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Gommatasara Karmakanda-573 Special Meaning - In the past, the state of lifespan was bound, and later, for the second or third time, it is bound with a greater, lesser, or equal state. In these, the one with the greater state bound is to be known as the primary, and if there is a loss, then the one with the greater state in the past is to be known as the primary. It is not an absolute rule that lifespan binding occurs only when there is a three-part remainder of the lifespan being experienced. Although there is the potential for lifespan binding in each divisional period, there is no rule for lifespan binding. That is, it may or may not be bound, and lifespan binding does not occur in other periods, this is the rule.
Thus, bound, unbound, and in the state of upper binding, there are three types of destruction.
One by one, in one lifespan, there are three types of destruction for each lifespan, according to the rule. ||644|| Meaning - In this way, there are three types of destruction for each lifespan, whether it is bound or unbound, or in the state of upper binding, for one being in one lifespan.
Special Meaning - Where lifespan binding related to the future life is happening in the present period, there is binding of the future lifespan, arising, experiencing, and both the lifespan being experienced and the lifespan being bound. Where the future lifespan was not bound in the past and is not being bound in the present period, there is an absence of binding and only the arising and experiencing lifespan is found. And where the future lifespan was bound before and is not being bound in the present period, there is an absence of binding and the arising lifespan being experienced, and both the lifespan bound in the past and the lifespan being experienced are found. This is called upper binding. In this way, there are three types of destruction for each lifespan.
Three types of destruction are possible for each lifespan, so consider them differently.
For beings, there are different types of destruction of existence, according to the increase and decrease of qualities. ||645|| Meaning - The aforementioned three types of destruction for each lifespan are multiplied by the number of future lifespans that are possible to be bound in the intended motion. The number of different beings that are possible for each type of destruction of existence is the same as the number of lifespans that are possible to be bound in the intended motion. In hell and the heavenly realm, only the lifespan of the animal and human is possible to be bound, so multiplying the three types of destruction by two results in six types of destruction. And for humans and animals, all four lifespans are possible to be bound, so multiplying the three types of destruction by four results in twelve types of destruction. And for the destruction that is not repeated, the number of the middle lifespan is multiplied by the number of the middle lifespan, and one is subtracted from it. The number that results is subtracted from the aforementioned types of destruction, and the destruction that is not repeated is found. So, for the heavenly and hellish beings, there are five types of destruction that are not repeated, and for humans and animals, there are nine types of destruction that are not repeated.