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Bhagavati Sutra
Q. Bhante !
Docs a living being perform final activities ?
A. Gautama ! Some one does and some one does not.
Q. Bhante!
Why is it so ?
A. Gautama ! Human beings may perform final activities, but beings other than human beings do not perform final activities.
For beings in existences other than human, it is necessary first to acquire a position in human species, before they can perform final activities.
70. Though not so indicated, it may be possible to draw a line at the end of the first four categories who are in the Jaina path and who perform some form and certain amount of restraint ; but the remaining ones are heretics and practise no restraint.
71. For the convenience of the readers, the arrangement of lower and upper spheres is indicated below :
