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Bhagavati Sūtra Bk. 5 Ch. 4
उत्तर ७७ - गोयमा ! णो उदिण्णमोहा उवसंतमोहा णो खीणमोहा ।
Q. 73. Bhante ! Are the gods born in the anuttara vimānas (beyond which there are no more vimānas) capable to communicate and discuss with the omniscient who are here (on this earth).
A. 73. Yes, they are.
Q. 74. Bhante! What are the things that the gods born in the anuttara vimānas,...till discuss (with the omniscient who are here) ?
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A. 74. Gautama! Seated in their own celestial abodes, when the gods born in the anuttara vimänas have some import, reason, query, cause of grammar to ask, the omniscient from here communicates with them about that import,...till grammar. It is for this so.
Q. 75. Bhante ! The omniscient gives replies about the import,...till grammar. Do the gods in the anuṭṭara vimānas, remaining in their own celestial abodes, know and see the import, etc. ?
A. 75. Yes, they know and see.
Q. 76. How is it so,...till see ?
A. 76. Gautama! These gods are in possession of an infinite capacity of the mind called manaḥ-dravya-vargaṇā lavdhi18. They have it and it is at their disposal, because of which they know and see from their celestial abodes the import, etc., given by the omniscient from here.
Q. 77. Bhante ! Are the gods in the anuttara vimānas with active attachment, with exhausted attachment or with dim attachment ?
A. 77. Gautama ? Not with active attachment, nor with dim attachment, but with exhausted attachment.
