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उत्तर १२४ - गोयमा ! अणगारे णं से णो खलु से आसे । परासरख्वं वा ।
Q. 120. Bhante! Is a monk with an advanced soul capable, without the help of external matter, to transform himself into a horse, an elephant, a lion, a tiger, a sheep, a rhino, a bear, a leopard or a parāśara (an animal more powerful than the lion, an extinct species now) ?
A. 120. No, he cannot.
Q. 121.
A. 121.
भगवती सूत्र शः ३ उ: ५
एवं जाव...
A. 122.
With the help of external matter, pray?
With the help of external matter, he can.
Q. 122. Is a monk with an advanced soul capable to transform himself into a vast horse form and go over a distance of many yoianas ?
Yes, he is.
Q. 123. Bhante! Does he go by his own capability? Or, by the capability of others?
A. 123. Gautama! He goes by his own capability, not by the capability of others. And he goes by the activity of his own self, and not by the activity of others; by the exertion of his own self, and not by the exertion of others. Sometimes he goes erect, and sometimes he goes bent.
Q. 124. Bhante! Is that monk a horse ?
A. 124. Gautama! He is a monk, not a horse,...till not a parāśara.
प्रश्न १२५ - से भंते ! कि माई विउव्वइ अमाई वि विउव्वइ ?
