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Bhagavati Sūtra Bk. 1 Ch. 10
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320. That five matter molecules stick to one another; and by sticking to one another they make a skandha; and that skandha is transcient, and it waxes and it wanes.
321. That expression before it is uttered is not language; expression when it is being uttered is language; after the time of utterance, if not uttered, it is not language.
322. Now, the expression which is not language before it is uttered, which is language when being uttered, and, which after the time of utterance, if not uttered, is not languageis it language when spoken, or when not spoken ? – surely, language when spoken, not language when not spoken.
323. That past action is not misery; this is to be taken to be similar to language,...till when done, it is misery, and when not done, it is not misery. Thus it needs be stated.
324. Doing is misery, touching is misery, doing what is being done is misery; for, because of doing, the two- to four-organ beings, flora-bodies, five-organ beings and static beings174 suffer pain. Thus it needs be stated175.
[on activities due to movement and to passions]
प्रश्न ३२५ - अन्नउत्थिया णं भंते ! एवमाइक्खति जाव... एवं खलु एगे जीवे एगेणं समएणं दो किरियाओ पकरेइ । तं जहा इरियावहियं च संपराइयं च। जं समयं इरियावहियं पकरेइ तं समयं संपराइयं पकरेइ जं समयं संपराइयं पकरेइ तं समयं इरियावहियं पकरेइ । इरियावहियाए पकरणयाए संपराइयं पकरेइ संपराइयाए पकरणयाए इरियावहियं पकरेइ । एवं खलु एगे जीवे एगेणं समएवं दो किरियाओ पकरेइ । तं जहा इरियावहियं च संपराइयं च । से कहमेयं भंते ! एवं ?
उत्तर ३२५ - गोयमा ! जं णं ते अन्नउत्थिया एवम् इक्खति तं चैव जाव... जे ते एवं आहिंसु मिच्छा ते एवं आहिंसु । अहं पुण गोयमा ! एवं आइक्खामि एवं खलु एगे जीवे एगसमए एक्कं किरियं पकरेइ । परउत्थियवत्तव्वं यव्वं । ससमयवत्तव्वयाए यव्वं । जाव... इरियावहियं संपराइयं वा ।
