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Bhagavati Sūtra Bk. 3 Ch. 6
A. 130.
Gautama! It is so because the said fellow has a feeling that he has transformed the city of Rajagṛha, and that having done so, he has been able to know and see Rājagṛha in the city of Vārāṇasi. But his vision has been reversed. It is for this,...till sees not as it is.
Q. 131. Bhante! Is a monk with an advanced soul, but with deceit and wrong outlook,...till transform the city of Rajagṛha, and having done so, know and see Rajagṛha in the city of Vārāṇasi ?
A. 131. Yes, he knows and sees,...till the said fellow has his thought in his mind that he has transformed the city of Väräṇasī, and that having done so, he knows and sees Vārāṇasi in the city of Rajagṛha. But his vision has been reversed. It is for this,...till knows and sees as it is not.
Q. 132. Bhante! Is a monk with an advanced soul, but with deceit and wron outlook capable, by dint of his viryalabdhi, his vaikriya-labdhi and his vibhanga-jñāna-labdhi, to create between the city of Vārāṇasi and the city of Rajagṛha, a vast cluster of towns, and having done so, to know and see the vast cluster of towns between the city of Vārāņasi and the city of Rajagṛha ?
A. 132. Yes, he is so capable.
Q. 133.
Bhante! Does he know and see in the same form, or in some other form?
A. 133. Gautama! He knows and sees not in the same form, but in some other form.
Q. 134.
Why is it so,...till sees (in some other form) ?
A. 134. Gautama! He has such a feeling that there is the city of Vārāṇasi, and that there is the city of Rajagṛha, that there, in between the two, there is a vast cluster of towns; but that this is neither his virya-labdhi, vaikriya-labdhi or vibhanga-jñānalabdhi, nor his fortune, glow, fame, strength, energy, or self
