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souls are the base for non-souls ; and karma base supports the souls. (Thus) non-souls are embraced by souls, as souls are embraced by karmal4l.
Q. 225. Bhante! Why bases of space are stated to be eight...till souls are embraced by karma ?
A. 225. Gautama ! Suppose some one fills a leather bag with air and then ties its open end ; then, after tying (the open end), ties fast at the middle ; then unties the open end and takes the air out (from this part) and fills this part, from which air has been taken out, by water, and ties it again. Now, he removes the knot at the middle. Oh Gautama ! Does the water remain at the upper layer supported by the air ?
-Bhante! So it does .
-It's for this, oh Gautama,...till souls are cmbraced by karına. Or, suppose a man fills a leather bag with air, and ties it fast at his waste ; and then he enters into water, unfathomable, limitless, sufficient to drown a man at his full length, water deeper than even this. Then, oh Gautama, does the man remain at the upper layer of the water ?
---Bhante, so he does.
-It's for this that the bases of space are stated to be eight,...till souls are embraced by karma.
[on relation between soul and matter]
प्रश्न २२६-अत्थि णं भंते ! जीवा य पोग्गला य अन्नमनबद्धा अन्नमन्नपुट्ठा अन्नमन्नओगाढा अण्णमण्णसिणेहपडिवद्धा अनमन्नघडत्ताए चिट्ठति ?
उत्तर २२६-हंता अत्थि।
7 PPsBuredu na! Fra...farçofa ?
