khanda of the mithyatva karma is destroyed, and the remaining udayavali (arising-series) has only the countable number of niṣeka-sthitis (implantation-durations), from which the reduction of the countable part begins and continues until the two niṣeka-sthitis of three-samaya duration remain in the udayavali. In this way, the sutra-stated maximum duration is established.
Churni Sutra - The minimum and maximum duration of the reduction of the countable and innumerable parts of the mithyatva karma is one samaya. [338]
Vishesha-artha-3 - The reason for this is that during the destruction of the darsana-moha, in the intermediate period between the sthanaka-sattva (duration-substance) of a palya and the distant-removed sthanaka-sattva, as the falling sthanaka-khandas occur, the reduction of the countable part takes place, and its duration is only one samaya, because the reduction of the countable part of the mithyatva does not occur anywhere other than the ultimate fali (peak). Similarly, in the intermediate period between the distant-removed and the ultimate sthanaka-khanda, as the sthanaka-khandas fall, the reduction of the innumerable part of the mithyatva karma occurs, and its duration is also one samaya, because it is the ultimate fali that gives rise to the reduction of the innumerable part of the mithyatva.
Churni Sutra - What is the duration of the established sthitibheda (division of duration) of the mithyatva karma? The minimum duration is one samaya, and the maximum duration is within a muhurta. [339-341]